Georgios Vrakas bet 2,200 into a pot of 5,100 from early position on a flop. Daniel Strelitz made it 7,000 in the cutoff and Vrakas came along for the turn. He check-called 12,000 and the river was a . Vrakas checked a final time and seemed pained when Strelitz bet 20,000.

After a couple of minutes in the tank, Vrakas dropped in calling chips and Strelitz showed for a full house.

At another table, WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Michael Dyer is also off to a nice start with about 73,000.