Although it is unknown how and when the money went in, Carlos Mortensen was able to knock Mihai Manole out with his versus the of his Manole. The board was and Mortensen had him covered by just a little bit.
Mortensen, who earlier in the day was on of our chip leaders, is now back to 72,000.
From under the gun, Eric Guth raised to 3,600. Jonathan Karamalikis, next to act, made it 8,700. It folded back around to Guth who asked Karamalikis for a count of his chips. He got his answer, about 35,000 more, and decided to make the call.
The flop came . Both players thought for about a minute before checking. The turn was the and again both players checked, this time a little bit faster. When the river came the both players had checked within a few seconds and both hands were turned up.
Karamalikis:
Guth:
Guth never bet his flush draw, missed, and Karamalikis' King plays. This got him up to 55,000, still less than half of what he started with. Guth still has a strong stack with 68,000.
In the introduction post for Day 2, we told you we would keep an eye on Table 366 because it started with the legend Carlos Mortensen sitting to the direct left of up and comer Sam Trickett. Sadly, David Sklansky exited from this table early, but Mortensen and Trickett have provided all the chip moving action we hoped for in just the first two levels. At one point, Mortensen had a top five stack and looked to be playing comfortably and with confidence.
However, as Mortensen has been falling, Trickett is stepping up and stealing the show. At one point, he was down to under ten big blinds but recently found a nice rush and now sits atop our leaderboard with 169,000. Mortensen has just 33,000 but you never know what he can pull from his sleeve.
Nichoel Peppe and Martins Adeniya went to the flop of and Peppe bet out 3,000. Adeniya made it 7,500 and Peppe called. The turn came , Peppe checked, Adeniya bet 13,500 and Peppe shoved. The call was made and the hands were tabled.
Peppe:
Adeniya:
Peppe needed a queen on the river to take the hand, but the river came and Peppe's day was done. Adeniya is up over 100,000.
Andy Black started the action by raising to 3,000 preflop and was called by Matt Widdoes. The flop fell and Widdoes checked. Black said "all-in" and Widdoes made the call, tabling for top pair. Black flipped over leaving him to hit a jack or an open ended straight draw to scoop the pot. Fortunately for Black, he drilled the on the turn and made his straight.
When the irrelevant fell on the river, Widdoes stood up and made his way toward the rail. Black is now sitting around 52,000 in chips.
Although he started the day with almost six figures in chips and has only half that now, Benjamin Tollerene is still finding ways to win pots.
From the hijack, Tollerene raised to 2,600 and Bill Chen called from the big blind. The flop came , Tollerene continued for 3,500 and Chen opted for the check-call.
The turn was the and the river was the . Each street was checked by both players and Chen announced that he had Queen-Jack. Tollerene tossed over and shipped the pot.
Tollerene now has 65,000 while Chen has slipped to 32,000
Carlos Mortensen opened from the cutoff and David Zeitlan called from the button. The flop came and Mortensen led out with 4,000, Zeitlan raised 5,300 more, Mortensen then min-reraised and Zeitlan called. The turn fell and Mortensen bet 7,500 and Zeitlan moved all in. Mortensen called and tabled and Zeitlan tabled . An ace came on the river eliminating Zeitlan from the tournament. Mortensen has a little more than 120,000.