Matthew Davis opened for 30,000 and Shoab Makani raised to 130,000 behind him. Action folded over to Robert Lipkin and he moved all in. Davis folded after a moment and Makani called, just having enough to cover Lipkin.
Showdown:
Lipkin:
Makani:
Board:
When Makani spiked his king on the turn he jumped up out of his chair and yelled, "That's what I'm talking about!" He also high-fived someone on the rail. Lipkin was visibly upset by the beat and outburst and immediately left the tournament area. After Makani dragged the pot the Floorman gave him a one round penalty for excessive celebration.
Over on table 292, we just managed to catch the board of before the dealer swept it up, but Peter Ketterling was picking up his bags to depart. As it turned out, Ketterling had run his into the of Stanley Tavanese.
After the chips were cut down, Ketterling was deemed the shorter of the two stacks and is now the latest Event #18 casualty.
In one of the first eliminations of the day, Simon Lam moved all-in preflop with , but ran into the of William Douglas-Smith. The board improved neither hand and Lam was sent to the rail.
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Could another winner be crowned today?
3,157 players. The single largest Day 1 field in the entire history of the World Series of Poker. And out of all those players, only 15% of the field returned yesterday for Day 2, with the bubble having burst within the first hour of play. From there, the rate of attrition never let up, and now we're down to our last 34 players.
Leading the charge are the two "million dollar men" - Foster Hays (1,250,000) and Jordan Young (1,080,000), who are keen to make their mark on the world stage this year. That's not to say that the others won't be fighting tooth-and-nail for this title! And with the chip lead having changed hands so much yesterday, we're expecting more of the same today
Who will win Event #18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em? There's only one way to find out, and that's to keep your browser locked onto PokerNews for all your live updates, starting at 2.30pm PST (GMT -7). Bring it on!
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before the dealer swept it up, but Peter Ketterling was picking up his bags to depart. As it turned out, Ketterling had run his 
into the 
of Stanley Tavanese.
