Mihai Manole raised from early position to 3,600 and action folded around to the big blind who moved all in for 36,300. Manole hit the tank starring back and forth between his opponent and his own stack. Eventually, he made the call but his was just barely nicked by the of his opponent.
The flop was and the turn was the , none of which helped Manole. The river would, however. It landed as the , one of only two cards that would give Manole the pot. When he finishes raking in those chips, he will have a stack of 100,000.
With his final 24,000, the player in the small blind moved all in on Aaron Lambert's big blind. After the count and some thought, Lambert decided to call but his was behind the of his opponent. The lead in this hand, however, would change on every street.
The flop came out and now a pair of King's were the best hand. The turn was the and another comeback was in the works with a pair of Aces. The river filled up a strait for Lambert though to gave him the pot and the knockout blow.
We don't know the action preflop, but we have to imagine a decent amount of betting went on, because there was a lot of chips already in the pot. On a flop of it was the Big Blind who put out a bet. Douglas Lang made the call, and a player in middle position moved all in for almost 20,000.
The Big Blind only had around 12,000 and he spent a good two minutes contemplating before he ultimately made the call. Action was then on Lang whom the table and had seemingly forgot about. After almost four minutes Lang made the call and flipped over for a pair of jacks and an ace kicker. The player in Middle Position turned over for a nut flush draw and a run run straight draw. The Big Blind upset that Lang made the call showed the table for a pair of jacks with a ten kicker.
Lang was amazingly ahead with his pair of jacks going to the turn-river. hit the turn much to the Big Blind's delight as he managed to grab a open-ended straight draw.
With the rattling off on the river the hand was done and a very excited Lang cheered in celebration as he grabbed the chip lead.
1983 Main Event Champion Tom McEvoy got his last 2,400 chips in with against the of a player at his table. A hit the flop and McEvoy did not improve to go out in the first stages of Day 2. While McEvoy did not earn his fifth bracelet, he did earn his 41st WSOP cash and his first of 2011.
A player opened opened for 3,800 from the hi-jack position and Michael Leah to his immediate left raised to 10,500. His opponent decided to flat.
The flop came and Leah's opponent donked for 15,000 even. Leah tanked for a while, but then announced that he was all-in for about 56,000. His opponent snap called, having just a bit less than Leah's stack.
Leah:
Opponent:
Both players were near even-money after the flop, but the turn put Leah's opponent in the lead with a flush.
Leah still had a draw to the nut flush, but the river blanked a , crippling him and leaving him with just 3,000 behind.
In a raised pot preflop, Cherish Andrews was in the big blind and heads up going to the flop. The dealer put out and Andrews check-called the 4,000 chip bet of her opponent. The turn was the and this time she led out for 6,900 before her opponent raised to 13,900. Andrews wasted little time in making the call and the river was the . Andrews announced she was all in and her opponents cards hit the muck. With that pot she has now crossed the six-figure mark and sits with 115,000.
We don't know the action preflop, but what we do know is Douglas Lang called the all ins of two opponents in front of him.
Lang:
Button:
Big Blind:
The board came out giving both the Big Blind and Lang a pair of kings with a jack kicker. The button was not so lucky as his fours failed to hold up, and he was eliminated. Both Lang and the Big Blind will split the Buttons chips. Lang has a mountain of chips in front of him and is clearly one of the current chip leaders with almost 200,000 in chips.