Just before the break, Shunjiro Uchida and Brock Parker got into a big pot that saw Uchida get some much needed chips. Under the gun, Uchida raised, and action folded around to Parker in the small blind who reraised. Uchida called, and the flop came . Parker bet, and Uchida came along for the ride. The turn brought the , and Parker bet out again. This time, Uchida raised. Parker called, and the river came the . Again, Parker led out, and again, Uchida raised. Parker called, and Uchida flipped up for a full house. Parker mucked what appeared to be , and Uchida took the pot.
Chau Giang raised under the gun only to face a three-bet from Barry Greenstein in middle position. Action folded back around to Giang and he made the call to see the flop come down . Giang check-called a bet from Greenstein, as he did when the hit the turn followed by the on the river.
Greenstein revealed for a flopped set, but it was no good against Giang's turned set.
Daniel Negreanu raised in the cutoff, and Steve Landfish made it three bets on the button. It folded back around to Negreanu, who put in a fourth bet. Landfish just called, and they saw a flop of . Negreanu bet out and Landfish called. The turn brought the , and Negreanu bet again. This time, Landfish raised, and Negreanu called. The river brought the , and Negreanu check called. Landfish said "no pair" and Negreanu showed , which was good enough to rake in the pot and end Negreanu's slide.
Marwan Abdelal limped in the hijack, Dan Kelly completed from the small blind and Isaac Haxton checked his option from the big. On the flop, Kelly checked to Haxton who bet with only Abdelal calling. Both remaining players checked the on the turn and Haxton bet again when the hit the river. Abdelal made the call and was shown for a baby flush draw that turned into a pair at the end. Abdelal flashed the for a lower pair before he mucked and looked angry at himself for letting Haxton get there.
Richard Brodie, the man who famously made his fortune working for Microsoft, raised in early position only to have Rosskamm three-bet from middle position. Brodie proceeded to four-bet, Rosskamm raised all in for a total of 18,500, and Brodie made the call.
Brodie:
Rosskamm:
Brodie was in a dominating position, even before the gave him a flush draw. The gave Rosskamm a straight draw to any non-club seven, but the river gave Brodie a flush and the win. Rosskamm has been eliminated from the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.
We came to the table with the board reading . Tam Hang had put a bet out, and David Baker was counting out the rest of his chips. He raised enough to go all in, and Hang instantly called, showing for a turned straight. Baker was drawing dead with , and Hang won the pot to boost his stack to 120,000.
Nick Schulman is no longer the newest face nor the biggest stack at his table as chip leader Brock Parker recently joined him. We caught up with the action on a flop where Parker checked from the small blind and Schulman bet from early position. The button called as did Parker and it was checked to the button who bet when a came on the turn. Both other players called and Parker led out when the hit the river. Schulman folded while the button called only to be shown for the nut flush of Parker who grew his lead.
While Parker was still piling the chips from the previous hand, he raised on the button and got three-bet by Mikhail Smirnov in the small blind. Parker made the call and called Smirnov’s bet on the flop. Parker wouldn’t make it two pots in a row though as he folded when Smirnov bet on the turn.
After Cajelais was crippled in a previous hand, it seemed as if his demise was inevitable. Sure enough, it came when Dan Kelly raised from the cutoff and Cajelais three-bet all in for 8,800 on the button. After the blinds folded, Kelly made the call and the cards were turned up.
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Cajelais:
It was bad news for Cajelais, whose best bet was a king. The flop paired his seven, but still left him wanting. The turn changed nothing, and the river sent the pot to Kelly. Cajelais was eliminated from the tournament late on Day 2.
Steve Landfish raised from middle position only to have Sergey Rybachenko three-bet. The rest of the field got out of the way and Landfish made the call. It went check-bet-raise-call on the flop, leading to the on the turn. This time Landfish check-called a bet, and followed that up by leading out on the river.
Rybachenko called off his remaining chips and showed for a full house. Landfish flashed the before tossing his hand in the muck.