Although we missed the action and his opponent's cards were already in the muck, we just saw Amit "amak316" Makhija double his stack with the on a board reading . He is now sitting with a much healthier 42,000.
Adam Geyer raised to 2,300 from early position only to face an all-in raise for about 10,000 total from Benjamin Chan. John Thompson then pushed all in himself from the small blind for about 20,000. Geyer got out of the way and the cards were turned up.
Chan:
Thompson:
It was a classic race for Chan's tournament life. His big slick needed to improve, which is exactly what happened when the flop fell . Chan vaulted to the lead and stayed there as the turn and river changed nothing.
Seyed Madani raised from under the gun to 2,700 and action folded to Jared Ingles on the button who re-raised to 7,300. Madani called and the flop came . Madani check-called a bet of 3,500 from Ingles and the appeared on the turn. Madani declared he was all in and Ingles called putting his tournament life at risk.
Ingles:
Madani:
Ingles eights were ahead of Madani's ace-high and the on the river changed nothing. After the hand Ingles' stack grew to around 41,000.
When we came to the table, the flop read . Stephen Chimelski checked in the big blind and 2010 November Niner Soi Nguyen had bet out 4,500. Chimelski thought for about 20 seconds before sliding in a call. The turn came the , and Chimelski bet out 7,000. Nugyen instantly moved all in and Chimelski instantly called.
Chimelski:
Nguyen:
Nguyen flopped two pair but it was well behind Chimelski's turned flush. The river brought the , and Nguyen shipped about 25,000 total to Chimelski, dropping him to 80,000.
Ryan Moriarty was in the cutoff and put in a raise to 2,400 after action folded around. A short-stacked Anthony Lamarra was in the small blind and opted to move all in for his last 10,000. Moriarty thought for about 30 seconds before making the call.
Moriarty:
Lamarra:
Lamarra was ahead preflop, but the flop delivered Moriarty a pair of sixes to take the lead. The turn gave Lamarra a pair, but he still needed to pair one of his hole cards to stay alive. The dealer burned and revealed the , giving Moriarty the pot and sending Lamarra home early on Day 2.
Hey guys! We are back again for another exciting day at the Rio! There is action at nearly every single table, and here at the purple section of the Amazon room, we are gearing up for Day 2 of Event #32: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!
Yesterday 2,828 player ponied up the dough to enter the tournament, and of that, 362 players remain. 297 of those players will be making the money, and we expect to hit that number fairly quickly. Our chip leader entering today is Adam Lippert, who bagged 150,200 chips last night. Other players to keep an eye on will be Kyle Cartwright (105,000), Chino Rheem (101,500), Layne Flack (71,100), Brett Jungblut (70,900), and Tim West (45,200)
The cards will be in the air in about 20 minutes time, and as soon as it gets underway, we will provide you with all of the information as we start our quest for the money, and hopefully end today with a final table. So stay tuned to Pokernews, and thanks for following along!