Day 2 Runners
Sights from the action
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Sights from the action
Jerrod Ankenman opened up action pre flop and got callers in Eric Lopez and Sean Nguyen. The flop came . Lopez bet, Ankenman raised, and Nguyen three-bet. Lopez folded and Ankenman called. The turn came . Ankenman checked, Nguyen bet, and Ankenman called. The showed up on the river. Ankenman checked again, Nguyen bet, and Ankenman called.
Nguyen flipped up the nuts with and picked up a nice pot.
Livello: 12
Limiti: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 0
The field has been reduced to 108 players and amongst those to have recently departed the Amazon Room include Sammy Elkassir, David Warga, Michael Foti, Robert Albrecht, Alex Melnikow and Jose Derubin.
Chino Rheem has also been eliminated, along with Edward Nassif, who according to the chip count list from last night, claimed to have returned today with a whopping 92,000 in chips. As it turns out that he only had one-tenth of that amount, having written one too many zeros on the bag!
We arrived at the table in time to see two pots pushed in the direction of JJ Liu.
On the first pot, the board read and Liu tabled and was able to scoop a nice pot.
During the second hand, there was a raise from middle position and JJ Liu made the call along with the player in the cutoff and the player in the small blind. The flop fell and it checked around to Liu who bet out. The player in the cutoff put in a raise, causing the other two players in the hand to fold while Liu made the call. The turned and Liu check-called the bet of her opponent. When the rivered, the action went check-check and Liu tabled and her pair of nines was enough to scoop the pot and cause her opponent to slam his fist on the table and throw out a barrage of profane words.
"Couldn't even give her the ace, it had to be the f***ing nine!" her opponent spoke with fervor. Liu's composure never broke, however, and she quietly scooped her pot.
Over on table 362, Donald Matusow and Jason Kim were involved in a three-way pot that resulted in Richard Abe being sent to the rail.
Kim raised and was reraised all-in by Abe. Matusow four-bet and was five-bet over the top by Kim and Matusow called.
The flop ran out . Both players checked the flop. The turn brought the . Matusow bet and was called by Kim. The showed up on the river with Matusow leading out and Kim calling.
When it came time for show down, Matusow flipped up causing both players to toss their hands into the muck, and that was the end of Abe.
Scott Zakheim has taken a nice chunk of change off his neighbor George Rechnitzer over on table 373, moving up to more than 52,000 in chips.
We picked up the action post-flop with Rechnitzer and Zakheim in a battle of the blinds; Rechnitzer opened the betting on all streets and Zakheim called all the way down the board of before Rechnitzer showed down .
However, Zakheim's was best and Rechntizer is now down to 24,000 and change.
We recently heard our first cry for the floor from table #365, which is currently housing such names as Dutch Boyd and Chino Rheem. The floor was called for a hand that Rheem was involved in where the dealer mucked Rheem's hand after Rheem flipped it face up and said "Call".
In a small tussle with the dealer, Rheem said "Who ever said fold? Did anyone ever say fold? I flipped my hand face up and you threw it in the muck". The floor was called and Rheem's was pulled out of the muck so he could chop the pot with his opponent's
Michael Senter has been amongst the early casualties on Day 2, having been eliminated at the hands of Sean Nguyen.
The action folded to Senter who raised pre-flop before being three-bet by Nguyen; Senter then four bet and Nguyen called to see a flop of . Senter opened the action again and was called. The showed up on the turn; Senter went all in and was immediately called by Nguyen.
Senter flipped up and Nguyen showed . This left Senter drawing to a ten on the river but the left him high and dry.
Play has officially begun and limits are at 1000-2000.