Antonio Venneri and Matan Krakow were involved in a pot and we were at the turn. The board was showing and Krakow bet 600. Venneri moved all-in and Krakow made the call and was in terrible shape.
Krakow
Venneri
River:
Krakow survived and Venneri was left to wander around the poker room cursing in Italian.
We just missed the betting action but after a raising war Tyler Kenney and Dennis Bejedal got their chips in the middle pre flop. Kenney later explained that Bejedal had openend to 1,300, Kenney three-bet from the small blind to 3,000 and later called the shove.
Tyler Kenney
Dennis Bejedal
Bejedal didn't get a good sweat for his money when the board ran out . Kenney is doing very well early on day two and soon after this hand his table broke.
The top three chip stacks (Flavien Guenan, Benjamin Pollak and Casey Kastle) are all playing cards on the same table so there should be some interesting spots throughout the day and here is one such spot.
Pollak raised from the hijack, Alexander Salabaschew called in the cut-off and Flavien Guenan squeezed out a three-bet from the button making it 4,400 to play. Casey Kastle was seated in the small blind and he tanked for a few minutes before folding, as did the big blind, and Pollak and Slabaschew both called.
Flop:
The action checked to the pre-flop squeezer and Guenan made it 6,600 to play. Pollak folded but Salabaschew moved all-in for 17,000 and Guenan reluctantly made the call.
Salabschew
Guenan
Neither the turn nor the river helped Guenan and Salabschew doubled up.
Phil Hellmuth raised pre flop to 1,500 getting calls from Kenney, Pollak and Radoja. Kenny was the one in position on the button while Pollak and Radoja were in the blinds.
The flop was and without flinching all four players checked. On the turn the appeared and Pollak lead out for 2,950. Radoja thought about it for half a minute and then called leaving himself with only 10,000 chips remaining. Hellmuth and Kenny folded so we got to see the river card.
The river was the and Pollak tanked for a good minute before checking to Radoja. The 2011 WSOP bracelet winner threw out a small 2,500 bet and Pollak snap-called. Radoja showed and raked in the pot.
From the under-the-gun position, Phil Hellmuth raised to 2,200 and Hans Winzeler made the call from the cutoff. Vanessa Selbst was on the button and also called, so we had three-way action on the flop.
The flop was and Hellmuth bet out 4,000. Winzeler folded before Selbst called. The turn was the and this time Hellmuth opted to check. Selbst went into the tank and counted out a 9,800-chip bet. Hellmuth pondered for a while, counted out the chips and eventually rumbled them into the pot.
The completed the board and Hellmuth snap-checked once more. Selbst took even more time than on the turn but ended up betting 25,700. "I call!" Hellmuth shouted within a split second and turned over the . Selbst shrugged and mucked her cards.
The two engaged in a conversation with the following cliff notes, Hellmuth really liked the king on the river and Selbst was convinced the 11-time bracelet winner would have folded if it wasn't for the king.
Selbst still has just under the average stack while Hellmuth is amongst the largest stacks in the room.