Josh Brikis is Just One of Many to Go Bust on Day 2
Players love to use Twitter to help friends and family track their progress, and when the last of their chips are lost a rundown is usually offered up to followers.
Here are a few players recently eliminated who told the world via tweet:
We found Robert Panitch calling an all-in shove from an opponent on a flop of .
Panitch:
Opponent:
"Uncle Krunk" found himself miles behind with only two outs, but one materialized immediately on the turn. A river completed the board, and Panitch clapped before stacking his opponent's chips.
"You take some chances, sometimes you make 'em," Panitch said after Filippi commented about the unlikeliness of the win. "It coulda been a flush draw."
Steve Gee on Day 2 of the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event
Steve Gee bet 13,500 when his opponent checked to him on the end on a dangerous board: . The player thought for about two minutes before finally calling. Gee slowly turned over , and his opponent mucked.
Against Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy though, Gerassi wasn't messing around. He told us he held when the flop brought three hearts on board. Holding the stone cold nuts, Gerassi managed to build a 40,000 pot with Josephy as the primary contributor, and just like he did during his who made a name for himself earlier in the series by dominating the latter stages of Event 8 despite his unconventional play - is no stranger to playing big pots with little more than a hope and a dream. Against Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy though, Gerassi wasn't messing around. He told us he held when the flop brought three hearts on board. Holding the stone cold nuts, Gerassi managed to build a 40,000 pot with Josephy as the primary contributor.
Just like he did during his final table run earlier here at the Borgata, the ever dangerous Gerassi now holds a sizable stack with which to bludgeon the table. "+]final table run earlier here at the Borgata[/URL], the ever dangerous Gerassi now holds a sizable stack with which to bludgeon the table.
After an open to 3,000 by Robert Merulla, experienced tournament grinder and 2013 World Series of Poker final tablist Barry Hutter went for the three-bet steal by making it 6,500 to play.
Merulla tanked for nearly two minutes while counting out his stack and studying Hutter from across the table. He was eventually convinced by the pressure though, and after being played back at Merulla surrendered the pot.
Daniel Buzgon is Among the Casualties as Day 2 Continues to Whittle the Field Down
The eliminations are coming fast and furious at the midway point of Day 2, and there are several seats once occupied by notables now filled with unfamiliar faces.
Julio Belluscio check-called a bet of 4,600 from Isaac Baron after an flop. The turn brought a , and Belluscio again check-called, this time for 9,200. A fell on the river. Belluscio checked once more, and Baron fired the third barrel for 16,400. Belluscio deliberated for a bit before calling.
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turn. A 
river completed the board, and Panitch clapped before stacking his opponent's chips.
. The player thought for about two minutes before finally calling. Gee slowly turned over 
, and his opponent mucked.
when the flop brought three hearts on board. Holding the stone cold nuts, Gerassi managed to build a 40,000 pot with Josephy as the primary contributor, and just like he did during his 
fell on the river. Belluscio checked once more, and Baron fired the third barrel for 16,400. Belluscio deliberated for a bit before calling.
