Just before the break, Joep van den Bijgaart opened preflop to 2,600 and Walid Bouhabib flat-called in the small blind. The flop came and Bouhabib check-raised the Dutch player's 3,800 continuation bet to 8,000.
Van den Bijgaart wasn't going anywhere though and made it 22,200 to go before Bouhabib pushed all-in and was quickly called.
Bohabib:
Van den Bijgaart:
There was a couple of minutes waiting for the camera to get into place, so much that Neil Channing said, "Corr, they make you f**king sweat here..."
The on the turn made the flush but also gave Bouhabib a few outs for a full house, but the river was . Van den Bijgaart had managed to find enough clubs that he would probably be able to take part in the Ryder Cup, he has 220,000.
Liv Boeree is down to 46,000 after losing a 50,000 pot to David Steicke.
We didn't see the action before both players checked the river of the board, but we do know that Boeree was good until that fateful river - she turned over , but Stecike's had got there in the end.
Barry Greenstein had really just shrapnel when he found a good spot, getting it in with against . The board came down a pretty decisive and Greenstein doubled up to the princely sum of 19,000 - that's around 12 big blinds.
There was around 100,000 in the pot by the river of the board. Day 1a chip leader Soheb Porbandarwala enquired as to his opponent's remaining stack (A: under 100k) and then bet out 100,000 to cover him.
There followed a prolonged period in the tank for the unhappy man with the decision, but eventually he folded and Pobandarwala seems to be back in the lead on 290,000.
Barry Shulman opened preflop on the button to 4,000 only for Yury Esaulov to make it about 11,000 from the big blind, Shulman instantly called.
The flop was and Esaulov fired out 14,300. Shulman, his hands belying a hidden shakiness, grabbed a handful of yellow 5k chips and made it 35,000.
Esaulov thought for half a minute before moving in and Shulman called the extra 40,000 or so with but needed to hit against Esaulov's . The turn and were, however, the biggest bricks he could find and Esaulov doubled up to about 180,000. Shulman was left with just 35,000.
We walked up to see Felipe Ramos three-betting a raise from the player to his right. When the action came around to the original raiser, he four-bet it. We were distracted by another all in at the adjacent table, so we're not sure exactly how the action proceeded from there. One of two things happened, either (1) Ramos shoved and the raiser called, or (2) Ramos flatted, and the rest of his ~45,000 chips got in on the flop. Either way, when we turned back around, the cards were on their backs with both men sharing a very similar stack size:
Ramos:
Opponent:
The board ran out kind to Ramos: .
After riding the short stack of between 5-12,000 all day yesterday, Ramos has found Day 2 a little bit more friendly. He's all the way up over 120,000 now. His opponent had already shaken hands with a couple players and wished them luck, but he was called back to play his remaining ~4,000 chips when the stacks were squared up.
Thanks to roving reporter Gloria Balding for this one.
Ivan Demidov opened preflop to 4,000 and Barry Shulman quickly called, Arnaud Mattern then reraised to 17,600 to which Masaaki Kagawa cold-called and the action passed back to Demidov. The Russian almost went to push but then folded at the last second and Shulman folded also.
Both players checked the flop before Mattern fired 22,200 on the turn, Kagawa quickly called. The river was the and once again both players checked. Mattern flipped which was good enough to take down a fairly hefty pot.
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and Bouhabib check-raised the Dutch player's 3,800 continuation bet to 8,000.
on the turn made the flush but also gave Bouhabib a few outs for a full house, but the river was 
. Van den Bijgaart had managed to find enough clubs that he would probably be able to take part in the Ryder Cup, he has 220,000.
board, but we do know that Boeree was good until that fateful river - she turned over 
, but Stecike's 
had got there in the end.
against 
board. Day 1a chip leader Soheb Porbandarwala enquired as to his opponent's remaining stack (A: under 100k) and then bet out 100,000 to cover him.
in the small blind
and Esaulov fired out 14,300. Shulman, his hands belying a hidden shakiness, grabbed a handful of yellow 5k chips and made it 35,000.
turn and 
were, however, the biggest bricks he could find and Esaulov doubled up to about 180,000. Shulman was left with just 35,000.
flop before Mattern fired 22,200 on the 
turn, Kagawa quickly called. The river was the 