The last time we saw Steve O'Dwyer, he looked like the picture on the left.
For about a half hour since then, we haven't been able to find him in the room, and we were just about to add his name to the "Presumed Busto" list. Suddenly, though, he appeared at the table with Lex Veldhuis with about 200,000 chips in his stack. Welcome back to the game, Steve. Even though you never actually left.
The man with the longest name in the room, Edmilson Tavares Muniz De Oliveira -- we'll call him Ed -- opened the pot to 6,800 under the gun. All the way around in the big blind, Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen shoved all in for about 45,000. Ed snap-called, and the news was not good for Mr. Jorgensen.
Showdown
Ed:
Jorgensen:
There was a sweat on the turn, but the board spells the end of the day for another Team Pro. Jorgensen is out, and the board shows 180 player left.
From middle position, Marius Maciukas raised to 5,100. Nikolay Tsanev called from the next seat, Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden called from the hijack seat, Kirill Stasinlavovich Telezhkin called from the button and Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called from the big blind.
The five players saw the flop come down and action checked to Lodden. He bet 19,200 and only Veldhuis called.
The landed on the turn and Veldhuis checked. Lodden bet 41,200 and Veldhuis folded. Loddeon showed the and both him and Veldhuis got a good laugh out of it.
Kirill Stasinlavovich Telezhkin checked the flop to Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis. He fired 7,300 and Telezhkin check-raised to 17,700. Veldhuis gave it up and shot Telezhkin a look.
From early position, Basilio Cipriano raised to 6,300. Barny Boatman reraised from middle position to 10,300. Action folded back to Cipriano and he made the call.
The flop came down and Cipriano moved all in for right around 30,000. Boatman quickly called.
Cipriano:
Boatman:
The turn was the and river the to send Cipriano out the door.
Brandon Cantu won himself a massive pot at the tail end of Day 1b, but those chips have run out. We missed the hand that did him in, but we did seem him gathering up his possessions and heading out the door.
On the way back, we also spotted the empty chair that formerly belonged to Jennifer Harman, and it appears that she too has fallen under here late on Day 2.