With about 15,000 in the pot and the board reading , Vanessa Selbst bet 8,900. Her opponent, Benjamin Hamnett, re-raised all in for an additional 38,200 and sent Selbst in the tank. After about two minutes, she called and showed . She was ahead, but not comfortably as Hamnett tabled .
The river was safe for Selbst as she continues her quest to go back to back here at NAPT Mohegan Sun.
Amnon Filippi was all in on the flop of for 14,800. Robert Robbins made the call and Dennis Petronack got out of the way, folding the . Filippi held the for bottom set and Robbins the for top pair.
The turn brought the and the river the to give Filippi the win and move him to 66,800 in chips.
A short-stacked player in middle position went all in for 3,400 and next to act, 2010 NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event runner-up Mike Beasley called. In the hijack, last year's 7th-place finisher Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy re-raised all in for about 25,000 and action folded back to Beasley. After a few moments he gave it up.
Jospehy held to his opponent's and help up through the board.
On Season 1 of the North American Poker Tour, Joe Tehan won the Main Event at the Los Angeles stop. On this flop, he was pitted against Michael Damphousse and Adam Geyer. Even though, Tehan was out of position to both of his opponents, a smooth check-raise to 12,700 after Geyer bet 3,500 was good enough to give Tehan the pot and increase his stack.
On the flop of , Adam Geyer and Bill Jennings got all the money in the middle. Geyer held top pair, top kicker with the . Jennings held the for a naked flush draw.
The turn and river were the and , keeping Geyer in front and winning him the hand. He busted Jennings and saw his stack climb even more as he's off to a very nice start to Day 2.
On the flop of , Jason Wheeler bet 3,400 with Jacobo Fernandez as his only opponent. Fernandez made the call to bring them to the turn. Wheeler continued and bet 6,400. Fernandez raised to 14,500 and Wheeler mucked.
In middle position, 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada opened to 2,200. Next to act was 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel and he re-raised all in for roughly 25,000. On the button, Akos Molnar re-shoved for about 40,000. Action folded back to Cada and he snap-called for his remaining 15,100.
Cada:
Duhamel:
Molnar:
Not the best spot for Duhamel and he would find no help from the board as it ran out losing the side pot to Molnar and the main pot to Cada.
Action folded to Jason Wheeler in the cutoff seat and he raised to 2,400. David Paredes on the button, Bernard Lee in the small blind and Joseph Cappuccio in the big blind all gave him action with a four-way flop to follow.
The flop came down and action checked to Wheeler. He bet 5,000 with only Paredes sticking around to the turn.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Both checked again.
Paredes turned over the and Wheeler mucked his hand.
Jeff Madsen, Anthony Gregg and Yakov Hirsch had all the money in preflop. Hirsch had the least amount of chips and held the . Madsen had the second least amount and held the . Gregg had both of his opponents covered and held the .
The flop came down and Madsen took the lead with a pair of jacks. Gregg added an open-ended straight draw, but two of his nines were occupied by Hirsch and one ace by Madsen
The turn brought the and Madsen still had the lead, but had to dodge even more outs as Hirsch picked up a diamond flush draw. Any diamond, ace, nine, king would leave Madsen crippled, but when the fell on the river he was able to breathe a big sigh of relief.
, Vanessa Selbst bet 8,900. Her opponent, Benjamin Hamnett, re-raised all in for an additional 38,200 and sent Selbst in the tank. After about two minutes, she called and showed 
. She was ahead, but not comfortably as Hamnett tabled 
.
river was safe for Selbst as she continues her quest to go back to back here at NAPT Mohegan Sun.
and Bardah doubled up 30,300.
for 14,800. Robert Robbins made the call and Dennis Petronack got out of the way, folding the 
. Filippi held the 
for bottom set and Robbins the 
for top pair.
and the river the 
to give Filippi the win and move him to 66,800 in chips.
to his opponent's 
and help up through the 
board.
. Jennings held the 
and 
, keeping Geyer in front and winning him the hand. He busted Jennings and saw his stack climb even more as he's off to a very nice start to Day 2.
turn. Wheeler continued and bet 6,400. Fernandez raised to 14,500 and Wheeler mucked.
. Gregg had both of his opponents covered and held the 
and Madsen took the lead with a pair of jacks. Gregg added an open-ended straight draw, but two of his nines were occupied by Hirsch and one ace by Madsen
