Eric Yilmaz is doing some good work today, and we just picked up his action once again as he tangled in a three-way pot. Yilmaz was the preflop raiser, and he continued out with a bet on the flop. A fellow big stack in Seat 1 raised to 26,600, and that folded the third player from the button. Yilmaz called, though.
The turn came the , and Yilmaz knocked the table. Seat 1 took his cue to bet 20,600 now, but Yilmaz check-raised all in with his big stack. The gentleman in Seat 1 had about 120,000 chips left, and he eventually decided to wave the white flag and surrender his cards into the muck.
Yilmaz showed his airball , and sometimes all you need is a double-gutshot draw to win the pot. That's another one to Yilmaz's corner, and this one moves him up across another milestone to ~330,000.
We picked up a battle of the blinds just as the dealer spread out a flop. Ron McMillen and Dan Black had kept it friendly preflop, and McMillen led out with a postflop bet of 3,200. Black raised to 7,500, and McMillen quickly called.
The two men would check through the turn and river. At showdown, Black tabled for two pair, and it was good. McMillen thanked him for not betting, adding, "I owe you one," as he mucked his cards.
A player in early position, who we assume was steaming from an earlier beat, hastily moved all in with a little over 10,000. Action passed to Marc Danai in the small blind and he called.
Danai:
Opponent:
The board ran and Danai gave his steaming opponent his walking papers.
Another table full of players have just been broken, and we're down to our final 90 players. There's been no slowdown yet, and with the money still more than 50 places away, we don't expect to see one for quite some time still.
Robert Castoire was in the small blind when the player on the button opened for 14,000. Castoire moved all in, the big blind folded and the button called.
Castoire:
Opponent:
The board ran and Castoire knocked out his opponent and continues to climb up the leaderboard.
We missed the hand that took the rest of his chips, but a short-stacked "Captain" Tom Franklin has just become the latest victim of this Day 2. We were just on the way over to check on him when he stood up, grabbed his coat, and headed for the rail.