With the board reading , Peter Soo Han checked from the big blind over to Chad Brown in middle position.
Brown bet 2,500, but Soo Han popped it to 5,500. A call from Brown landed the on the turn where Soo Han moved all in. After about five seconds, Brown called all in for about 18,000.
Soo Han tabled for the nuts. Brown was drawing dead with , making the river merely a formality.
Matt Chang started the day with less than 10bb, and he managed to stave off elimination for a while before going under. He got the rest of his short stack in with , running into an opponent with to end his day.
It's not the last we'll see of Chang today. On his way out the door, we heard him tell a pair of cocktail servers, "I'll be back later to drink." Bar business is booming here at the Palm Beach Kennel Club
We began this Day 2 with 379 players including the 33 extras who joined up this morning with a fresh stack.
In the first 75 minutes of action, we've already lost more than 100 players, and we've cruised right down to 270 without much drama. The money arrives at 81 left, and we'd expect to get there sometime shortly after dinner.
It's official. This edition of the WSOPC Palm Beach drew 778 runners to the felt, a nice increase over last year's 712. With the extra money, the prize pool grew to $1,131,990 this time around, and that money will be split among the final 81 players.
The bottom payout is worth $2,819 — a bit less than twice the buy-in. Things progress steadily until we hit the final two tables and the start of the five-figure payouts. The last 18 players will all earn at least $11,512, and the final table payouts are all worth $21,383 or more. A spot in the final three is worth more than $100,000, and the winner will take the lion's share of the pool. A gold ring, $226,395, and some serious bragging rights are the winner's purse here, but there are still two long days left to play before we can write that check to one of these lucky players.
Picking up the action on a flop, action was checked to Jeff Banghart and he bet 7,000. His opponent put in a check-raise to 14,500, to which Banghart responded by shoving. A snap all-in call from his opponent showed Banghart the bad news as his was dominated by .
The turn and river were no help to Banghart, who sent 61,700 across the table and is now down to about 32,000.
We picked up the action on the flop in a heads-up pot between Day 1 big stack Maxim Sorkin (under the gun) and Kyle Bowker (button).
When we walked up to the table, the flop was already spread out on the table. Kyle Bowker had 4,700 chips out in front of him, but we can't say for sure if it was a bet or a raise. Either way, Sorokin responded with a raise back to 15,000 flat, and Bowker tanked and called to see the next card.
It was the , and Sorokin quickly plunked out a covering stack of red chips. Bowker threw his arms up in confusion, but he had little choice with . He quickly committed his last 50,700 to the pot, and he was soon presented with a bit of good news as Sorokin's was drawing dead.
The river was just a formality, and Bowker has found a big double to climb up to about 140,000.
Brandon Adams and Jonathan Tamayo were two of the more notables who decided to buy in today with 20bb, but it appears that both of them have had their days cut very short.
We saw Tamayo walking out of the room practically seconds after he arrived, so we knew the news for him was not good. As for Adams, we never even saw him sit down. After writing our introductory posts, we made a bee line for the new-reg tables to put our eyes on the pro. But there's no sign of Adams anywhere, and we think it's safe to say his Main Event has come and gone quickly, too.
The number on the big board has ticked up to 778 total players, and that means we've unofficially added another 33 to the field today. The prize pool is being posted as we speak, so we'll assume that 778 is the official number unless we hear better.
We'll drop the prize pool on you in just a few minutes. Spoiler: 1st place is nearly a quarter-million dollars.
, Peter Soo Han checked from the big blind over to Chad Brown in middle position.
on the turn where Soo Han moved all in. After about five seconds, Brown called all in for about 18,000.
for the nuts. Brown was drawing dead with 
, making the 
river merely a formality.
, running into an opponent with 
flop, action was checked to Jeff Banghart and he bet 7,000. His opponent put in a check-raise to 14,500, to which Banghart responded by shoving. A snap all-in call from his opponent showed Banghart the bad news as his 
was dominated by 
.
river were no help to Banghart, who sent 61,700 across the table and is now down to about 32,000.
flop was already spread out on the table. Kyle Bowker had 4,700 chips out in front of him, but we can't say for sure if it was a bet or a raise. Either way, Sorokin responded with a raise back to 15,000 flat, and Bowker tanked and called to see the next card.
. He quickly committed his last 50,700 to the pot, and he was soon presented with a bit of good news as Sorokin's 
was just a formality, and Bowker has found a big double to climb up to about 140,000.
and Nguyen had him at risk with 
to give the pot to Nguyen who is closing in on six figures.