We just lost bracelet winner Mitch Schock. He was crippled by Michael Borovetz , and busted on the next hand. Borovetz started by raising to 5,500, and Schock was next to act on the button. He put in a three bet to 15,000, and it folded back around to Borovetz. He announced all in, and slammed the rest of his chips into the middle. Schock thought for about 15 seconds before calling for almost all his chips.
Schock:
Borovetz:
A disappointed Schock said, "you don't have Ace-King there" with a bit of a chuckle. The board brought no help for Schock, running down , and Borovetz doubled to 152,000.
Meanwhile, Schock was left with just 4,000, and that went into the middle on the next hand. Unfortunately, his couldn't beat the of his opponent, as four diamonds came on the board.
Lee Childs has been eliminated in a hand that saw Tony Tran manage to knock him out with eight-high.
Following a cutoff raise to 7,000, Tran called from the button and Childs called as well from the big blind. The flop came . Childs checked, the preflop raiser bet 7,000, then Tran raised to 23,000. Childs waited a bit, then pushed all in for about 55,000 or so.
The original raiser folded, and after thinking about it for a few moments himself Tran made the call. Childs turned over for a heart flush draw, and Tran showed for a higher flush draw.
The turn was the and river the , meaning no flush came and Tran's eight played, thus sending Childs railward.
The player on the button raised it up to 5,000 after it folded around to him, and the small blind tossed out a grey T5,000 for the call. Scott Baumstein was in the big blind, and just like he did in a previous hand, Baumstein tossed out most of his big chips, a bet of 42,500.
The button tanked for about a minute before letting his hand go, and the small blind took just a few moments before kicking his hand in as well. After collecting the pot, Baumstein has shot his stack up to 89,000.
Day 2 of the 2012-13 WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City Main Event
The players are back from their breaks, and the cards are once again in the air. The levels are now 60 minutes long, and players will play two more of them before taking their dinner break.
We mentioned earlier a hand in which Jeffrey Gurfinkel found himself all in before the flop with against an opponent's , then flopped a heart flush to survive. Well, his stack remains below average, but his run-good most definitely continues as evidenced by a recent hand in which he felted two opponents.
Gurfinkel had while his two opponents held and , with Alex Rivera having the latter hand. The flop came to pair Rivera's queen, then the landed on the river to give Gurfinkel a set but also give the third player a Broadway straight.
The river then brought the . All three players had led at some point in the post-flop proceedings, but it was Gurfinkel's full house that won the hand and the pot.
"Way to get there, Jeff," called a player from the next table.
There was a mountain of chips in the middle already when we came to the table, with the flop reading . Patrick Houchins was facing a huge decision as we arrived. He had bet out 21,000, but Miguel Borrero had already responded by shoving all in for his last 83,000.
Houchins spent a good amount of time in the tank, before saying "I can catch up to an overpair. I can't catch up to a set though." Eventually, he kicked his hand in, and Borrero ackowledged the tough fold by tabling his hand, . Houchins said with a grin "I thought that's what you had. Nice hand."
After that pot, Houchins dropped to 125,000, while Borrero, jumped up to 132,000.
Robert Panitch hasn't really been on our radar today, though we did see him slowly chipping up throughout the day. Well on our latest run through of the tables, we saw that Panitch had about 20 stacks of chips in front of him, including nearly two full stacks of grey T5,000 chips. After counting up the whole thing, we pegged Panitch at around 315,000, which is good enough to have a comfortable chip lead at the moment.
We've lost a couple more notables as we approach the halfway point of Level 15. Both Nick Frangos and Micah Raskin have joined the parade of players who have hit the rail thus far today.
, and Borovetz doubled to 152,000.
of his opponent, as four diamonds came on the board.
. Childs checked, the preflop raiser bet 7,000, then Tran raised to 23,000. Childs waited a bit, then pushed all in for about 55,000 or so.
for a heart flush draw, and Tran showed 
for a higher flush draw.
and river the 
, meaning no flush came and Tran's eight played, thus sending Childs railward.
against an opponent's 
and 
to pair Rivera's queen, then the 
. All three players had led at some point in the post-flop proceedings, but it was Gurfinkel's full house that won the hand and the pot.
. Patrick Houchins was facing a huge decision as we arrived. He had bet out 21,000, but Miguel Borrero had already responded by shoving all in for his last 83,000.
