Humberto Brenes waited patiently to hit the money, but wasted no time getting his money into the middle once he was safe. In his final hand he shoved preflop with and was called by . The board came down . Had it not been for the king on the flop, Brenes may have chopped, but alas, it was not to be.
Humberto made his 53rd cash and is now tied with Erik Seidel for the fifth most WSOP cashes in history.
We thought Antonio Esfandiari may have busted late in Day 1, as he left his seat before play concluded for the day. Esfandiari returned for Day 2 with 12,700, but did not last long today. He busted quickly after the money was reached.
Before play on this hand had started, a player at Shaun Deeb's table turned to the player on the button and said, "I might not know how to play, but this guy next to me does."
Nevertheless, the button player raised to 3,600 preflop and was called by Deeb. The flop came down . Deeb checked and the button bet out for 4,000. Deeb took the opportunity to check-raise to 11,200 and the button folded. Deeb is now sitting at 77,000 in chips.
After the hand was over, the player who had warned that Deeb could play, turned to the button and said, "I tried to warn you."
Jonathan Van Fleet raised to 3,600 from early position and got a call from a player in middle position. The button moved all in and Van Fleet, having him covered, four-bet for his entire stack. The middle-position player folded and Van Fleet was headed to the flop with just one opponent.
Van Fleet:
Opponent:
The board came down , allowing Van Fleet's aces to hold up. After the hand Van Fleet had close to twice the number of chips he had started with - about 65,000.
A player in late position opened the pot with a raise to 4,000. The player on the button made the call and Lauren Kling in the small blind popped it to 15,000.
The initial raiser tanked for five minutes and eventually folded followed shortly by the player on the button.
Lars Bonding had called a raise to 4,100 from a player in early position. They checked all the way through a board reading . When his opponent showed and said "You bet, you take it," Bonding mucked with a look of discontent.
Shaun Deeb was up to over 70,000 in chips, but when we went to check out how he was going to play his stack, we saw he was gone. Maybe this time he'll stay retired, though we doubt it.
Jeremiah Vinsant had gone all in for his last 19,000 and got one call from the table. He showed which needed to improve against his opponent's . When the board played out with , Vinsant remained behind and has left the Amazon Room.