A player in middle position raised to 1,200, and Scotty Nguyen called from the small blind. Darryll Fish paid from the big, and all three checked the flop. The turn brought the , and Nguyen and DFish checked again. The original raiser bet 1,650, and Nguyen called while DFish mucked. The river paired the board, and Nguyen bet out 6,200. That looked convincing to his opponent, who folded, showing the . Scotty Baby decided to return the favor and showed the . He had 25,200 after the hand.
Shortly after losing that early hand, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano was back in action at his table and involved in a large pot.
We rolled up on the hand at the river with the board showing . With about 10,000 in the middle, Pagano's opponent checked, he bet 6,000, and his opponent called. Pagano flipped over for trip deuces, and his opponent mucked.
That bounced Pagano right back to the 40,000-chip mark.
"Does anyone have Miami John's number?" asked Jonathan Aguiar to members of the media row.
"He's just blinding out over here!" he added.
The reason Aguiar was so concerned was that 'Miami' John Cernuto is seated on his direct right on the Orange Feature table in the Amazon Room.
Cernuto started the day with 25,300, and at this rate with blinds and antes costing him 1,050 a round, he could be eliminated sooner than he would have thought!
We hustled over to see the action. Someone had raised in late position, and Carter Phillips had called. From the button, Joseph Ward moved all in for about 10,000 total. That was good enough to fold the initial raiser, but Phillips made the call to put his man at risk.
Showdown
Phillips:
Ward:
The flop was a disaster for Ward, coming and sending him shooting out of his chair. He clapped his hands together with a big, "No!" and table mate Greg Mueller mumbled, "It's a sick game..."
The turn and river did nothing to improve Ward's unenviable plight, and he has been eliminated after a very short Day 2. Phillips barely looked up from the massage he's getting; he's up to about 140,000 and has plenty of chips to enjoy that relaxing rubdown for a while longer.
Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis check-called a bet of 900 on a flop of before the hit the turn. Karamalikis checked and his opponent fired 2,200. Karamalikis put in the check-raise to 5,000 and his opponent let it go.
Karamalikis is back up to 26,000 in the early goings.
The small blind and Eric Baldwin, who was in the big blind, built a preflop pot of 3,500 and saw a flop of . The small blind checked and then called a bet of 1,400 from Baldwin.
The small blind them led out with a 3,000 bet when the hit the turn. Baldwin made the call and then both players checked the on the river. The small blind showed for a rivered pair of sevens but it was no good against the of Baldwin.
Brant Taylor opened from early position and got called by Richard Barton and Luca Pagano in the blinds. Barton checked the flop to Pagano, who bet 1,200. Taylor moved all-in from early position, Barton folded and Pagano made the call.
Taylor
Pagano
Taylor made top pair when the hit the turn and the on the river counterfeited Pagano's two pair. Taylor raked in the pot, taking his chip count up to 18,300 while Pagano slipped to 21,000.
Martin Berggren raised to 1,200 from under the gun and then action folded to Scott Vener in middle position. He moved all in for about 12,000 and David Arnold reraised all in from the next spot for about 40,000. Justin Conley was in the next seat and called all in for 11,000 before everyone else including Berggren folded.
Vener held the but was dominated by Conley's . Arnold had the most chips and dominated the both of them with the .
The board ran out and Arnold earned the double elimination en route to about 70,000 chips.
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flop. The turn brought the 
, and Nguyen and DFish checked again. The original raiser bet 1,650, and Nguyen called while DFish mucked. The 
river paired the board, and Nguyen bet out 6,200. That looked convincing to his opponent, who folded, showing the 
. Scotty Baby decided to return the favor and showed the 
. He had 25,200 after the hand.
and facing a bet from the small blind of 2,700, Jesper Hougaard bumped it to 6,500.
landed on the turn and Hougaard's bet of 8,000 was enough to collect the pot.
. With about 10,000 in the middle, Pagano's opponent checked, he bet 6,000, and his opponent called. Pagano flipped over 
and sending him shooting out of his chair. He clapped his hands together with a big, "No!" and table mate Greg Mueller mumbled, "It's a sick game..."
and river 
did nothing to improve Ward's unenviable plight, and he has been eliminated after a very short Day 2. Phillips barely looked up from the massage he's getting; he's up to about 140,000 and has plenty of chips to enjoy that relaxing rubdown for a while longer.
before the 
hit the turn. Karamalikis checked and his opponent fired 2,200. Karamalikis put in the check-raise to 5,000 and his opponent let it go.
hit the turn. Baldwin made the call and then both players checked the 
on the river. The small blind showed 
roll out on the turn, followed by the 
on the river to see the pot chopped up.
hit the turn and the 
. Arnold had the most chips and dominated the both of them with the 
and Arnold earned the double elimination en route to about 70,000 chips.