An under-the-gun Samad Razavi raised to 2,700 and received calls from Joshua Weizer in the cutoff and Dan Martin in the small blind. When the flop fell , Martin checked, Razavi bet 5,000, Weizer called, and Martin conceded the hand.
Razavi then check-called a bet of 8,500 on the turn, leading to the on the river. Again Razavi check-called a bet, this time 15,000, and Weizer showed for tens and deuces; however, it was no good as Razavi rolled over for a higher two pair.
Owen Crowe was in the cutoff and decided his bets course of action was to raise to 2,600. Martin de Knijff was in the small blind and decided to come along for the ride, but Mike "The Mouth" Matusow had other plans in the big blind. He put in a reraise to 9,600 and drove Crowe from the hand. With action back on de Knijff, he surprised the table with a four-bet to 27,600.
Matusow tanked for a long time before pulling out a coin and giving it a flip. We're not sure what it came up, but it led to a Matusow fold.
Justin Young was all in preflop for about 15,000 with and up against the of Sunny Chattha. It was a good spot for Young, but the flop gave Chattha some added straight outs. However, it was the turn that would ultimately lead to Young's demise as it paired Chattha to give him the lead. The blanked on the river and Young was eliminated here in Level 10.
We're not sure how it happened, but we can confirm that last year's $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Champion, Valdemar Kwaysser, has been eliminated from the tournament.
Likewise, World Poker Tour Player-of-the-Year Andy Frankenberger was sent to the rail when he lost to the of David Benyamine in a blind versus blind battle.
We caught this hand on the river with a board reading . Isaac Haxton was first to act and bet 7,500 only to be raised to 26,700 by Martins Adeniya in the cutoff. Haxton thought long and hard before annoucing a call.
Adeniya revealed for a rivered Broadway straight. Haxton let out a sigh before tossing his cards in the muck.
Mike Watson was in early position and opened for a raise to 2,700. Action folded all the way around to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind and he decided to make the call. When the was put out on the flop, Negreau check-called a bet of 3,000 from Watson, leading to the on the turn.
Both players quickly checked, as they did on the river. Negreanu showed for a pair of jacks and it was good enough to take down the pot. Negreanu was quick to note that it was the first hand of fourteen player that he had won here on Day 2.
Erik Seidel opened for 2,800 in middle position only to have John Dwyer three-bet to 7,100 from the button. After the blinds got out of the way, Seidel put in a four-bet to 19,800, which was enough to get Dwyer to fold.
We haven't had much to report on Phil "Unabomber" Laak today, but he is holding steady over at Table #283. We understand that he is checking our updates on his fancy iPad, so we thought it only polie to say hello. "Hello, Mr. Unabomber!"