Dee Dozier three-bet a Gabriel Nassif open from the small blind and they went heads-up to a flop.
Both players checked, but the action heated up on the turn as Dozier led out for 8,700. Nassif called and the river was revealed.
Dozier fired again, betting 12,500, and Nassif went deep into the tank. It was a good three or four minutes of intense study with Dozier staying as still as she could before he emerged with a fold and she could breathe again.
"That was invasive," she exclaimed. "You really had me sweating. Don't do that again."
On a board of , Jonathan Dimmig bet every street in position, he said. On the river, Jonathan Neckar had shoved to put Dimmig all in for his last 22,000 over the 13,000 or so he had bet.
"I have so few chips, I just don't think you would ever do this with a bluff," Dimmig said. He mucked face up. "I'll give you $100 if you can show me a bluff."
Neckar smiled and shook his head slightly as he flicked his cards to the dealer.
Lance Harris has taken the lead here and looks poised for another deep run just days removed from his final table appearance in the $1,500 Six-Handed event.
He just made short work of a shorter stack at his table, flopping a set of sixes, betting it, and making the easy call when the shorty shoved sevens.
As the calls for payouts beckon around this side of the Amazon Room with short stacks giving up their chairs all across the floor, Gabriel Nassif managed to find a way to survive the carnage.
Nassif just now got his last 15,200 in good with versus Adam Hsu's .
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Play resumes today with just 168 players left from a field of 2,043 returning and plans to play 10 levels or to a final table of nine.
Most of those returning will be looking far up the leaderboard at Dave D’Alesandro who comes back with 154,400 and a massive chip lead over a field that includes just two other players over the 100,000 mark.
Of course, there are some relatively scary names within striking distance, including online legend Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen, World Series of Poker final table participants Zo Karim and Jonathan Neckar, multiple-bracelet winners Erik Seidel and JC Tran, and 2014 WSOP National Championship winner Dominik Nitsche. Also returning to sizable stacks are 2010 WSOP Main Event final table participants Soi Nguyen and Jason Senti and WPT Season XII Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja.
However, with 168 players already in the money and chasing the $335,659 and WSOP gold bracelet up top, it’s still anybody’s ball game.
A clear picture of the real contenders for this $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em crown should emerge as the day goes on and PokerNews will be tableside to capture all the action. Stay tuned for live updates from the floor from the 1 p.m. start to the late-night finish.