Action folded to the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 2,200. Andrey Gulyy called out of the big blind to see a flop of . After Gulyy checked, Duhamel fired 2,400. Gulyy called.
The turn was the , prompting a check from both players before the dealer ended the board with the . Gulyy checked, and Duhamel tossed out 5,600. Gulyy folded with a subtle push of his cards, and Duhamel won the pot.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , former World Series of Poker November Niner Joseph Cheong checked to 2011 WSOP Europe bracelet winner Philippe Boucher. Boucher fired 16,500, and Cheong made the call.
The landed on the river, and Cheong passed the action to his opponent once more. Boucher tossed out 24,000, but Cheong stuck with him and made the call.
Upon seeing Cheong called, Boucher said, "You got it," and tossed over the . Cheong showed the for a pair of eights, and he won the pot.
Liv Boeree just got moved to Kevin MacPhee's table, and immediately things got more interesting. MacPhee said that they actually met for the first time at the poker table during a North American Poker Tour event. Since then, the two have spent many tournaments at the same table, and they're at it again today.
The very first hand after all this was raised by Boeree under the gun. She made it 2,300 and MacPhee called. The action was folded all the way around to Robert Finlay who was in the big blind. He wondered if it was okay for him to join this action.
"It's not gay when it's a three-way," MacPhee jokingly said, as the whole table cracked up. Finlay seemed resassured by that and made the call.
The flop came down , and Finlay checked. Boeree bet 3,500, and MacPhee raised to 9,100 rather quickly. Finlay instantly moved all in for right around 44,000, and Boeree snap-folded. MacPhee wasn't happy, and he went into the tank for several minutes.
"Maybe king-eight or eight-six?" MacPhee analyzed out loud. In the meantime, Octo-Nine finalist Jesse Sylvia tried to entertain the big crowd that had gathered around this table.
"How's everybody doing today? Did you have a good breakfast? Ate right?" Sylvia said as the atmosphere was relaxed despite the big pot. MacPhee eventually folded his face up, and left himself with 35,000 chips.
Finlay turned over and said, "Only because you showed as well." MacPhee knocked on the table and complimented his opponent on the move.
We watched both Sergii Baranov and Micah Smith check the river on a board reading and about 20,000 in the pot. Baranov was first to show and flipped over , which was good as Smith tossed his hand to the muck. Baranov, who began the day seventh in chips, has been cruising here on Day 2 and is up to 280,000.
Meanwhile, Matt Stout was eliminated just a couple tables over.
Lost >100k pot ai on turn KQ<AK on KQ52A to bust #WSOPE. Sigh, pretty brutal. Back to Amsterdam tomorrow and Jacksonville on Friday. #fbOctober 01 2012
On the very next hand after folding top-pair top-kicker against Robert Finlay, Kevin MacPhee was back at it again. Liv Boeree told us how the EPT Berlin winner was eliminated, and later he Tweeted about it himself.
MacPhee raised with and Nicolas Cieutat three-bet. When the action got back around to him he moved all in, and Cieutat called with queens. The window card was a queen, and MacPhee was knocked out.
Action folded to two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jason Mercier in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 2,000. Robert Buckenmayer, who placed 17th in this year's WSOP Main Event for $369,026, reraised from the button to 5,000. Play folded through the blinds and back to Mercier. He took only a few seconds before making it 12,800 to go. Buckenmayer folded, and Mercier won the pot.
With around 30,000 in the pot and a board reading , October Niner Jesse Sylvia checked from early position and opened the door for Martial Blangenwitsch to bet 20,400 from the hijack. Sylvia thought for a long time before putting in a call, and then he checked the river.
This time Blangenwitsch did the same and Sylvia quickly rolled over for a flopped set. It was good as Blangenwitsch silently slid his cards to the muck.
On a flop of , Matan Krakow was all in with for two overcards and a straight draw against Curt Kohlberg's for top pair. Kohlberg also had a blocker to one of Krakow's straight outs.
The turn was a , and the river was a to send Krakow out the door. Kohlberg moved to 175,000 in chips.