The player on the button raised to 2,800 and Patrick Zellweger folded his small blind. British player Tom Hall squeezed from the big blind to 8,500 and the initial raiser made the call.
Hall fired 7,800 on and his opponent made the call. The hit the turn and Hall peeked at his cards, presumably to see if he had any clubs. Both players eventually checked.
The completed the board, making for four clubs on the table. Hall checked with 29,500 behind and his opponent moved all in after just 40 seconds of thinking.
Tom Hall went deep into the tank, so deep we could write the entire Brian Rast hand (see post underneath) before he had made his decision. After about 5 minutes thinking about it, he reluctantly slid his cards into the muck.
Brian Rast raised it up from first positions and the two players directly to his left both called.
The flop gave the three to work with and Rast was first to act. He checked and his neighbor made a bet. The third player called and Rast now check raised to 26,500. The first player called, the third player shoved all in for 59,100. Rast tanked for a fair bit before calling, his neighbor called as well to grow the pot to over 180,000.
The turn came the and Rast shoved all in for his last 20,600. His neighbor, under the gun plus one, made the call and it was time for all three of them to open their cards.
Brian Rast:
Under the gun plus one:
Under the gun plus two:
The last player was guaranteed to triple up as he had an unbeatable quads. Rast was deemed to win the 40,000 side pot with his aces, only needing to dodge the two remaining kings in the deck. The on the river was effectively a blank and Rast won the small side pot to stay alive, while under the gun plus two tripled up to almost 200,000.
After a player in early position opened, Rob Schiffbauer three-bet to right around 6,000. His opponent then moved all in for what looked to be 18,000, and Schiffbauer called.
Schiffbauer:
Opponent:
It was a bad spot for Schiffbauer, and he lost a good portion of his stack after the board ran out an unhelpful .
On the next hand following the one where he doubled up Craig Cockburn with ace-eight, Ronnie Bardah picked up the same hand and won a pot off Yucheng Rong to move back over 100,000 in chips.
On this hand, play folded to Bardah in the small blind, and he raised. Rong called out of the big blind, and the flop fell . Bardah bet 2,500, and Rong made the call.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the complete the board on the river. Bardah bet 8,000, and Rong made the call.
Bardah showed the , and Rong mucked.
While Bardah's Day 2 has been positive, recent events surrounding the World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner haven't exactly been sunshine and unicorns. Thanks to PokerNews' Sarah Herring, we know exactly why. Check it out in the video with Bardah below:
On the button, Craig Cockburn raised to 2,000. Ronnie Bardah reraised all in from the big blind to put Cockburn at risk, and Cockburn quickly called off for 15,100 total.
Cockburn had the , and Bardah had the .
The flop was to give Bardah a flush draw and add to the sweat for Cockburn. The on the turn was red, but not a diamond, and then the completed the board on the river to give Cockburn the double up.
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and his opponent made the call. The 
hit the turn and Hall peeked at his cards, presumably to see if he had any clubs. Both players eventually checked.
completed the board, making for four clubs on the table. Hall checked with 29,500 behind and his opponent moved all in after just 40 seconds of thinking.
to work with and Rast was first to act. He checked and his neighbor made a bet. The third player called and Rast now check raised to 26,500. The first player called, the third player shoved all in for 59,100. Rast tanked for a fair bit before calling, his neighbor called as well to grow the pot to over 180,000.
and Rast shoved all in for his last 20,600. His neighbor, under the gun plus one, made the call and it was time for all three of them to open their cards.
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complete the board on the river. Bardah bet 8,000, and Rong made the call.
, and Rong mucked.
, and Bardah had the 
