Matusow back in control...
Three-way all in. Kenny Tran raised 2,400 from UTG. Mike Matusow moved all in from the cutoff for 24,000. Stephen Cesaro moved all in for 20,000 from the button. Tran tanked then called.
Tran:
Cesaro:
Matusow:
The flop was and Matusow picked up a nut flush draw. The turn was the . Kenny Tran blurted out, "Queen of spades!"
The dealer burned, then dealt the river card, and the spiked. Matusow won the pot. He busted Stephen Cesaro and doubled through Kenny Tran. Matusow increased his stack to 75,000. Tran slipped to 35,000.
John Tabatabai On Day 1c
With the board reading A-K-T-3-9 John Tabatabai and Joshua Weiss got their money into the middle with Tabatabai's too good for the set of nines of Weiss.
After a roller coaster start to the day, John Tabatabai is back up to 48,000 chips.
With 25,000 already in the pot and the board showing , Hiroshi Shimamura passed the first action to Stephen Lindeblad who moved all in for a total of 12,500. Shimamura made the call and tabled for an open-ended straight draw. Lindeblad produced for top two pair.
A fateful fell on the river, eliminating Lindeblad from the tournament and increasing Shimamura's chip stack to 130,000.
The ruggedly handsome CEO of Poker News... Damon Rasheed
Damon Rasheed pushed the last of his 15,000 chip stack into the middle with but ran into the of Tyler Cornell.
The board ran out and Rasheed made an early exit from Day 2.
Nicholas Turnock shoved all in with K-J for about 11,000. Matusow called with A-rag. His opponent flopped two pair and dragged the pot. Matusow was steaming after that hand. He still has 23,000 in chips.
Adelaide's Rayan Nathan is walking among the giants today. The young Aussie pro is sitting amidst this murderer's row: Greg "FBT" Mueller, Erick Lindgren, Jonathan Little, and Stig Top Rasmussen. Gary Benson and J.J. Liu are side-by-side at Table 18, while Julius Colman, Allen Cunningham, and Tiffany Williamson slug it out at Table 24. Michael Binger and Tony G are both at Table 20, while Table 6 should be a hotbed of conversation, with Mike Matusow, Kenna James, and Kenny Tran all seated together.
and Matusow picked up a nut flush draw. The turn was the 
. Kenny Tran blurted out, "Queen of spades!"
spiked. Matusow won the pot. He busted Stephen Cesaro and doubled through Kenny Tran. Matusow increased his stack to 75,000. Tran slipped to 35,000.
too good for the set of nines of Weiss.
, Hiroshi Shimamura passed the first action to Stephen Lindeblad who moved all in for a total of 12,500. Shimamura made the call and tabled 
for an open-ended straight draw. Lindeblad produced 
for top two pair.
but ran into the 
and Rasheed made an early exit from Day 2.
