Joao Brito opened with a middle position raise to 1,600 and received one call from Jake Cody out of the big blind. The two saw a flop of and Cody checked. Brito continued out for 1,800 only to have Cody come over the top with a check-raise to 5,400.
Brito reached into his stack and grabbed enough chips to call the raise. Fourth street brought the and Cody riffled through his chips and stacked them into even stacks before announcing that he was all in. Suddenly Brito was faced with the all-in bet of 20,600 and he took his time before coming to a decision. Eventually, a call was made and the hands were turned up.
Cody:
Brito:
Both players flopped a pair but Cody's was larger and he was looking likely to double up heading to the river. He did exactly that after the hit the table and Cody's stack is now sitting around 58,000. Brito, who began the day over 100,000, is now down to around 86,000.
From the cutoff seat, Samuel Rodriguez raised to 1,700. Brian Kim reraised from the button to 5,200, and action folded through the blinds back to Rodriguez. He folded and showed the .
On the next hand, action folded to Kim in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 1,800. Portugal's Abilio Ribeiro called from the big blind, and the flop came down . After Ribeiro checked, Kim fired 2,200. Ribeiro folded, and Kim won the pot.
Cristofero Palermo from Italy was all in for his last 19,100 on a board of . He got the call from his opponent Berthold Winz from Germany. Palermo’s had made a full house on the river, but the table gasped when Winz turned over his for the better boat. Palermo took it in good grace as he made an early unlucky exit.
Team PokerStars Pro and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel got the last of his chips in holding the only to be called by Timofey Kuznetsov, who had him dominated with the .
The flop didn't give Duhamel much hope, other than to provide runner-runner and chop options, but neither the turn nor river saw them come to fruition. With that, Duhamel became one of the early Day 2 eliminations.
We arrived at Table 55 to catch two hands that were filled with action. In the first, we found Jack Salter raise from the hijack and Andrew Moreno call from the cutoff. Saar Wilf called as well from the big blind and the trio took in a flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Wilf checked. Salter tossed out a continuation of 4,100 and Moreno waited a moment before bumping the action up to 10,100. Wilf let it go and Salter flat called. The two saw the fall on fourth street where they both checked their options. The finished off the board and Salter checked again. Moreno fired one last bet of 13,000 and Salter let it go, allowing Moreno to drag in the pot and bring his stack to around 95,000.
The very next hand, Salter was able to win some of his money back when he called the preflop all in of PokerStars Team SportStar member Fatima Moreira De Melo. De Melo held and was racing with Salter's . A runout of ensured that de Melo would be sent to the rail. Salter picked up the pot and brought his stack to around 90,000.
Janne Nevalainen called the all-in of the German PokerStars player Marvin Rettenmaier who was at risk for his last 18,000. Rettenmaier had and was in good shape against Nevalainen’s . We saw the board run out and “Mad” Marivin held to double his stack.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov has just been eliminated in a three-way all-in clash of premium hands. Katchalov had pocket kings up against the pocket aces for Max Greenwood and the ace-king of Dainius Ulke. The action was raised by Greenwood to open the pot from early position, a shove from the short-stacked Katchalov in the small blind, and isolation raise from Ulke in the big blind, then a reshove from Greenwood and a call from Ulke.
Greenwood's aces held up, and he won the massive pot to move to 160,000 in chips. Ulke was knocked back to about 30,000, and Katchalov was eliminated.
button in Safari
and Cody checked. Brito continued out for 1,800 only to have Cody come over the top with a check-raise to 5,400.
and Cody riffled through his chips and stacked them into even stacks before announcing that he was all in. Suddenly Brito was faced with the all-in bet of 20,600 and he took his time before coming to a decision. Eventually, a call was made and the hands were turned up.
hit the table and Cody's stack is now sitting around 58,000. Brito, who began the day over 100,000, is now down to around 86,000.
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. After Ribeiro checked, Kim fired 2,200. Ribeiro folded, and Kim won the pot.
had made a full house on the river, but the table gasped when Winz turned over his 
for the better boat. Palermo took it in good grace as he made an early unlucky exit.
flop didn't give Duhamel much hope, other than to provide runner-runner and chop options, but neither the 
turn nor 
river saw them come to fruition. With that, Duhamel became one of the early Day 2 eliminations.
fall on fourth street where they both checked their options. The 
finished off the board and Salter checked again. Moreno fired one last bet of 13,000 and Salter let it go, allowing Moreno to drag in the pot and bring his stack to around 95,000.
and was racing with Salter's 
. A runout of 
ensured that de Melo would be sent to the rail. Salter picked up the pot and brought his stack to around 90,000.
. We saw the board run out 
and “Mad” Marivin held to double his stack.
