Adrian Mateos opened to 3,200 from middle position and he found a call from Scott Wilson in the small blind.
The flop came down and Wilson led out, betting 3,000. Mateos called.
Both players checked on the turn to see the on the river. There Wilson led out again, betting 7,500. Mateos put his fingers on the bridge of his nose and thought for a few seconds before eventually calling. Wilson turned up and that earned him the pot as Mateos mucked, dropping him to just over 100,000 while Wilson chipped up to right around 130,000
From the cutoff, Andreas Klatt opened to 3,600. He was called by one other player before Jack Sinclair raised from the small blind, making it 12,000 to go. Action folded back to Klatt and he moved all in for right around 50,000. The other player folded but Sinclair called quickly.
Sinclair:
Klatt:
"You have the queen of hearts too," Sinclair said upon seeing the hand.
The flop was no good for Sinclair when it came keeping Klatt well in the lead, and the turn was the , putting Sinclair deeper in the hole. But it was the on the river that vaulted Sinclair into the lead and allowed him to take down the nearly 100,000 chip pot and eliminated Klatt in the process.
Action folded around to [Removed:240] in the cutoff and he raised to 3,500. Michael Gathy called from the big blind.
The flop came and Gathy checked. Schottes bet 3,400 and Gathy called.
The turn brought the and Gathy checked again. Schottes bet once more, 9,100 this time, and Gathy called.
The fell on the river and Gathy checked a third time. Schottes bet 17,100, and after some time in the tank, Gathy called. Schottes tabled for turned trip sixes, Gathy mucked, and Schottes took the pot.
Sharman Olshan is coming off a deep run in the $1,650 PCA National where she finished in 9th place. She is now looking to run up a stack here in the Main Event and she is off to a good start on Day 2.
Olshan opened to 3,500 from middle position and Jake Cody three-bet to 12,000 from the small blind. With the action back on Olshan, she quickly made the call and the flop came . Cody led out for 14,000 and Olshan wasted little time before calling.
The landed on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. With four cards to a straight on the board, Cody pushed forward another bet of 17,500. Olshan quickly announced all in, putting Cody at risk for his remaining 43,000 should he call. After thinking for a brief moment, Cody elected to muck his cards, sending a sizeable pot to Olshan.
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