The player under the gun raised it up to 2,200, and two-time ring winner Gary Bolden was the lone caller in late position. The two checked a flop of , and the turn brought the . Bolden's opponent fired out 3,500, and Bolden came along to see the hit the river. Bolden then face a bet of 5,500 from his opponent, and that was too much for him, as he kicked his cards in.
It hasn't been the best start of the day for Bolden. He's still sitting on 90,000, which is well above average, but it's down almost 20,000 from his starting stack for the day.
So said Mark Smith, as he informed us how his Day 2 has come to an abrupt end. Thus there will be no record-tying sixth WSOP Circuit gold ring for "Pegasus" in this event.
We just came on a huge pot brewing between Michael Kaufman and Tyng Low over on Table 83. The big betting came following a flop, resulting in Kaufman being all in for his last 70,000 or so.
Kaufman had for a flopped set of eights while Low had for kings. The turn brought the , and Low responded by patting the felt as though to encourage a favorable river card to appear.
The dealer then burned a card and delivered fifth street… the ! A better full house for Low, coming runner-runner, and Kaufman could only smile at the surprising way his WSOP-C Main Event run has concluded.
That hand pushes Low up over 170,000, finally putting someone within shouting distance of leader Benedetto Bianco's stack.
Jeffrey Gurfinkel has had a better than average week. He won Event No. 4 here a few days ago, earning $25,740 for topping a field of 390 in the $365 no-limit hold'em event and earning his second career WSOP-C ring. And today has gone pretty well for him, too, particularly the last few minutes.
All in with a short stack with against an opponent's , Gurfinkel had already gotten up out of his seat as the dealer burned a card and began to deal the flop.
Soon he was sitting back down, though, as the first three community cards came . A saving flush for Gurfinkel, and by the turn his opponent was drawing dead.
We missed the preflop action, but Christian Harder held against a short stack's . The board ran down , and Harder's turned pair of ten's was good enough to take down the bounty.
Harder is now up to 80,000 after that hand, and looks to be in great form for a deep run.
With late registration closed and the tallies having been made, we can now report information regarding the prize pool and payouts. The event saw a total of 540 entries, which means the top 54 finishers — exactly 10% — will be making the money. Those players will be dividing a prize pool of $810,00, with a cool $174,150 up top for the winner.
We just came on an interesting situation involving three players vying for a pot of about 20,000 with the board showing .
John Holley had led with a bet of 5,000 from the blinds, then Patrick Houchins made it 12,000 from middle position. Jennifer Alpaugh, playing from the button, tanked for a while before calling, and Holley shrugged and tossed out the calling chips as well.
Houchins quickly tabled for the nut flush, and Alpaugh mucked her hand. Holley then nodded as he quickly showed his hand — . "Wow, second nuts," said another player, adding how he thought the pot could've gotten bigger.
That hand pushes Houchins up over the 160,000-chip mark.
We walked by Hend Matthews' table and saw that she was all smiles, and for good reason. Matthews had just taken in a small pot, but that wasn't the reason she was so happy. She started the day with 61,000, but by our counts now, she's our chip leader with 222,000! We will keep an eye on her as the day goes on.
, and the turn brought the 
. Bolden's opponent fired out 3,500, and Bolden came along to see the 
hit the river. Bolden then face a bet of 5,500 from his opponent, and that was too much for him, as he kicked his cards in.
flop, resulting in Kaufman being all in for his last 70,000 or so.
for a flopped set of eights while Low had 
for kings. The turn brought the 
, and Low responded by patting the felt as though to encourage a favorable river card to appear.
! A better full house for Low, coming runner-runner, and Kaufman could only smile at the surprising way his WSOP-C Main Event run has concluded.
against an opponent's 
. A saving flush for Gurfinkel, and by the 
turn his opponent was drawing dead.
against a short stack's 
. The board ran down 
, and Harder's turned pair of ten's was good enough to take down the bounty.
.
. "Wow, second nuts," said another player, adding how he thought the pot could've gotten bigger.
