Anders Berg got a clutch double-up when his outdrew the of his opponent.
The chips went in before the flop and Berg was freerolling on a flop of . The on the turn kept things interesting but the on the river turned the probable chop into a definite scoop for Berg.
Jason Young in Day 1c
Jason Young, a bracelet winner this year in the no-limit shootout, has a tough table, with Ray Romano to his left.
"It's never easy," he says. Young has 110,000. He says that at 200K, or after dinner, whichever comes first, he's going to get the whole table to start doing shots.
Ray Romano has an interesting card protector. It says, "Hank's Locks & Things." At the Ante Up for Africa tournament, a player in an adjacent table (presumably Hank) gave it to him as a gift, and he's been using it ever since. "It's a whole process," Ray says of the good luck charms.
With the board showing , Ulises Roman got all of his chips in the middle holding for top two pair. Unfortunately for him, he was up against Dan LaCourse's -- a set of jacks.
The river saved the day for Roman, though, giving him a full house. He doubles up to 36,000, while LaCourse drops back down to 36,000.
Signs that you are probably beat: after one opponent raises to 12,000 and you reraise to 26,000 to put him all in, a different player in between the two of you raises all in to 56,000 AND the original raiser calls all in. That's probably a good spot to lay down . Avi Cohen instead chose to call, and found out he was up against and . Nobody improved, so Jani Vilmunen's aces took both the main pot and the side pot, knocking out John Shipley in the process and denting Cohen's chip stack to 83,000.
We are just a little over three hours into the second day of play, and there has been plenty of action so far. At least a few times per minute, we hear a dealer yell, "All in and call!" or "Seat open!" We have lost 340 players since the start of the day, averaging over 100 bust-outs per hour. If the trend continues, and there's no reason it shouldn't, we'll have about half of our players remaining by the time dinner rolls around in another three hours.
Jan Heitmann - Day 1b
It was a routine elimination at the hands of Jan Heitmann. The money went in before the flop and Heitmann's was good the whole way against his opponent's .
The board helped neither player and Heitmann now sits on a stack of about 128,000.
Hasan Habib - Day 1a
Hasan Habib raised to 1,700 from middle position. Action folded around to John Goossens in the big blind and he repopped it to 8,600 total. Habib made the call and they took a flop heads up.
The flop came and Goossens led out for a bet of 14,000. Habib called and the hit the turn. Goossens check-called Habib's bet of 15,000 and the hit the river.
Goossens check-folded to Habib's bet of 17,000, showing as he mucked. Habib flashed and he pulled in the pot.
A very odd hand developed recently that saw Bill Gazes emerge victorious. Four players took a limped flop of . David Rheem led out for 1,600 after both blinds checked. Everyone called, including Gazes in late position.
Everyone checked the turn to Gazes, who bet 6,000. Both of the blinds called, bringing the action back to Rheem. He stood up and started talking to himself about how Gazes had left himself 13,000 behind and how both blinds had just called. He mused that one must have a flush draw and ultimately let go of his hand.
On the river , the big blind led out for 10,000. Gazes moved the rest of his chips in (13,000 total) but nobody called. Both remaining players immediately snap-mucked.
"Show us," Garner said to Gazes. Gazes complied by showing for the nut straight. He now has 53,000 in chips.
After getting very short stacked, Edward Carroll has managed to double up through the big stack of James Calderaro. Carroll raised, only to be put all in by Calderaro. He made the call all in with and was racing against .
The board came . A very pretty eight on the flop was enough to see Carroll up to 15,000. Calderaro still strong on 118,000.
outdrew the 
of his opponent. 
. The 
on the turn kept things interesting but the 
on the river turned the probable chop into a definite scoop for Berg.
and Chris Reslock made the call. 
, Ulises Roman got all of his chips in the middle holding 
-- a set of jacks.
and 
. Nobody improved, so Jani Vilmunen's aces took both the main pot and the side pot, knocking out John Shipley in the process and denting Cohen's chip stack to 83,000.
board helped neither player and Heitmann now sits on a stack of about 128,000.
and Goossens led out for a bet of 14,000. Habib called and the 
hit the turn. Goossens check-called Habib's bet of 15,000 and the 
and he pulled in the pot.
turn to Gazes, who bet 6,000. Both of the blinds called, bringing the action back to Rheem. He stood up and started talking to himself about how Gazes had left himself 13,000 behind and how both blinds had just called. He mused that one must have a flush draw and ultimately let go of his hand.
, the big blind led out for 10,000. Gazes moved the rest of his chips in (13,000 total) but nobody called. Both remaining players immediately snap-mucked.
for the nut straight. He now has 53,000 in chips.
and was racing against 
. A very pretty eight on the flop was enough to see Carroll up to 15,000. Calderaro still strong on 118,000.
