Huai Zhang moved all in after Wayne Grosso limped in from the small blind. Gross ended up making the call after a few moments. He held up against Zhang's . Grosso got there on the river with a gutshot to make a king-high straight and eliminate Zhang early on Day 2.
Bryan Colin is a big online poker player. He tells us he has dropped $250,000 online this week alone, and needs to final table at the main event just to break even.
Jens Voertmann moved all in with and was called by an opponent who woke up with . No help for Voertmann on the board and he hit the rail. At least he has one gold bracelet to take home to Germany, which he earned in the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Barry Greenstein raised to 1,500 from middle position, and Richard Burns called behind him. The flop came . Greenstein bet 2,000, and Burns called. The turn was the . This time Greenstein bet 3,000, and Burns again made the call.
The river brought the . Greenstein checked, and Burns checked as well. Greenstein showed for top pair and a busted flush draw. Burns showed and took the pot.
Brandon Adams came into today near the top of the leaderboard, and he has continued accumulating chips. He recently raised to 1,800 from under the gun. Larry Spraker, in the cutoff position, reraised to 3,800. When action folded back to Adams, he calmly pushed his whole stack in the middle, effectively putting Spraker all in for his last 21,000. Spraker wanted nothing to do with it and chose to fold.