Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso and Bruno Fitoussi, both short on chips, just tangled in a hand in which Rousso was all in with versus Fitoussi's . A four flopped, and no ace or queen came, meaning Rousso had doubled up to 165,000.
Soon afterwards, Fitoussi survived a three-way preflop all-in with his last 17,000 versus Andrew Robl and Brian Rast, and so tripled back to close to 60,000.
So close, yet, so far
Humberto Brenes raised to 28,000 from under the gun; Nam Le and David Baker made the call from behind. A short stack Steve Weinstein moved all in from the small blind for just 66,000. Brenes then came over the top, shipping in his entire stack. Le and Baker got out of the way.
Weinstein -
Brenes -
The board came . Although Weinstein flopped a pair and turned a flush draw, he couldn't crack Humbero's aces on the river to stay alive.
Matusow makes his exit
Mike Matusow just walked away from the tables and spat a single F-bomb. That was a pretty good one-word sumamry of what happened on the river on the hand that spelled his elimination.
With the action folded to him in the small blind, Matusow made it 25,000 to go. Keith Lehr, in the big blind, slid out a tall stack of green 25,000-denomination chips, setting Matusow all in. He made the call.
It was for Matusow vs. for Lehr. The flop was a safe-looking . The on the turn gave Lehr a gutshot straight draw, but the that spiked on the river made him top pair, eliminating Matusow. Hence, the F-bomb.
In a hand against Sorel Mizzi, Nam Le managed to flop a straight, holding on a board. Their chips got in the middle and his hand held up against Mizzi's for top pair. Le doubled to 700,000 while Mizzi slipped to 300,000.
Chip Leader Entering Day 2, Bruno Fitoussi Has Been Eliminated
Bruno Fitoussi began Day 2 as the chip leader, but one misfortune after another led him into the desperation zone, chip-wise, as we approach the dinner break. The struggle came to an end just now, as Fitoussi committed the last of his short stack with against Brian Rast's .
The board came , and Fitoussi was eliminated. Meanwhile, Rast continues to hover around the 1 million mark.
With the board reading on the river, Evan McNiff checked, Matt Glantz bet 183,000 and after a lengthy think, McNiff made the call. Glantz turned over for a set and McNiff mucked, his chip stack down to 220,000. Glantz is now up to 1,125,000 as we approach the dinner break.
A Disheartened Bobby Suer
James Mackey opened the pot for a raise and Tony G moved all in for 260,000 from the cut off. Bobby Suer called all in from the small blind and Mackey got out of the way.
Bobby Suer -
Tony G -
The board came giving Tony G the nut flush and the hand.
Isaac Haxton just bounced Chance Walker from the tournament. Walker got the last of his short stack all in with A-x versus Haxton's . A six flopped, and Walker couldn't improve.
???
David Chiu has injured his wrist and the medical staff is on its way to attend to the situation. No word on how he injured himself, only that it is his right hand - forcing him to stack his chips in an awkward, hilarious fashion with his left.
versus Fitoussi's 
. A four flopped, and no ace or queen came, meaning Rousso had doubled up to 165,000.
. Although Weinstein flopped a pair and turned a flush draw, he couldn't crack Humbero's aces on the river to stay alive.
for Matusow vs. 
for Lehr. The flop was a safe-looking 
on the turn gave Lehr a gutshot straight draw, but the 
that spiked on the river made him top pair, eliminating Matusow. Hence, the F-bomb. 
on a 
board. Their chips got in the middle and his hand held up against Mizzi's 
. 
on the river, Evan McNiff checked, Matt Glantz bet 183,000 and after a lengthy think, McNiff made the call. Glantz turned over 
for a set and McNiff mucked, his chip stack down to 220,000. Glantz is now up to 1,125,000 as we approach the dinner break.
meant Molson's day was done. 
. A six flopped, and Walker couldn't improve. 
