Jeremiah "Believer82" Vinsant raised to 3,800 from late position and both blinds called. The flop rolled out . John-Paul Kelly checked the small blind and Everett Carlton moved all in for 11,400 from the big blind. Vinsant called and Kelly got out of the way.
Carlton:
Vinsant:
The turn paired the board with the and the river brought the eliminating Carlton from the tournament.
Leaking chips early
Joe Sebok opened the pot to 4,000 with Roland De Wolfe making the call on the button.
The flop of brought about a 6,000-chip bet from Sebok to which De Wolfe commented, "tell me you have King-Queen . . . just be a nice guy one time"
Sebok sat there fairly emotionless before De Wolfe jumped in saying, "but I'm going to raise the pot" and with that Sebok's cards instantly went into the muck.
"I'll show you for $20 . . . anyone, anyone?"
No one obliged and De Wolfe climbed to 58,000 as Sebok slipped to 19,000 as he quickly stated he had a pair of nines.
Roland De Wolfe opened the pot to 3,200 from middle position before Blake Stepp bumped the action to 10,000 from the button.
With the action on Justin Scott in the big blind, he pushed all in for his last 15,300. De Wolfe flashed his cards to his fellow table mate before disgustingly folding as Stepp made the call.
Stepp:
Scott:
The flop of kept Scott in the lead with his Ace-high and nut-flush draw, but when the and fell on the turn and river he would be forced to exit the tournament as Stepp chipped up to just under 100,000 in chips.
Shawn Van Asdale raised to 4,200 from late position Guy Cicconi potted to 13,000 on the button. Van Asdale moved all in and Cicconi called for his tournament life with . Van Asdale flipped over and they were of to the races.
The board came giving Van Asdale a pair of kings, eliminating Cicconi from the tournament in 61st place.
What everyone is chasing
It's a great Wednesday afternoon at the Rio with the day two restart of Event 20 - $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem.
All the players remaining are guaranteed to pad their wallets with some extra spending money as today's 61 play down to a final nine to have their chance at taking home the $194,434 first prize, coveted gold bracelet and title of Champion!
Jason Dewitt sits on top with a healthy 184,700 in chips, but will have to keep his eye on Jeremiah Vinsant (107,600) and Nick Stowell (106,000) as they'll be hot on his heels all day.
Many pros still remain, and should be never left out of the race as Mark Seif (83,000), David Chicotsky (82,400), Erik Seidel (61,400), Kathy Liebert (40,200), Roland De Wolfe (40,000) and Joe Sebok (24,000) still all have a shot at capturing their first of multiple bracelet.
With play scheduled in just under thirty minutes time, make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set to you at home!