We've lost about 1,200 players so far from our massive Day 2b starting field of 2,924. Of course, it was that huge turnout on Day 1d — 2,809 players — that helped create today's large field. And, as we all have heard and read about, there were many more players who were unable to play this year's Main Event due to limited seating on Day 1d.
PokerNews' Gloria Balding recently sat down with WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack to address some of the issues and concerns that arose from Day 1d.
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Day 2b not to be for Johnny Lodden.
Johnny Lodden was eliminated just before the break after he made a move on a board with but ran into another player's .
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Carter King raised to 2,600 in early position and received a call from the gent to his left. It then folded around to Dwayne Stacey on the button, who made it 10,000 to got. King called, the first caller folded, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
King checked and Stacey bet 15,000. King called.
They proceeded to check down the turn and the river -- and King's pocket queens were victorious against Stacey's .
Shamus
Antonio Esfandiari
In his typical fashion, Antonio Esfandiari has been involved in many pots and seems to be having success today as the aggressor at his table. Recently he was involved in a hand in which the player under the gun raised to 3,500, it folded back to Esfandiari who called from the small blind, and the big blind got out of the way.
The flop came , and Esfandiari led with a bet of 4,200. His opponent called. Both checked the turn. The came on the river, and Esfandiari pushed out a bet of 22,000, prompting the fold.
[user46392]
Theo Tran lost a fair chunk of his stack, but he's now back up to 118,000 after making an excellent call.
He raised under the gun and got three callers to see the flop. Small blind Jennifer Harman, one of the callers, checked to Tran, who bet 10,000. This time he only got one call, from a gentleman in late position.
They both checked the turn, and come the river, Tran checked. His opponent bet 17,000, and Tran called -- only for the bettor to insta-muck to Tran's .