Action folded to Perry Friedman on the button and he put in a raise to 2,000. The player in the small blind decided to defend his blind and reraised to 5,800.
Friedman flashed the and mucked his hand. At this level, it is worth swiping the blinds and ante, it's just not easy. Friedman is down to 8,500.
"Miami" John Cernuto was involved with an opponent on a board reading . He was in middle position and led out with a bet of 4,400. His opponent, sitting in the cutoff, made the call. The turn came and both players checked. Cernuto folded when he saw his opponent's .
Action picked up on the turn with a board reading . With about 14,000 in the pot, the player in the cutoff position bet 9,275. John "The Razor" Phan, who was on the button, contemplated making the call for a few minutes.
Phan eventually made the call and watched the hit the river. The cutoff checked and Phan checked behind.
The cutoff mucked after Phan showed . With the win, Phan is up to around 47,000.
441 players made it to day two, and 324 of them will get some money for their efforts. So far we're hearing "all in" being said at a lot of tables and we expect to make the money before too long.
Vitaly Lunkin bumped it up to 1,500 preflop and got a call from a player in Seat 5. The flop came and Lunkin fired in a bet of 1,600, getting a call from his opponent.
On the turn, the players were treated to the and Lunkin committed his last 9,350 chips, again getting a call.
Lunkin:
Seat 5:
Lunkin faded a spade on the river when it came and now has 23,000 in chips.
We thought we'd be gearing up for an exciting table when we noticed that Shaun Deeb and Kelly Kim were seated together at Table 288. However, fate dealt a terrible blow to entertainment when Kim busted after only a few hands. It looks like Deeb's going to have to carry the burden of biggest name at the table.