Barny Boatman just now had an opponent all in following a flop of 
. Boatman's opponent held a nice-looking starter -- 
. But after that flop Boatman's 
was well out in front.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and the Londoner took the pot with his trip sixes. Boatman currently has a stack of 4,700, with two of his three 2,000 chip add-ons still in reserve.
Following a flop of 
, Raul Paez committed the last of his chips in play with 
(a pair kings and a flush draw), and was up against an opponent's 
(a pair of jacks).
The turn was the and river the 
. Paez made his flush, and doubled to 3,000. He still has his three add-ons, too.
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
A bunch of new tables just opened in the Pavilion Room and have been filled with some very big names. Among them are Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, Scotty Nguyen, Chau Giang, Kathy Liebert, Humberto Brenes, Jeff Madsen, and Dan Shak.
Registration is open through the first break at the end of Level 2, so it is likely that the pros will keep coming for another hour or so.
We're updating those chip counts as we go. A reminder -- in the counts, what is being shown are the chips in play. In other words, we aren't counting those "add-on" chips until the player actually uses them.
Some players are using all three right away. For example, Tom "durrrr" Dwan came in late and immediately used his three add-ons, and has added a few more since to sit with 8,200 in the early going. Meanwhile, Tom McEvoy is saving his three add-ons, and right now has 1,100 chips in play.
We didn't catch the action before the river, but we did catch Phil Ivey bet 3,500 into a pot of roughly the same size on a board of 
.
His sole opponent, Seat 2, contemplated making the call. The bet was large enough to put Seat 2, who had no remaining rebuy chips, all in. Eventually, he opted to fold and Ivey took down a nice pot.
Since Ivey opted to use all of his rebuy chips to add to his stack, he is now sitting with around 11,000.
David "Devilfish" Ulliott called all in on a flop of 
after his opponent in Seat 5 bet.
Devilfish showed 
and was up against Seat 5's 
.
The turn was the 
, pairing the board and giving Seat 5 an added spade flush draw. The on the river completed that flush and left Devilfish with a single chip, his last rebuy chip.
He promptly used it to reload for his last 1,500.
Action folded around to Tom "Durrrr" Dwan on the button and he raised to 125. The small blind folded and the big blind reraised to 425. Dwan made the call and the two saw a flop of 
.
Both players checked and the turn came . The big blind checked to Dwan, who stared down his opponent before betting 725. The big blind double checked his cards and then tossed them into the muck.
"I was so confused," Dwan confessed as he pulled in the pot. After using all his rebuy chips, Dwan is up to around 7,900.
We've had quite a few take seats here during level 2, with the player count now topping 550 -- well above last year's turnout of 436.
J.C. Tran -- winner of this event last year -- is among that big group of late arrivals. We'll get you an official count on the number of entries once registration closes at the start of the next level.
