The small blind and Eric Baldwin, who was in the big blind, built a preflop pot of 3,500 and saw a flop of 
. The small blind checked and then called a bet of 1,400 from Baldwin.
The small blind them led out with a 3,000 bet when the 
hit the turn. Baldwin made the call and then both players checked the 
on the river. The small blind showed 
for a rivered pair of sevens but it was no good against the 
of Baldwin.
With that win, Baldwin is up to 56,000.
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Jonathan "xMONSTERxDONGx" Karamalikis check-called a bet of 900 on a flop of 
before the 
hit the turn. Karamalikis checked and his opponent fired 2,200. Karamalikis put in the check-raise to 5,000 and his opponent let it go.
Karamalikis is back up to 26,000 in the early goings.
"All in and a call, Table 263!"
We hustled over to see the action. Someone had raised in late position, and Carter Phillips had called. From the button, Joseph Ward moved all in for about 10,000 total. That was good enough to fold the initial raiser, but Phillips made the call to put his man at risk.
Showdown
Phillips: 
Ward: 
The flop was a disaster for Ward, coming 
and sending him shooting out of his chair. He clapped his hands together with a big, "No!" and table mate Greg Mueller mumbled, "It's a sick game..."
The turn 
and river did nothing to improve Ward's unenviable plight, and he has been eliminated after a very short Day 2. Phillips barely looked up from the massage he's getting; he's up to about 140,000 and has plenty of chips to enjoy that relaxing rubdown for a while longer.
"Does anyone have Miami John's number?" asked Jonathan Aguiar to members of the media row.
"He's just blinding out over here!" he added.
The reason Aguiar was so concerned was that 'Miami' John Cernuto is seated on his direct right on the Orange Feature table in the Amazon Room.
Cernuto started the day with 25,300, and at this rate with blinds and antes costing him 1,050 a round, he could be eliminated sooner than he would have thought!
Shortly after losing that early hand, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano was back in action at his table and involved in a large pot.
We rolled up on the hand at the river with the board showing 
. With about 10,000 in the middle, Pagano's opponent checked, he bet 6,000, and his opponent called. Pagano flipped over 
for trip deuces, and his opponent mucked.
That bounced Pagano right back to the 40,000-chip mark.
On a flop of 
and facing a bet from the small blind of 2,700, Jesper Hougaard bumped it to 6,500.
His opponent made the call as the 
landed on the turn and Hougaard's bet of 8,000 was enough to collect the pot.
The 2008 WSOP and WSOP Europe bracelet winner is now up to 58,000 in chips.
A player in middle position raised to 1,200, and Scotty Nguyen called from the small blind. Darryll Fish paid from the big, and all three checked the 
flop. The turn brought the 
, and Nguyen and DFish checked again. The original raiser bet 1,650, and Nguyen called while DFish mucked. The 
river paired the board, and Nguyen bet out 6,200. That looked convincing to his opponent, who folded, showing the 
. Scotty Baby decided to return the favor and showed the 
. He had 25,200 after the hand.
On the board of 
, Matt Matros was faced with a bet of 6,600 form his opponent. Matros tanked for a minute or two before making the call. His opponent tabled the 
for the nut straight and Matros nodded his head as he mucked. Matros dropped back to 50,000 in chips.
On a flop of 
Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew moved his last 13,925 into the middle with Sammy Farha making the call.
Andrew:
Farha: 
The turn and river landed the and to see Andrew double through to 33,000 as Farha slips down 55,000 in chips.
With four limpers in the pot, action was with Tiffany Michelle who raised it up another 3,500 from the button. The player in the small blind then re-raised an additional 5,700. The limpers all got out of the way and Michelle quickly called.
"Call! Ah shoot I just said call..." sighed Michelle, as she looked down at the 5,500 she had behind, and perhaps would've preferred to have just stuck them all in.
It didn't matter though, as the the flop came down 
and the small blind moved all in with Michelle insta-calling.
Michelle:
Opponent:
The turn was the and river the and Michelle doubled up to 30,000.
