Marvin Rettenmaier raised from middle position and received a caller from Randolh Lanosga on the button. A flop was awarded to both players. Rettenmair then decided to continue his aggression and put out a bet of 2,200, which was called by Lanosga.
A turn lead to a check from Rettenmaier and a 3,700 bet from Lanosga. Rettenmaier called and got to see the appear on the river. Lanosga bet again after Rettenmaier checked, this time 7,700. After tanking for a few moments Rettenmaier let it go and folded.
There was already about 25,000 in the pot when we walked up to the turn of a board. Kyle Keranen led out with a bet of 11,500, and Manh Nguyen raised all in with his covering stack. Keranan made the call for his last 29,400 with , ad he was ahead. Nguyen's was working the other flush draw and the double gutshot.
The fell on the river, and Keranen improves to the heart flush to scoop the pot. With it comes a double up to 87,000, and Nguyen falls back to 22,000 as a consequence.
Oliver Grujic three-bet shoved for about 24,000 behind a 3,000-chip raise from Ran Azor. Azor thought it over for just a quick minute before making the call with . Grujic was working with pocket tens, at risk for his tournament life.
The flop brought both an ace and a queen, and Grujic could not overcome that deficit, sealing his exit.
Gerasimos Deres opened for 2,300 in the hijack and David Cairns raised to 5,200 from the cutoff. The blinds released and with action back on Deres he reraised to 9,000. Cairns moved all in and Deres called.
Deres:
Cairns:
The board ran and Deres' kings sent Cairns to the rail.
Day 2 will get underway with 291 players of the original 1,734 entrants hoping to make the money. The money bubble, set at 171 players, should be reached at some point around the second or third level. Marvin Rettenmaier returns as the chipleader with 174,100, followed closely by Dan O'Brien and Sudhakara Kattamuri.
Also returning for Day 2 are Dwyte Pilgrim, Gavin Smith, Martins Adeniya, Randy Dorfman. Lars Bonding, Eddy Sabat, Steven Watts, Bryn Kenney, Eric Baldwin, David Pham, Tomer Berda, Tim Phan, Darryl Fish, J.C. Tran, Tom Marchese, Jimmy Tran, Terrence Chan, Randal Flowers, Leo Wolpert, Jon Van Fleet, David Diaz and Tommy Vedes.
Vedes had the highlight hand on Day 1. He shoved on the button, not expecting a call, with only one card -- the . His opponent in the big blind called with and Vedes asked the dealer for his second card. The dealer peeled off the and he paired his queen on the turn, earning a much needed double up.
Ten levels of action are slated for today. The ultimate goal is reach a final table but the numbers on large NL Hold'em events have averaged a Day 3 start between three and four tables.