We caught up with the action on the flop as the board showed . Action was on Masa Kagawa in the small blind, and he led out with a bet of 18,500 into a pot of about that much. Ryan Young made the call in middle position, and Joe Hachem squeezed all in for just 3,100 more. The other two called the extra amount, and they checked through the turn. On the river, the drew a bet from Young, firing out 40,000 to fold Kagawa out of the way.
Hachem was at risk, and his didn't look so good now. Indeed, Young flipped up for the big boat, and it sends Hachem out to sea.
With that pot, Young has put himself atop our chip counts with a healthy 187,000 now.
Team Pokerstars Pro Lex Veldhuis raised in middle position, and action folded around to Alan Brown in the big blind. Brown started the day with just 12,500, and all of that went into the middle. Veldhuis made the call, and the cards were flipped up.
Veldhuis:
Brown:
The flop was a great one for Veldhuis, coming . Brown needed a ten or running trips to secure the pot, and the turn provided no help coming the . The river brought the , and Velduis took the pot to give his stack an early boost.
Justin Smith forgot his receipt today, so he asked us to help him find his table. He's at Table 352, Seat 6, and he hurried over there just in time to catch his big blind.
Anton Kozlovskiy raised from early position, and Smith defended his forced bet to go heads-up. The dealer spread out , and both players checked. They did likewise on the turn, and the came on the river. Smith was still slowly stacking up his chips, plucking the yellow T1,000 chips as he began to organize the pile. He left one stack in his hand, then pulled 2,200 more chips from the pile and flung them out into the pot. Kozlovskiy called.
It sounded like Smith said, "Ace-king," but whatever it was, it wasn't as good as Kozlovskiy's , and Smith's chip-stacking chore is reduced a bit to about 83,000 worth.
From under the gun, Pierre Canali raised to 2,500. It folded around to PokerStars Team Pro Gualter Salles in the small blind and he reraised to 7,500. Theirry Benarrous was in the big blind and moved all in for 8,400. Canali moved all in and Salles called. Salles had 36,000, just less than Canali at the start of the hand so it would be he and Benarrous at risk.
Canali:
Salles:
Benarrous:
The board ran out and while Canali rivered a set, it also gave Salles a flush.
With the pot, Benarrous hit the rail, Salles chipped up to 85,000 and Canali was crippled with just a couple of thousand left. He busted the very next hand.
Welcome back to the Rio! We are getting ready to bring you another exciting day of action as we are here for Day 2 of Event #50: $5,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em. 817 player ponied up the $5,000 for the buy-in yesterday, and of that, only 236 remain. 81 of those 236 will make the money, and the hope is to play down to a final table today.
Mark Herm will be leading the pack with 148,400 in chips, but there are plenty, and we mean plenty of big names him. We have James Akenhead, Josh Arieh, Men "The Master" Nguyen, and 2011 bracelet winners Allen Bari, Andy Frankenberger, Jason Somerville, and Jake Cody. We also have a handful of Team Pokerstars Pros, including Johnny Lodden, Lex Veldhuis, Richard Toth, Barry Greensein, Ivan Demidov, Vanessa Russo, and Joe Hachem, just to name a few.
Play will be underway in about 30 minutes, and we will be bringing you all the action as we bring you another fantastic Day 2 from the WSOP. Thanks for reading Pokernews, and stay tuned for all the fun!
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. Action was on Masa Kagawa in the small blind, and he led out with a bet of 18,500 into a pot of about that much. Ryan Young made the call in middle position, and Joe Hachem squeezed all in for just 3,100 more. The other two called the extra amount, and they checked through the 
turn. On the river, the 
drew a bet from Young, firing out 40,000 to fold Kagawa out of the way.
didn't look so good now. Indeed, Young flipped up 
for the big boat, and it sends Hachem out to sea.
. Brown needed a ten or running trips to secure the pot, and the turn provided no help coming the 
, and Velduis took the pot to give his stack an early boost.
, and both players checked. They did likewise on the 
