We happened upon a hand between Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott and Andrew Moreno where the board read 
. Ulliott fired out a bet of 2,000 and Moreno tanked for about one minute.
Eventually Moreno pushed out a raise, making it 5,250 to go and Devilfish decided to quickly muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
The cutoff raised to 300 and both the button and Michael Tureniec in the big blind called. The flop came 
and all three players decided to check. The turn brought the 
and Tureniec bet out 650. The cutoff then raised to 1,500 and the button folded while Tureniec called. The river was the 
and Tureniec checked the action to the cutoff who bet out 2,000. Tureniec then let his hand go and was left with exactly what he started the day with, 30,000.
A player on the button opened for 300 and found one caller in Galen Hall from the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn brought a 
and Hall led out for 550. His opponent called. Hall didn't slow down on the 
river, instead opting to fire a 675 bet. This time his opponent folded.
Hall is up to 32,000 in the early going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was heads up with Michael Kilker on a flop of 
. Mizrachi had 2,250 laying out in front of him, and Kilker moved all in for effectively 10,750. Mizrachi folded the face-up, saying he had ace-queen.
Kilker tabled 
, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,500
5,250
|
5,250 |
|
||
Mike Mautsow limped under the gun and was followed by two more limps. The small blind completed and the big blind checked her option.
With five players to the flop, it fell 
and action checked all of the way around the table. The turned and the two players in the blinds checked. Matusow bet out 200 and received three calls, the only person option to fold being the big blind.
The river brought 
and action checked around the table once more.
"Jacks," Matusow announced, tabling 
. The player in the small blind flipped up 
for a rivered two pair and was able to scoop the pot.
We haven't seen Team PokerStars Pro (Italy) Dario Minieri much at all this series, but he is here for the Main Event today on Day 1B and not doing so well at the start.
A player raised from early position to 250 and Dario in the big blind re-raised to 825. The player insta-called and the two saw the 
flop. Both players checked and they saw the 
turn. Dario checked again and the early position player bet out 800. After a bit of thinking Dario check-raised it up and made it 2,450. The early position player didn't think long before putting in a call.
The river came the and both players checked. The early position player showed 
for top pair and Dario mucked. He is left with only 13,000 here, not even halfway through the first level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
After a flop of 
, both blinds checked to Rep Porter who bet around 450. The small blind called and then the big blind raised to 1,500. Both Porter and the small blind called and all three player saw the 
come on the turn. The blinds both checked again and Porter bet 2,700. The small blind called while the big blind decided to get out of the way. The river brought the 
and both players checked.
Small Blind: 
Porter: 
Both players held a missed flush draw and a pair but Porter's pair was best and he scooped up the pot bringing his stack to 37,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
We caught up on the 
flop where Jean-Robert Bellande bet 1,200 from the big blind and received a call from the hijack. On the turn, Bellande bet again, this time 3,100 but his opponent folded. The pot brought Bellande slightly over the starting stack in the early going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,300
300
|
300 |
Some of the Runners on Day 2.
It seems that the random table draw has assigned yet another very stacked table in the orange section. Sitting at table #323 in the orange section are the likes of Mike Matusow, Jason Lester, Nicolas Levi, and now Andre Akkari. We'll keep you posted as the drama unfolds at this stacked table.
