In one of the early hands at his table, Al Riccobono saw a flop with two other players. The board was and one player bet 3,500. The next player raised to 13,500 and then Riccobono moved all in for around 28,000. The original bettor folded, but the next player made the call. Riccobono showed a set of fives with in his hand and his opponent tabled .
The turn brought a , which gave Riccobono's opponent a miracle straight to take the lead. The river was another miracle, albeit on a much more minor scale, with an falling to allow Riccobono to chop the hand with his opponent and stay alive.
We caught up with the action to see a raise to 1,300 preflop with two callers. The player in the small blind moved all in for 15,800 total and Allen Cunningham made the call. The other players folded their hands and the cards were turned up:
Cunningham:
Opponent:
The board fell and Cunningham was able to scoop a nice sized pot and send a player packing early on day two.
Ben Lamb accumulated most of his chips on day 1 by not being afraid to play a big pot. Well he has started where he left off today, but unfortunately for him, he was on the wrong side of the pot this time. When we got to the table, Lamb and Rhynie Campbell were in a big pot with about 25,000 in the middle going to the river. The board read , and the river had just been dealt the . Campbell checked to Lamb, who put out 30,000, enough to put Campbell all in. Campbell put his stack together, just short of 20,000, and slid it into the middle to make the call. Lamb said "nice call" and Campbell showed for two pair. Lamb mucked his hand, dropping him to a bit under 160,000, which is still one of the top 10 stacks in the room.
With a flop of , Garry Gates checked and Maya Geller bet out 3,500. Gates made the call and the turn brought the . Gates checked once again and Geller pushed out a bet of 6,000. Gates called and the two saw the fall on the river.
Both players checked and Geller tabled to win the pot.
We knew Erick Lindgren would be all in early and often as he only started the day with 3,700 chips, and it looks as though he already doubled (and some) to right around 8,500. At the very end of Day 1B he asked the floor, "Can I just take these chips home? I don't want to waste a perfectly good bag." Well, now he is at least on the right track with nearly 20 big blinds. He's still got a lot of work to do if he wants to build up a stack, but we saw Phil Hellmuth come back from lower yesterday so we know it's possible.
and one player bet 3,500. The next player raised to 13,500 and then Riccobono moved all in for around 28,000. The original bettor folded, but the next player made the call. Riccobono showed a set of fives with 
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, which gave Riccobono's opponent a miracle straight to take the lead. The river was another miracle, albeit on a much more minor scale, with an 
and the the small blind checked, prompting a 1,600 c-bet from Antonius. His opponent made the call.
and, not slowing down, Antonius fired again - this time for 3,700. His opponent quickly mucked.
and Cunningham was able to scoop a nice sized pot and send a player packing early on day two.
, and the river had just been dealt the 
for two pair. Lamb mucked his hand, dropping him to a bit under 160,000, which is still one of the top 10 stacks in the room.
. Chiu is up over 80,000.
. Gates checked once again and Geller pushed out a bet of 6,000. Gates called and the two saw the 
fall on the river.
to win the pot.
