We caught the action on fifth street when Yarron Bendor bet and received a call from Ted Forrest. The same action occurred on sixth street before both players checked seventh. Forrest showed a 9-8 low which bested Bendor's queen-seven.
"O'Brien!" Jared Bleznick shouted to Dan O'Brien, who's sitting at an adjacent table. "I doubled to like 6k!"
The very next hand, Raymond Davis completed with a , and Bleznick raised with a . Davis called.
Davis
/ /
Bleznick
/ /
Bleznick led out on every street - he even bet in the dark on seventh - and Davis called him down until seventh, where he mucked.
"Go get the microphone," David told him. "Tell everybody you doubled again."
"I've never done anything disrespectful to you," Bleznick responded. "Why are you needling me?"
"You exposed your hand," David countered. "And you didn't even get a penalty. You talked your way out of like a girl. Take the penalty like a man - that's what I always do."
Bleznick and Davis were still going at it when we left the table.
Gagliano completed, Bloch raised, and Gagliano called. On fourth street, Bloch led out, and Gagliano called. On fifth, Bloch bet as soon as the fell in front of him, and Gagliano released.
"Probably should've checked," Bloch grinned, turning over for the wheel. "I wish I had two pair there."
After Jennifer Harman busted from Table 435, a table broke and filled in some empty seats. As a result, here former table has no doubt become the toughest in the room:
Seat 1: Brendan Taylor
Seat 2: Yarron Bendor
Seat 3: David Singer
Seat 4: Brett Richey
Seat 5: Ted Forrest
Seat 6: John Spinks
Seat 7: Tristan Clemencon
Seat 8: Xuan Liu
Jennifer Harman was all in on third street for her last couple hundred chips with a . Xuan Liu completed with a , and Brendan Taylor raised with an . Liu called.
Harman: /
Liu: / (FOLDED)
Taylor: /
Liu called a bet on fourth street, but when she paired on fifth, she released. Taylor tabled , and Harman showed . Unfortunately for Harman, she caught another queen on sixth, and when Taylor received a , she was drawing dead. Taylor's last card was a , improving his hand for kicks and giggles, and Harman instantly mucked her down card upon receiving it.
"Good luck," she said to her neighbor Ted Forrest before exiting.
The next hand, Taylor was heads up with Brett Richey on fourth street.
Taylor: / /
Richey: / /
Taylor led out on fourth and fifth, Richey called both bets, and when Taylor paired on sixth, Richey led out. Taylor called. Taylor called one more bet on seventh, and Richey turned over for a seventy-five. Taylor mucked, and Richey pulled in the pot.
Both players started with a deuce up, and McEvoy led out when he was dealt a four on fourth street. Bendor called with a seven, and the rest of the money went in on fifth, when McEvoy and Bendor caught a and a respectively.
McEvoy: /
Bendor: /
McEvoy's board ran out , giving him two pair - which obviously doesn't help in this game - and ten-high. Bendor's first five cards were enough to win the pot, and score the elimination.
BrettRichey Brett RicheyOut of the frying pan into the fire in this razz event.. went from Barry G on my left to Ted Forrest.. #wontbeopeninglightJune 09 2012
We're not sure how it happened, but Kami Chisholm has been eliminated from the tournament. Known in the poker world as "Dr. Kamikaze," Chisholm, who is a filmmaker and cultural critic with a PhD in History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies, began the day second in chips, and we can only assume things went south for her here on Day 2.
Meanwhile, "Miami" John Cernuto has been eliminated from the tournament.