With tables breaking down at a rapid clip, Jake Cody has now been moved to Alex Cordero's table, which means two of the biggest stacks in the room are now sitting right across from one another. Just now came a hand in which it appeared the two might be clashing over a huge pot, though things ended a bit shy of that happening.
The hand began with Cody raising to 1,800 from the hijack seat, then Cordero pushing out stacks of black (100) chips to reraise to 4,600 from the small blind. Cody studied both his own and Cordero's stacks, then called.
The flop came , and Cordero again pushed out columns of black chips for a bet of 6,800. Cody paused a beat, and called the bet.
The turn then brought the . This time Cordero was digging into his light blue (500) chips and betting 11,000, and as soon as he did Cody folded.
An unknown player in the hijack seat opened shoved all in for his last 8,850. Action folded around to Jeff Madsen in the small blind, who made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Madsen:
Opponent:
Madsen was in bad shape and the board kept his opponent in the lead for the double up.
Ben Yu raised to 1,225 from middle position and got two callers from the button and big blind. The flop came and it checked to Yu who continued for 2,500, getting a relatively quick fold from the button, and a somewhat delayed one from the big blind.
"Would you have folded to a preflop shove?" asked the big blind as he showed his , adding how he had 8,000 left. "No," said Yu quickly. "Of course he wouldn't," said Yu's neighbor to the right. "He's the knockout king!"
Speaking of knockout kings, sitting at the same table is Brian Ali, whom we remember for his win in the 2011 WSOP Circuit event at Atlantic City where he knocked out most of a final table that also included another player whose name reminded us of boxers, Ellis Frazier.
Ali currently has a stack that rivals Yu's, meaning both are positioned to knock out others at the table, should they come to blows.
We didn't catch the exact amounts as the dealer was scooping in the pot when we arrived, however, it appeared that Humberto Brenes had opened from middle position and was called by one opponent directly behind him in the hijack seat.
Both players then proceeded to check down the flop, turn and river.
Brenes announced, "Two pair," and his opponent showed pocket sixes. Humberto then tabled pocket sevens and went, "Oooohhhh," as in - that was close! He then scooped the pot.
Brenes is up to 19,000 in the early going of Day 2.
Anna Resnick was one of the several players in Event 59 participating in the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest. Unfortunately for Resnick, her hopes of being the last player sporting an Onnit sticker to survive today's event have ended early on Day 2.
In her final hand, Resnick was all in versus two opponents before the flop. Both checked the flop, then one pushed his short stack all in on the turn, getting a fold from the other. Resnick tabled for top pair, but she was behind her opponent's . The river was the , and Resnick is out.
Speaking of players with multiple cashes this summer, Terrence Chan came into Event 59 with nine cashes under his belt, although his quest for a 10th has been abruptly halted here at the start of Day 2.
We caught up to Chan's final hand today with all the chips already in the middle, the cards tabled, and the five community cards dealt. Chan had , his opponent , and the board read , meaning Chan's pair was second best and he hits the rail as one of the 50 or so who have already busted today.
Konstantin Puchkov is among the 726 returners, hoping like everyone else he'll still be around when the field gets trimmed to 468 and the money bubble bursts.
For Puchkov to make it that far will be an extra special achievement, as that will mark his 11th cash of the WSOP, breaking Nikolay Evdakov's record of 10 cashes in a single summer.
Just now Puchkov was involved in a hand against Reinaldo Vicentini with the pair having built a small pot by the turn and the board showing . It checked to Puchkov who bet 2,000, and Vicentini check-raised to 4,000. Puchkov studied a moment and called.
The river brought the and another bet of 7,500 from Vicentini, and after a recheck of his cards Puchkov let it go.
, and Cordero again pushed out columns of black chips for a bet of 6,800. Cody paused a beat, and called the bet.
. This time Cordero was digging into his light blue (500) chips and betting 11,000, and as soon as he did Cody folded.
board kept his opponent in the lead for the double up.
and it checked to Yu who continued for 2,500, getting a relatively quick fold from the button, and a somewhat delayed one from the big blind.
, adding how he had 8,000 left. "No," said Yu quickly. "Of course he wouldn't," said Yu's neighbor to the right. "He's the knockout king!"
for top pair, but she was behind her opponent's 
. The river was the 
, meaning Chan's pair was second best and he hits the rail as one of the 50 or so who have already busted today.
and another bet of 7,500 from Vicentini, and after a recheck of his cards Puchkov let it go.
