We missed the preflop action, but we saw that McLean Karr and Juan Manuel Pastor were in a battle of the blinds on a flop of . There was about 4,500 in the middle, and Pastor checked to Karr, who fired 1,750. Pastor responded by moving all in about 45,000. This was a massive overbet to the pot, and send Karr deep into the tank.
"Sorry guys this is a big bet I'm going to need a minute." Karr was clearly confused by the bet, and asked Pastor why he bet so much. Eventually, he said that he had nut spades, saying he held . He said he thought Pastor might have , and wondered if he should gamble. "It's the main event I need to get a big stack. Might be worth it to gamble." Eventually, after about three minutes of thinking, Karr folded his hand.
Pastor elected to flash the , and folded the other card face down. After that pot, Pastor is up to 54,000, while Karr drops to 52,000.
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We don't know exactly what happened, but we know Randy Lew managed to get his short stacked opponent all in and at risk holding . Lew's opponent had and needed to avoid some aces and kings to stay alive in this tournament.
The board came and with the king on the flop Lew secured the lead and never let it go. Lew now sits around 90,000 in chips and continues to build his stack despite a tough table draw. Sitting on Lew's direct right is Johnny Chan. Lew seems pretty excited about this as per his tweet earlier.
nanonoko Randy LewMore greatness happening, Johnny Chan receives a gift...it's an orange...and he's smelling it... http://t.co/BNpTsLO1July 11 2012
Another player at Lew's table is Shannon Shorr who has tangled up with Lew a few times already. With plenty of day left and plenty of chips to be had we expect these three to have many battles throughout the day.
A player opened with a 3x raise to 1,800 from under the gun, and it folded around to Dan Idema in the big blind who defended with a call. The flop came . Idema checked, his opponent bet 3,200, and Idema called. The turn was the and both players quickly checked.
The river brought the and a quick bet of 7,000 by Idema. His opponent thought for just a beat before calling, and when Idema tabled for two pair, his opponent mucked.
2006 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold opened for 1,500 from the cutoff seat and found two callers in both players in the blinds.
The flop came and both players checked to Gold, who fired 2,500 into the middle. The player in the small called, but the big folded.
The fell on the turn and Gold's opponent again checked. Continuing with his aggression - Gold fired again for 7,000. His opponent tanked for a bit, but eventually folded and Gold scooped the pot.
Gold has nearly doubled his chips since the beginning of the day - he is up to 48,000.
Antoine Guyetant, Paul Volpe, Tuan Phan, and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom have all added to their starting stacks thus far on Day 2c. Meanwhile, add Noah Schwartz' name to the list of those whose 2012 WSOP Main Event run ended on Day 2.
. There was about 4,500 in the middle, and Pastor checked to Karr, who fired 1,750. Pastor responded by moving all in about 45,000. This was a massive overbet to the pot, and send Karr deep into the tank.
. He said he thought Pastor might have 
, and wondered if he should gamble. "It's the main event I need to get a big stack. Might be worth it to gamble." Eventually, after about three minutes of thinking, Karr folded his hand.
, and folded the other card face down. After that pot, Pastor is up to 54,000, while Karr drops to 52,000.
. Lew's opponent had 
and with the king on the flop Lew secured the lead and never let it go. Lew now sits around 90,000 in chips and continues to build his stack despite a tough table draw. Sitting on Lew's direct right is Johnny Chan. Lew seems pretty excited about this as per his tweet earlier. 
. Idema checked, his opponent bet 3,200, and Idema called. The turn was the 
and both players quickly checked.
and a quick bet of 7,000 by Idema. His opponent thought for just a beat before calling, and when Idema tabled 
for two pair, his opponent mucked.
for merely ace-high.
and both players checked to Gold, who fired 2,500 into the middle. The player in the small called, but the big folded.
fell on the turn and Gold's opponent again checked. Continuing with his aggression - Gold fired again for 7,000. His opponent tanked for a bit, but eventually folded and Gold scooped the pot.
