Joe Cada is already having one heck of a series. He recently finished 4th in the $1500 six-max event earlier this series. He is try to make another deep run here.
We caught him getting looked up by an opponent preflop when Cada pushed all in. The two flipped up their cards and Cada saw that it was a race.
Cada:
Opponent:
The flop came . The turn kept Cada in the lead with the . The river made it official with the . Cada eliminated his opponent and he is in prime position to make it very deep as he is amoung the chip leaders as we continue the beginning of this day 2 restart.
Last year's third place finisher in the WSOP Main Event Jake Balsiger had already put a bet out on a flop of when his opponent pushed all in. Balsiger asked for a count but before the dealer could give him an accurate number Balsiger looked back at his cards and quickly called.
Balsiger's easily trumped his opponents small kicker of . The board ran out blank and Balsiger eliminated his opponent. Balsiger looking to make some noise in this year's series just like he did eight short months
Ari Engel raised it up to almost all of his chips from late position. He had just 3,000 behind but not everyone at the table could see that. Corey Harrison in the small blind announced his all in and Randy Haddox called all in. Harrison and Haddox tabled their hands but Engel still had chips behind, and in theory he could still fold. He choose not to though and we had a three way all in.
Corey Harrison
Ari Engel
Randy Haddox
The flop gave Engel some hope with . The on the turn made it even more interesting but the on the river was a total blank. Harrison had both players covered and so two players hit the rail in one hand. Engel finishes 78th for $5,271, while Haddox gets the same amount for his 77th place.
We're not sure what had happened before, but a big pot between Frazer and Corcione just went horribly wrong for Corcione.
On a | | board Frazer bet out just 24,000. The pot was pretty big by that point but Corcione took his time and even wanted to fold at some point. He couldn't do it though and ended up calling with his . Frazer turned over for a full house and started stacking.
Robert Corcione has far fewer chips than he had a little while ago. Ian Frazer is one of the chip leaders of the tournament with well over 340,000. "95 percent of the people would have gone broke on that turn" said Frazer to Corcione.
We caught the action on the flop as Vanessa Selbst was battling it out with Athanasios Polychronopoulos. On the table the two had to work with, and Selbst checked from the big blind to Polychronopoulos in the cutoff. Polychronopoulos made it 10,000 to go and called as Selbst raised it up to 32,000.
The turn braught the and Selbst bet out 38,000 this time. Again Polychronopoulos made the call. The river was the and Selbst pushed all in for, what looked like, about 110,000. Polychronopoulos made the instant call and showed his for a full house. Selbst flashed her cards, a red and , and left the tournament area.
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We caught the action on the flop with on the table. David "Bakes" Baker (under-the-gun plus one) checked to Michael Shelton (hijack) who bet 10,500. Baker made the call and check-called another 17,500 from Shelton on the turn. The river was the and Baker checked for a third time. Shelton bet out 26,000 and Baker paused for a second before announcing all in for 120,000 more.
Shelton had a tough decision. "I was supposed to check on the river" he said with a mysterious smirk. He thought about it for a while before tossing in a 500 chip to indicate the call. Baker showed his and Shelton had to muck. "I was supposed to check on the river" he stated one more time. Shelton has to continue with just 21,500 in chips.
Right after losing most of his stack, Michael Shelton pushed all in from mid position for just 21,000 in chips. The player on the button repushed all in and both blinds folded. "Wow, that's way better than I expected" the player on the button said as Shelton showed his . The button tabled and we were off to the races.
and Shelton secured his double-up. The on the turn and on couldn't change a thing and the table was cheering Shelton on for doubling with a Royal Flush. Shelton himself didn't seem to care about the Royal, he was probably still thinking about the hand before where his river call cost him loads of chips.
Holding , Amnon Filippi elected to reraise a player in the small blind, making it 22,000 to play after that player opened for 13,000. The small blind was unafraid, however, and he shipped the rest of his 87,000 stack with the .
Filippi was in a dominant position, and the flop of put him even further ahead of the suited connector held by his opponent.
The on the turn made things interesting, giving the small blind a gutshot draw to make Broadway, while giving Filippi a sweat.
River:
The brick on fifth street sealed the deal, sending the rest of the small blind player's chips to the dangerous pro from New York City.
David "Bakes" Baker's Stack is Getting Higher Here on Day 2
David "Bakes" Baker has a laid back personality, a cool nickname, and after the last hand he played, a stack that is now as high as a kite.
Bakes called a raise of 13,000 out of the big blind, seeing a flop of spread across the green felt. The early position raiser continued with his aggressive line, leading for 14,000, and Baker came along to see the drop on the turn.
After his opponent fired up another bet of 33,000 his way, Bakes made the call, bringing the on board.
Both players knuckled the table, and when he rolled over , Bakes top pair blazed a path to yet another potential final table appearance.
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. The turn kept Cada in the lead with the 
. The river made it official with the 
. Cada eliminated his opponent and he is in prime position to make it very deep as he is amoung the chip leaders as we continue the beginning of this day 2 restart.
when his opponent pushed all in. Balsiger asked for a count but before the dealer could give him an accurate number Balsiger looked back at his cards and quickly called.
easily trumped his opponents small kicker of 
. The board ran out blank and Balsiger eliminated his opponent. Balsiger looking to make some noise in this year's series just like he did eight short months
. The 
on the river was a total blank. Harrison had both players covered and so two players hit the rail in one hand. Engel finishes 78th for $5,271, while Haddox gets the same amount for his 77th place.
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board Frazer bet out just 24,000. The pot was pretty big by that point but Corcione took his time and even wanted to fold at some point. He couldn't do it though and ended up calling with his 
. Frazer turned over 
for a full house and started stacking.
to work with, and Selbst checked from the big blind to Polychronopoulos in the cutoff. Polychronopoulos made it 10,000 to go and called as Selbst raised it up to 32,000.
and Selbst bet out 38,000 this time. Again Polychronopoulos made the call. The river was the 
and Selbst pushed all in for, what looked like, about 110,000. Polychronopoulos made the instant call and showed his 
and 
, and left the tournament area.
on the table. David "Bakes" Baker (under-the-gun plus one) checked to Michael Shelton (hijack) who bet 10,500. Baker made the call and check-called another 17,500 from Shelton on the 
and we were off to the races.
on couldn't change a thing and the table was cheering Shelton on for doubling with a Royal Flush. Shelton himself didn't seem to care about the Royal, he was probably still thinking about the hand before where his river call cost him loads of chips.
