A player in early position made it 2,400 to go, and she was called. Next to act was Octo-Niner Jeremy Ausmus, and he reraised to 8,300. The next player to act, Steven Firestone, four bet it to 14,100, and the original two players quickly folded. It was back to Ausmus, who thought for about 30 seconds before announcing all in.
Ausmus and Firestone had virtually even stacks, adn Firestone only thought for about five seconds before open folding . It was a great fold, as Ausmus smiled, showed , and gave Firestone a fist bump. Ausmus, who started the day with just 11,000, is all the way up to 45,000 after that hand.
Jeff Madsen may have come into the day with a less than average chip stack, but that isn't stopping this recent bracelet winner from going to work.
We came in as both players checked the turn with the flop already on the board. The player in the big blind checked the turn and this time Madsen decided to bet 5,700. After some deliberation, the player decided to fold and Madsen took the pot.
Andrew Fields raised it up to 3,700 from the cutoff, and Bill Chen moved all in for his last 20,200 from the small blind. Fields had virtually an identical stack, and he made the call.
Chen:
Fields:
The flop brought plenty of action, coming down . Fields had flopped top two pair, but Chen had flopped a royal flush draw. Any diamond or ten would do it for Chen, and while the on the turn didn't do it, the on the river did.
The stacks were counted down, and it was determined that Chen barely had Fields covered, giving him a near full double up to start the day.
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. After 11 levels of play yesterday, 297 of the original 2,541 runners will be returning to fight for the 270 paid positions and ultimately the first-place prize of $609,017. There will excitement all around The Rio today as Day 1a of The Main Event is scheduled to begin at noon. The players will need to keep their eyes on the prize because there is still much work for them to do to get to the winner's circle in this event.
Ryan Hughes leads the field coming into the day with 172,100 and closely followed by Joseph Froehle (144,200), Malek Kalayi (143,000), Nate Silver (134,600) and Lauren Kling (123,200). Other notable players to watch are Loni Harwood (75,900), Calvin Anderson (75,800), Melanie Weisner (61,300), Rupert Elder (50,300), Hiren Patel (49,800), Jeff Madsen (25,600), Bill Chen (22,200), Bryan Micon (17,200) and Jeremy Ausmus (11,100).
Players return to the felt at 1:00 p.m. local time in the Brasilia Room. Stay with PokerNews as we provide live updates from the tournament floor throughout the day. In the meantime, get caught with all the happenings here at the WSOP with Lynn Gilmartin who has your July 6th Update.
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turn with the 
flop already on the board. The player in the big blind checked the 
turn and this time Madsen decided to bet 5,700. After some deliberation, the player decided to fold and Madsen took the pot.
. Fields had flopped top two pair, but Chen had flopped a royal flush draw. Any diamond or ten would do it for Chen, and while the 
on the turn didn't do it, the 
on the river did.
