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On the river, there was about 30,000 in the pot and the board showed 
. Olivier Busquet checked, and then faced a bet of 8,600. Busquet quickly called, and his opponent showed 
for no pair, and Busquet turned over 
for a winning pair of tens. After stacking his new chips, Busquet is up to 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Catching the action with Marty Mathis having 14,000 in front of him and Justin Adams raising to 24,000 from the small blind, the action was back on Mathis in the cutoff. Mathis pushed all in for over 150,000 and Adams made the call for roughly his last 60,000.
Adams: 
Mathis:
With Mathis trailing but having Adams covered, the 
flop gave him an additional four outs to go along with his two tens.
The turn changed little as it landed the 
, but when the river saw the 
spike, Adams was left to hit the rail as Mathis soared to 305,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
258,900
|
258,900 |
|
Busted |
The player in middle position opened to 2,500, and was called by Doyle Brunson in the cutoff. The big blind also called, as the three saw the flop come down 
. The big blind checked, before the original better threw out a continuation bet of 6,600. Only Brunson made the call, as the 
fell on the turn. The action was checked to Brunson, who bet out 16,000, which was called. The 
completed the board, as Brunson bet out 45,000. His opponent quickly called, before mucking his hand, after Brunson showed the 
for the nut straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
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We just spotted Dr. Charles Yamaguchi of Brazil with a very large stack in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room. He's sitting on 315,000 chips, putting him in our top 10 for Day 2a/b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
189,500
|
189,500 |
We found Cliff Josephy contemplating a bet of 25,500 from an opponent on a board of 
. Josephy ultimately made the call, and his opponent showed him 
for top two on the flop.
"Nice hand," Josephy said, nodding as he mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
209,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
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We just saw Nick Schwarmann get moved in the red section, and we couldn't help but notice his massive stack as he was taking it off the racks. Once he put it all together, we pegged it at 387,000, which is good enough for second in chips at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
387,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
Not long after folding a hand preflop to Elisabeth Hille's three-bet, Ryan Jones was back at it in a hand versus his neighbor to the left, Joe Bartholdi.
The hand saw Jones check-calling a flop bet from Bartholdi after the first three community cards came 
. Both players then checked the turn.
The river brought the , and when Bartholdi fired 10,000, Jones called without too much hesitation. Bartholdi then flipped over 
for trip jacks, and Jones exhaled as he showed one of his cards — the — while mucking.
Jones has nonetheless chipped up during Day 2a and right now sits with just about twice the stack with which he began the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
94,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
58,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Andy Black raised to 2,900 preflop, and Hassan Mechammil called, as did the big blind. The flop was 
, and the big blind checked. Black bet 4,700, and Mechammil put in a min-raise to 9,400. The blind folded, and Black announced, "All in." The dealer counted down the chips, and found Black's raise was for exactly 29,000 more. Mechammil called, and Black turned over 
. Mechammil showed 
, and Black would need help. The turn and river came , and Mechammil won the pot, sending Black to the rail. The fifth-place finisher in the 2005 Main Event will have to wait another year to make another Main Event final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Greg Merson opened for 3,200 then saw an opponent sitting three seats down in late position raise to 6,200. It came back to Merson who four-bet to 19,000, and his opponent called.
The flop came 
, and when Merson fired 14,300, his opponent called. The turn brought the 
and another bet from Merson — this time for 24,600 — and once more his opponent called.
The river was the , and this time Merson slowed down to check. His opponent wasted little time declaring he was all in, and without much pause Merson let his hand go, saying "ace-king suited" afterwards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
252,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
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A player under the gun opened to 2,700. He was called by Scott Seiver in middle position, Erik Seidel in the small blind, and one other player in the big blind.
The flop came down and Seidel checked. The player in the small blind put out a bet of 5,600 and only Seiver called.
The turn was the 
and the small blind led out with another bet of 12,200. Seiver called again.
The river fell the and both players checked.
"Ten eight," the small blind player said not showing his hand.
Seiver just shook his head and turned up his for a rivered better two pair. That was good enough to take down the pot pushing Seiver close to 150,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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