Jonathan Depa made it 40,000 under the gun, and he found one caller in Woody Deck in the big blind. Depa's 20,000 continuation-bet on the flop was called. Depa fired a second bullet of 95,000 on the turn, only to see Deck pot it. Depa tanked for five minutes before folding.
Twenty players survived the first full day of play here in Event #54: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low, and Jonathan Depa heads the chip counts with 442,000. The runners only played eight levels due to the massive Monster Stack field on Day 1, and 152 players returned for Day 2.
Depa is a relatively unknown Chicago native whose only six-figure score is for $127,669 in last October's Asia Championship of Poker in Macau. The top two payouts in this tournament would represent a career best for him.
Others bagging stacks included Fabrice Soulier (347,000), Florian Langmann (265,000), Ted Lawson (199,000), Lee Markholt (136,000), Eoghan O'Dea (96,000), and Paul Volpe (50,000). Toting the shortest stack into Day 3, Volpe will certainly have his work cut out for him.
Notables Tony Cousineau, George Danzer, Bart Hanson, Dylan Linde, Tom Koral, Day 2 chip leader Brett Shaffer, Brett Richey, and Andy Bloch all busted today but walked away with financial reward for their efforts, as they placed in the top 54. Melissa Burr, Tom Schneider, David "ODB" Baker, Rep Porter, Daniel Idema, Robert Mizrachi, David Bach, Dan Kelly, and Amnon Filippi fell short of the money.
The tournament will resume at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow, so be sure to tune back in to PokerNews for the relevant live updates and possible crowning of a champion.
Peter Ippolito opened for pot in the cutoff, and Shiva Dudani repotted out of the big blind. Ippolito jammed and was called.
Ippolito:
Dudani:
"You have better diamonds, I like your hand," Ippolito said.
The flop came , and a turn meant no flushes would be hit. The dealer peeled the on the river though, giving Dudani trips on his one unique card and bringing some gasps from the table.
Zach Freeman raised to 14,000 in the hijack, Lee Markholt called in the cutoff, Fabrice Soulier called on the button and Gary Bolden called in the small blind, Kiyokazu Nishikawa three-bet shoved from the big blind for 74,500 and only Markholt and Bolden.
(Bolden, though, confirmed what Markholt had behind (145,000) before he called).
The flop fell and Bolden shoved, resulting in a fold from Markholt.
Bolden:
Nishikawa:
The turn and river locked up the pot for Bolden with jacks and tens for the high and the nut low.
Fabrice Soulier raised to 17,000 in the hijack, and Cody Crouch put his last 26,000 in from the cutoff. Gary Bolden cold-called on the button, and Soulier called. The two active players checked the flop, and Soulier bet 33,000 on the turn. Bolden folded after some thought, and Soulier turned over for trips. Crouch had been outflopped with , but he could survive if a low card hit. The river brought the for kings full for Soulier, though.
In a multi-way pot with the flop reading , Brett Richey bet 25,000. After a few folds, Gary Bolden called to see the turn. Richey shoved for about 56,000 and Bolden called.
Richey:
Bolden:
Bolden turned Broadway but still needed to dodge Richey's flush and full house outs. The river was the , no help to Richey, giving Bolden the pot.
flop was called. Depa fired a second bullet of 95,000 on the 
turn, only to see Deck pot it. Depa tanked for five minutes before folding.
, and a 
turn meant no flushes would be hit. The dealer peeled the 
on the river though, giving Dudani trips on his one unique card and bringing some gasps from the table.
and Bolden shoved, resulting in a fold from Markholt.
. The board ran out 
, no help to Del Nano, securing the pot for Lawson.
flop, and Soulier bet 33,000 on the 
turn. Bolden folded after some thought, and Soulier turned over 
for trips. Crouch had been outflopped with 
, but he could survive if a low card hit. The river brought the 
, Brett Richey bet 25,000. After a few folds, Gary Bolden called to see the 
