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Chance Kornuth has a monster stack heading into Day 2.
The eagerly anticipated Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship returns for Day 2 today.
Chance Kornuth leads the 132-player field with 338,200. Ruslan Dykshteyn is barely behind him with 338,000, while Tom Marchese sits in third with 300,100. Michael Kamran (272,000) and Will Durkee (248,100) round out the top five. David Williams (225,200), JC Tran (214,900), Sam Trickett (214,000), Sean Winter (179,900), Sergey Rybachenko (178,900), 2012 winner Jan-Peter Jachtmann (150,200), Matt Stout (149,800), and Daniel Negreanu (149,700) will all be players to keep a close eye on as well as they are near the top of the leader boards, having proven themselves to be dangerous tournament players time and again.
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m., and the plan is for 10 levels to be played today. Players will have a bit of breathing time today, unlike with Day 1's frantic pace, as breaks are scheduled for 20 minutes instead of 15 and a dinner break will be given. Blinds will begin at 800/1,600, so don't go anywhere as we bring you all of the live updates right here on PokerNews.
A player in the big blind bet 7,000 into Alex Kravchenko on a flop, and Kravchenko dropped a stack of pink T5,000 chips in, raising pot. His opponent thought for about a minute before shoving all in, and Kravchenko turned over for a nearly insurmountable lead over the of his opponent. The turn eradicated what little equity Kravchenko's opponent had, and another player hits the rail.
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We got to the table with the action on the turn of and Daniel Negreanu with a bet of approximately 55,000 in front of him saying "look at that, I'm not going anywhere" to his opponent Mike Shklover. "That three helped you?" asked Shklover.
"Actually it did," said Negreanu. That wasn't enough to convince Shklover who raised all in. Negreanu called and their hands were turned over:
Negreanu: for two pair, kings and threes
Shklover: for a pair of aces
Negreanu was in the lead with his two pair but he would need to dodge an eight, seven, or ace to double up. It wasn't in the cards for Kid Poker as the river was the .
"Nice hand," said Negreanu, adding "good luck everyone" as he headed off, his WSOP done until the Main Event.
Isaac Baron scooped the pot of the tournament so far.
We found Isaac Baron in late position engaged in a raising war with Don Nguyen in the small blind on a flop. Baron had 69,000 in front of him, and Nguyen made it 116,000 to go. Baron paused for awhile before reaching out for his four orange chips and pulling them back, indicating he was at least calling. He dropped a stack of T5,000 chips in, a raise to 165,000.
Nguyen stared at his opponent for a couple of minutes, blinking occasionally as he studied him up and down as if looking for a sign of weakness. Finally he made it 215,000 to go. Now, it was Baron's turn to tank. After about a minute, he shoved all in for Nguyen's last 175,000 or so, and Nguyen quickly called.
Baron:
Nguyen:
Nguyen held top set but needed to catch up to Baron's nut flush. He failed to do so on the turn and river.
"In my opinion, the nine-bet is always a sign of strength," Jonas Entin said with a laugh after Nguyen had made his exit.
"I was scared," Baron said with a smile. "I had to keep looking like...I have the right?"
Matt Marafioti limped from middle position, and Tom Marchese made it 12,000. Marafioti called after the blinds folded, and the flop came . Marafioti checked, and Marchese made a small bet of 10,000. Marafioti thought for about a minute before raising to 57,500.
"All in," Marchese said softly, grabbing a tower of pink T5,000 chips.
"All in?" Marafioti asked excitedly. "Did he say all in? Call."
Marafioti showed the nuts: . Marchese had also flopped trips with . Marafioti faded the higher boat as the turn brought a and the river a .
Daniel Idema collected $200 for showing his cards.
We found David Williams tanking against a bet of 45,000 bet from Daniel Idema on a board of . Williams ended up folding, but Jared Bleznick stopped Idema before he could muck.
"Wait!" he said. "How much to see that hand?"
Bleznick place a $100 bill in front of Idema, who upped the ante by saying it would cost $300. Bleznick offered him $200, pointing at Williams and telling him to give Idema the second $100.
"I'll match the hundred," Williams said.
Idema flipped over for aces and nines, and Williams said he folded aces and sevens. Bleznick shouted an expletive and stalked away, saying he folded a set of twos.
Idema just smiled and tucked the bills behind his chips.
Chance Kornuth raised to 11,000 in the cutoff, and Matt Stout reraised to 38,500 on the button. Kornuth repotted after the blinds folded, making it 123,000 total. Stout called, wishing Kornuth good luck as the dealer spread the flop: . Kornuth immediately shoved all in for his last 88,000.
"Brutal," Stout muttered. After a bit he announced a call.
Stout:
Kornuth:
Kornuth had top set, while Stout had backdoor draws and a gutter. The turn brought a , harmless to Kornuth but he shot Stout's hand a quick double-take to make sure his opponent hadn't made a straight. A river was a blank, and Stout lost the majority of his stack to his neighbor.
Jarred Graham bet 30,000 on a flop, and Darius Studdard moved in for just 2,000 more and was obviously called.
Studdard:
Graham:
Studdard had an overpair and blockers to Graham's draw, but the spiked on the turn. Studdard could still win if he filled up, but the hit, no help to Studdard.
flop, and Kravchenko dropped a stack of pink T5,000 chips in, raising pot. His opponent thought for about a minute before shoving all in, and Kravchenko turned over 
for a nearly insurmountable lead over the 
of his opponent. The 
turn eradicated what little equity Kravchenko's opponent had, and another player hits the rail.
and Daniel Negreanu with a bet of approximately 55,000 in front of him saying "look at that, I'm not going anywhere" to his opponent Mike Shklover. "That three helped you?" asked Shklover.
for two pair, kings and threes
for a pair of aces
.
flop. Baron had 69,000 in front of him, and Nguyen made it 116,000 to go. Baron paused for awhile before reaching out for his four orange chips and pulling them back, indicating he was at least calling. He dropped a stack of T5,000 chips in, a raise to 165,000.
river.
. Marafioti checked, and Marchese made a small bet of 10,000. Marafioti thought for about a minute before raising to 57,500.
. Marchese had also flopped trips with 
and the river a 
. Williams ended up folding, but Jared Bleznick stopped Idema before he could muck.
for aces and nines, and Williams said he folded aces and sevens. Bleznick shouted an expletive and stalked away, saying he folded a set of twos.
