Mimi Luu opened for 4,800 from under the gun and found two callers which included Jason Min who sat directly to her left.
Action was checked to Luu who continued for 6,500 and Min raised to 18,000. Action folded back to Luu who just couldn't muster the call and mucked her hand.
A table in the White Section erupted in screams and PokerNews inquired about the reason.
According to the table, Kevin Pitstock had just doubled up twice with quads, first in a hand where he had on a flop of and snap-called a jam from his opponent.
Just a few hands later, Pitstock opened and the same opponent three-bet to 18,000. Pitstock called, and the rest of the chips got in the middle on the flop reading .
Pitstock had while his opponent held and doubled up Pitstock once again when the board ran out .
Mustapha Kanit has been cruising through the day, but his potential status as day-end chip leader has been put into question following a recent hand.
Kanit opened to 4,100 in early position and was three-bet by the player in the big blind to 15,000. Kanit called and the duo saw a flop of .
The big blind fired again for 8,000 on the flop, and Kanit called in position.
On the turn , the big blind sized up to 35,000, and once more, Kanit called.
On the river , the big blind brought out the big guns, going all-in for over 100,000. Kanit gave his decision some pause before opting to fold, dropping his stack to just over 600,000, which is no longer the biggest stack in the room.
With 50,000 in the pot and on the board, Peter Chu bet 12,000 into his opponent on the button. The button three-bet shoved for 78,300 and Chu called quickly.
Opponent:
Peter Chu:
The turn came and the river with no help for the pocket eights as Chu's opponent hit the rail while he dragged the big pot.
Imagine walking up to your Day 2 Main Event table and seeing 4x bracelet winner Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow and Hall of Famer Maria Ho. This was the fate of a few lucky (or unlucky) players today and those who lived to tell about it... did. Plus, what Mike thinks about Maria's No-Limit game.