Lou Ojeda raised 2,600 from early position and Micah Raskin called from the button.
Ojeda checked on the 2♠10♥4♣ flop and when Raskin bet 4,000 Ojeda stared him down. "Thank you," he said cryptically, and put in the call.
Raskin continued for 8,000 on a 9♣ turn and Ojeda called again. Both checked the J♣ river, and when Raskin turned over A♣10♠ for a flopped pair of tens, Ojeda mucked.
"I was seeing if you had a tell," Ojeda explained. "I thought I could trust you."
Sam Cohen and Paul Wong had arrived on the turn in a big pot already worth 24,600 chips. The board read 4♠5♥9♥K♦ and Cohen checked from under the gun. Wong then made an almost pot-sized bet of 22,000 and Cohen tossed in a green T-25,000 chip for a call.
The river fell the 3♠ and again Cohen checked. Wong fired in another 70,000, almost the entirety of Cohen's stack.
Cohen was thinking for a while before she asked "Seven-six suited?"
Wong gave no response and eventually, Cohen made the call.
Wong then tabled 9♠9♣ for a set of nines and Cohen mucked her cards after confirming her opponent's hand. She was left with merely 3,000 chips and is looking for a miracle run in order to survive Day 2.
Chipleader of his table, Xiaohu Liu opened to 2,500 from the hijack, and he was only called by Ethan Bennett in the big blind.
On the flop K♣9♣7♥, Liu bet 1,700, and was called once again by Bennett. Then on the turn 5♠, both players checked.
The river brought the A♠, and Liu added 2,500 chips to the pot. However, Bennett decided to check-raise to 8,000. Liu called, and expressed his disappointment when Bennett showed him 9♦9♠ for a set. "I had AxKx" said Liu, who still maintains a big stack.
Lester Edoc opened to 2,400 and only got called by Fernando Rodriguez in the small blind. The flop revealed J♣A♣2♥ and Rodriguez check-called Doc's continuation for 2,100.
On the 8♠ turn however, Rodriguez quickly check-folded after Edoc sent 9,200 in the middle.
Sergio Aguero is one of the most famous footballers from Argentina, behind Messi of course, and he made his home in the Premiere League for roughly 10 years with Manchester City. Now Aguero finds himself on a different kind of green felt at the poker table on Day 2abc of the WSOP Main Event. PokerNews decided to hang around and catch a few hands with the football star.
Hand #1:
Dustin Holladay opened to 2,500 in the hijack and Aguero called on his left along with both of the blinds. The flop came Q♦9♦4♣ and Holladay continued with a bet of 4,600 which only Aguero called.
The turn was the 3♦ and both players checked to the 7♠ on the river. Holladay fired out a bet of 15,000 and Aguero called after some deliberation. Holladay tabled 10♦7♦ for a flush while Aguero could only muster a pair with Q♠J♦.
Hand #2:
Aguero took a few hands off before his big blind rolled around. Brandon Williams raised to 2,500 in early position and both Holladay and Aguero called in the blinds. The flop fell Q♣10♦2♣ and Williams continued with a bet of 3,500. Holladay called and Aguero stepped aside.
The turn brought the 6♦ and Holladay check-called a bet of 10,000 from Williams. The 9♥ completed the board and Holladay checked again. Williams over-bet jammed all in, putting Holladay to the test for his remaining 75,000 chips. Holladay thought for a minute and then stuck in some chips to call. Williams tabled 8♣7♣ for a backdoor straight while Holladay hit the rail with A♠Q♥.
Hand #3:
Two hands later, Alan Munoz raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Aguero flat-called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of J♦10♠6♦ and Munoz led out with a bet of 2,500. Aguero raised to 15,000 and Munoz said that was too much.
"Ten thousand?" Munoz pleaded and Aguero jokingly took some chips back. Munoz folded and Aguero was shipped the pot.
As relayed to PokerNews from the players at his table, Jeremy Ausmus was recently eliminated.
Ausmus, who was already short-stacked starting the hand with about 11,000, moved all in from the button with 10x9x offsuit, and was called by Steven Madsen in the big blind, who had Ax4x suited.
The board offered no improvement for Ausmus, ending his main event run while Madsen collected his chips.
Haylay Hanna has been slowly chipping up throughout the day and just added some more chips without showdown. Ben Diebold had defended against her raise and check-called a bet of 2,500 on the 7♦7♣3♠ flop. Once the A♦ appeared on the turn, Diebold checked once more and Hanna's second barrel for 6,000 took it down right there.
