Tarmo Tammel open-jammed his 42,000-chip stack into the middle from the hijack. Andrew Hulme next to act reraised all in for 108,000 and the button and blinds got out of the way.
Tarmo Tammel: A♠6♥
Andrew Hulme: K♠Q♣
The board ran out J♠J♥2♣3♥9♠ and Tammel's ace-high held on to be the best hand and drag in the pot.
The cutoff opened the action with a raise to 16,000 before John Pannucci moved all in from the button for for 79,000. Nohad Teliani was sitting in the big blind and she reraised all in for 137,000. The initial raiser mucked and Pannucci was in trouble.
John Pannucci: K♦Q♣
Nohad Teliani: Q♥Q♦
The dealer put out 3♥K♣7♥7♦J♣ and Pannucci found some help from the deck, earning him a full double up and leaving Teliani short.
Erik Seidel placed his bounty up for grabs when he moved all in from early position for 80,000 and Pavels Spirins isolated by also moving all in for 395,000 and everyone else folded.
Spirins commented about Seidel's hand with, "Aww why do you have to have those"?
Erik Seidel: A♠A♥
Pavels Spirins: K♠Q♦
25K Fantasy Draft players can breathe a sigh of relief as the board dropped with 10♠A♦8♦4♦Q♠ and Seidel's set of aces was golden.
Carlos Chadha-Villamarin opened the action with a raise to 20,000 from middle position. Mori Eskandani moved all in from the hijack for 212,000 and Chadha-Villamarin made the call.
Mori Eskandani: A♥K♠
Carlos Chadha-Villamarin: 10♥10♦
An even fight, the board ran out 7♥J♠J♣8♦K♣ and Eskandani got there on the river to double up to nearly 500,000 chips.
Alexandre Vuilleumier raised to 12,000 from the button, Christian Roberts then went all in from the small blind for 102,000, Vuilleumier made the call.
Christian Roberts: Q♦J♥
Alexandre Vuilleumier: 6♣6♥
The dealer ran out a board of 4♥7♦4xJ♠A♦ securing the double up for Roberts.
Paul Dhaliwal shoved for the second hand in a row this time from under the gun and the first one made it through uncontested but this one was called by Stoyan Madanzhiev in the big blind.
Paul Dhaliwal: A♦K♣
Stoyan Madanzhiev: 9♦9♥
The runout was 6♦J♣Q♠K♥7♥ giving Dhaliwal the best hand with a pair of kings.
Day 2 of Event #95: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em begins at 12 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Ballroom Red section.
Out of the 1,124 players who registered, only 167 are returning to compete for their share of the $1,979,713 prize pool and the $313,370 first-place prize.
The bubble burst late into the evening, with the top 169 players making the money. Preston McEwen leads the field with 786,000 chips. McEwen could surpass $2,000,000 in live tournament earnings with a 4th place finish or better. Brazilian Luan Coelho bagged the second-biggest stack with 699,000 and rounding out the top three is Yang Lei (616,000).
Poker Hall of Famers Jack McClelland (209,000), Erik Seidel (95,000), and Mori Eskandani (46,000) still have bounties to be claimed but won't go down easily.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Preston McEwen
United States
786,000
98
2
Luan Coelho
Brazil
699,000
87
3
Yang Lei
New Zealand
616,000
77
4
Xiaowen Zhao
China
614,000
77
5
Daniel Marques
Brazil
609,000
76
6
Daisuke Ogita
Japan
593,000
74
7
Martin Finger
Germany
554,000
69
8
Roman Korenev
Russia
529,000
66
9
Yuzhou Yin
China
525,000
66
10
Naseem Salem
United States
470,000
59
Thirteen Hall of Famers entered this event, including Berry Johnston, Barry Greenstein, Barbara Enright, Tom McEvoy, and Johnny Chan, but none of these advanced to Day 2.
Barbara Enright
Quite a few notables still grace the field, including bracelet winner Rafael Reis (365,000), $25k Fantasy pick Adam Hendrix (320,000) and author Maria Konnikova (192,000). Returning players are guaranteed a minimum payout of $3,923.
Day 2 will feature 40-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. Blinds for Day 2 will start at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Play will continue until a winner is determined.
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