John Kim raised to 1,600 from middle position, and next to act was Mikhail Semin who called. So did Rodeen Talebi from the hijack, Stoyan Obreshkov from the button, and Steve Foutty and Raghav Bansal from the blinds.
The flop came , Foutty, Bansal, Kim and Semin all checked. Talebi opened to 4,600, Obreshkov called and the rest folded except Kim.
The turn was the . Kim checked, Talebi opened to 8,200 this time, Obreshkov called and Kim folded.
The river completed the board with the . Talebi checked and now Obreshkov opened to 19,000. Talebi took some time to think, asking the dealer how much it was exactly. The dealer counted and confirmed for Talebi the bet was 19,000. Talebi counted out calling chips and then took some more time to consider what to do. In the end, he called.
Obreshkov showed , but Talebi showed for the flopped straight and won the pot.
Damien Leforbes had just won a nice pot and was stacking chips when it folded to him and he opened the next hand for 1,500. Ross Ward three-bet to 3,500 and with no further callers Leforbes called to see a heads-up flop.
The flop came and Leforbes checked it to Ward. A bet of 5,500 from Ward got a call from Leforbes, and the turn was the . Leforbes checked, and a bet from Ward of 15,000 took the pot down.
Vincent Renzo raised to 1,400 from the hijack. Both Dennis Zollo and Linglin Zeng called from the blinds.
The flop came , and Zollo and Zeng checked. Renzo opened to 2,000, Zollo called and Zeng folded. The turn brought them the . This time Zollo bet 3,800 and Renzo called.
The on the river completed the board, and Zollo check-called the 8,200 bet of Renzo. Renzo showed for a full house and Zollo mucked.
On the turn of a board reading , Martin Weiemann checked from the small blind and Matthew Ernst led the betting from the big blind, getting calls from both Derek Wolters in the cut-off and Weiemann.
The river card was the and Weiemann checked again. Ernst bet 15,500 and Wolters gave it a little bit of thought before calling again. Weiemann quickly mucked.
“Nice call.” said Ernst, showing while Wolters showed for the wheel.
“What took you so long to call?” Daniel Dangoor wanted to know, “Trying to bait him?”
Day 2 of Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT at the World Series of Poker starts today at 12 noon local time. Just 120 out of 1,025 players who started yesterday will return to play round 2. Everyone is guaranteed a minimum of $4,837, but they will all be aiming for that WSOP gold bracelet and $257,764 for first place.
Today looks like it will be a day filled with loads of action and a number of notables in the field. As the team looks at the seat draw, one table really jumps out — Table 718 — where Kevin Eyster, John Phan, Kevin MacPhee, Alex Rocha, Jonathan Tamayo and Kenny Hallaert will be seated. This is a table where the players have collected five bracelets and six WSOP Circuit rings in total, but only one of them can make it through to tomorrow's finale.
There are still many other big names in the field as well, including Chris Moorman, Jonathan Little, Josh Weiss, Daniel Strelitz, Steve Foutty, Vojtech Ruzicka, Russell Thomas, Tom Middleton, Carlos Mortensen and Taylor Paur.
Keep following the live updates here on PokerNews to find out which 12 players will make it to Day 3.
, Foutty, Bansal, Kim and Semin all checked. Talebi opened to 4,600, Obreshkov called and the rest folded except Kim.
. Kim checked, Talebi opened to 8,200 this time, Obreshkov called and Kim folded.
. Talebi checked and now Obreshkov opened to 19,000. Talebi took some time to think, asking the dealer how much it was exactly. The dealer counted and confirmed for Talebi the bet was 19,000. Talebi counted out calling chips and then took some more time to consider what to do. In the end, he called. 
, but Talebi showed 
for the flopped straight and won the pot.
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and Leforbes checked it to Ward. A bet of 5,500 from Ward got a call from Leforbes, and the turn was the 
. Leforbes checked, and a bet from Ward of 15,000 took the pot down.
, and Zollo and Zeng checked. Renzo opened to 2,000, Zollo called and Zeng folded. The turn brought them the 
on the river completed the board, and Zollo check-called the 8,200 bet of Renzo. Renzo showed 
for a full house and Zollo mucked.
, Martin Weiemann checked from the small blind and Matthew Ernst led the betting from the big blind, getting calls from both Derek Wolters in the cut-off and Weiemann.
and Weiemann checked again. Ernst bet 15,500 and Wolters gave it a little bit of thought before calling again. Weiemann quickly mucked.
while Wolters showed 
for the wheel.
