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Sunday, August 27, 2017 1:06 PM Local Time
Sandy Smith opens to 12,000 in early position, and Larry Greenberg three-bets to 33,000 in the hijack. Smith calls.
The flop is . Smith checks, and Greenberg continues for another 33,000. Smith spends a couple minutes pondering, then check-raises to 70,000 total.
Greenberg is the one who needs some time, now, as a call represents more than half his remaining stack. "Set?" he asks initially. A few moments later, he tries again. "Flush draw?" After another pause, Greenberg moves all in for 125,000 total. Smith asks for the count.
"Well, it's not a set," Mike Dentale adds from the other end of the table. Once Smith hears the number, she calls.
Smith:
Greenberg:
The turn and river complete the board safely for Greenberg, and he doubles up.
Larry Greenberg - 324,000 (108 bb)
Sandy Smith - 55,000 (18 bb)
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:52 PM Local Time
Jordan Meltzer opens with a raise to 7,500 from early position. A couple seats over, Alexander Krisak reraises, making it 20,000 from middle position. Action folds around to the small blind where Pearce Arnold moves all in for more than 100,000. Meltzer thinks for a while before releasing his hand and shaking his head. Krisak calls quickly though and their hands are turned up.
Krisak:
Arnold:
The board comes which is safe for Krisak the whole way and he takes down the pot with his pair of kings with the pair of sixes on the board.
Alexander Krisak - 315,000 (105 bb)
Jordan Meltzer - 60,000 (20 bb)
Pearce Arnold - Eliminated
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:42 PM Local Time
Madhavan Gopalakrishnan gets his last 24,500 chips into the middle preflop against Joseph Si.
Gopalakrishnan:
Si:
The board runs out , and Si dismisses Gopalakrishnan with a pair of aces.
Joseph Si - 102,000 (34 bb)
Madhavan Gopalakrishnan - Eliminated
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:39 PM Local Time
Brett Apter raises to 6,500 from middle position. He is called by Ralph Massey on the button. Caleb Clarke calls from the big blind and the three take a flop.
The flop comes down and all three players check to see the on the turn. Clarke checks to Apter who bets 11,000. Massey calls the bet but Clarke folds.
On the river. Apter checks over to Massey. Massey puts out a bet of 19,500 and Apter drops into the tank. He thinks for a couple of minutes before tossing in the chips to call. Massey reveals for a turned set and Apter mucks his hand. With that pot Massey moves over 200,000 chips.
Ralph Massey - 215,000 (72 bb)
Brett Apter - 96,500 (32 bb)
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:32 PM Local Time
Greg Himmelbrand opens the button to 7,000, and Mike Azzaro calls in the small blind. From the big, LJ Sande squeezes all in for 44,500. Himmelbrand folds, but Azzaro calls to put Sande at risk.
Azzaro:
Sande:
The flop is a fine sight for Sande, but things go south in a hurry. The turn and river complete the board, and Azzaro runs down a flush to claim the knockout pot.
Mike Azzaro - 204,000 (68 bb)
LJ Sande - Eliminated
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:23 PM Local Time
Baseem Nsier entered Day 2 with 154,000 chips, but he's among the afternoon's first few casualties. Checking on his table, Andrew Ostapchenko is the one stacking the chips, and he's kind enough to provide the details.
According to Ostapchenko, he opened to 8,500 in early position, and only Nsier called a couple seats over. The flop was rainbow, and Nsier called a continuation bet of 8,000. The turn was a , and Ostapchenko bet another 11,000. Nsier raised to 26,000, Ostapchenko shoved for something like 100,000 effective, and Nsier called with to put himself at risk. His bottom straight was no good, though.
Ostapchenko had the nuts with , locking up the largest pot of the tournament so far and leapfrogging into the top spot on the leaderboard.
Andrew Ostapchenko - 355,000 (118 bb)
Basem Nsier - Eliminated
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:20 PM Local Time
On a board of James Naddski checks over to Wendy Freedman. Freedman puts out a bet of 8,000 which Naddski calls after a few seconds of though.
The river is the and Naddski thinks for about a minute before checking over to Freedman. She puts out a bet of roughly 35,000 which is enough to put Naddski all in. He thinks for a bit before pushing his chips forward but not over the betting line.
"Is that a call?" Freedman asks, to which Naddski nods.
Freedman flips up her while Naddski shows . With a better two pair Freedman earns the pot and Naddski is eliminated from the tournament.
Wendy Freedman - 183,000 (61bb)
James Naddski - Eliminated
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:12 PM Local Time
On a board of Vincent Diaz checks over to Bobby Corcione. There is roughly 75,000 already in the pot and Corcione puts out a bet of 60,000. Diaz drops into the tank and thinks for a couple minutes before announcing a call.
Corcione turns over for a full house. Diaz shows his but it's no good and Corcione takes the big pot down to nearly double early here on Day 2.
Bobby Corcione - 255,000 (85bb)
Vincent Diaz - 46,000 (15bb)
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:02 PM Local Time
The cards are in the air for Day 2.
Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:02 PM Local Time
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Sunday, August 27, 2017 10:40 AM Local Time
Galen Hall Leads the Final 81
Only 81 players are returning today for Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event. Leading the way after the first two flights of play is Galen Hall (293,500). Hall fired multiple bullets on Day 1a and Day 1b, but he was finally able to find some traction and his fast and aggressive style of play really started to work out for him. He finished Saturday night just ahead of Jeremy Meacham who bagged the chip lead for Day 1a with 289,000.
In total, 486 entrants and re-entrants combined to create the massive prizepool of $729,000 which was larger than both last year and two years ago. The final 54 players will all share a piece of that prize pool, but most are looking to go further than that. Awaiting the eventual champion of this event is a first prize worth $156,735 as well as a WSOP Circuit Ring.
Several others will also return today seeking a deep run including Kevin Calenzo (273,000), Greg Himmelbrand (262,500), Chris Leong (228,000), and Larry Greenberg (182,000). Also returning today are several players who made the final table of this event in 2016 including Johanssy Joseph (160,000) who finished 4th, Long Tran (135,500) who finished 7th, and Jeremy Meacham as well who finished 3rd last year. Twenty-seven players will fall before the money is reached so there is still some who will walk away with out a pay day.
Levels are increased in length for today, moving up to 1-hour levels as opposed to the 40-minute levels players are accustomed too from Day 1. The schedule is set for 10 more levels where players will attempt to play do to a final table. Action will resume at level 16 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 with an ante of 500, making average stack for the players remaining just about 40 big blinds.
Play will kick off in a couple short hours right at 12 p.m. EST so be sure to check back in to catch all the action from Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event.