Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:44 PM Local Time
Painter Still Applying Coats of Pressure
We caught up with Jameson Painter facing off against one opponent on a flop of . Painter was on the button and action had checked to him. He bet 3,000 and his opponent called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river. Painter's opponent bet 8,000 and Painter decided to reraise, making it 35,000 to call. Painter's opponent frustratedly flicked his cards into Painter's bet, folding, and Painter took down the pot, adding to his growing stack here on day 2.
| Jameson Painter | 223,000 | 52,000  |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:43 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Amazon Purple and Gold
| Alex Goulder | 310,000 | 202,100 |
| Giuseppe Pantaleo | 290,000 | 169,200 |
| Naoya Kihara | 233,000 | 3,000 |
| Michael Tureniec | 220,000 | 40,000 |
| Amanda Baker | 205,000 | 1,000 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 200,000 | 15,000 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 190,000 | -31,000  |
| Mathew Frankland | 175,000 | 68,800 |
| Christopher Vitch | 175,000 | -1,000 |
| Nick Schulman | 155,000 | 13,000 |
| Maxim Panyak | 150,000 | 59,300 |
| Peter Eichhardt | 135,000 | 24,000 |
| Terrence Chan | 135,000 | -6,000 |
| Taylor Paur | 125,000 | 37,000 |
| Elena Stover | 116,000 | 61,900 |
| Kory Kilpatrick | 115,000 | -10,000 |
| Alexander Lynskey | 105,000 | -61,000 |
| James Cappucci | 95,000 | -21,500 |
| Vivian Saliba | 72,000 | 12,000 |
| Kevin Andriamahefa | 70,000 | -21,500 |
| Dejuante Alexander | 70,000 | 8,000 |
| Ilan Boujenah [Llan Boujenah] | 65,000 | 24,800 |
| Luc Greenwood | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| Park Yu Cheung | 45,000 | 4,500 |
| Michael Kamran | 40,000 | -18,000 |
| Daiva Byrne | 35,000 | -24,000 |
| Rick Alvarado | 16,000 | -59,000 |
| Matt Vengrin | 0 | -72,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:42 PM Local Time
Nick Schulman Dislikes the River
The action was folded to the cutoff who raised to 2,800 and Nick Schulman called from the button. The flop came and the cutoff led out for 3,000. Schulman called and the landed on the turn.
The cutoff checked and Schulman bet 4,500. His opponent called and the river brought the . The cutoff led out for 8,000 and Schulman thought for a couple minutes. He eventually decided to fold as he shook his head about the ace on the river.
| Nick Schulman | 142,000 | -10,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:40 PM Local Time
Langrock Loses Ground
With about 25,000 chips in the middle, the completed board read and recent bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock was heads up against a player in middle position. He checked and his opponent checked behind. Langrock flipped over but his opponent tabled and took the pot, having paired his ace on the flop.
| Sebastian Langrock | 38,800 | -66,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:38 PM Local Time
Gold Counts
| Alan Widmann | 238,000 | 18,000 |
| Naoya Kihara | 230,000 | -75,000 |
| Ismael Bojang | 228,000 | -2,000 |
| Melanie Weisner | 209,000 | 62,000 |
| Amanda Baker | 204,000 | -28,000 |
| Christopher Vitch | 176,000 | 29,000 |
| Sampson Simmons | 142,000 | 17,000 |
| Jake Schwartz | 113,000 | 3,000 |
| Danielle Andersen | 84,000 | -9,000 |
| Chris Bolek | 82,000 | -54,000 |
| Scott Abrams | 74,500 | 28,300 |
| Vitaly Lunkin | 71,000 | 25,900 |
| Tim Reilly | 29,000 | -15,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:37 PM Local Time
Trips for Neuville
Joining the action on the turn, Pierre Neuville checked out of the big blind and Chris DeMaci bet 8,700 on the button. Neuville tossed in two T-5,000 chips for the call and checked again the turn. DeMaci clarified that the Belgian had checked and did so as well to see Neuville turn over for trips queens.
That was good enough to win the pot, as DeMaci mucked.
| Chris DeMaci | 133,000 | -7,000 |
| Pierre Neuville | 100,000 | 57,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:33 PM Local Time
Seymour Audibles van Zadelhoff
Following a limp from early position, Steven van Zadelhoff raised to 3,600.
With the action on Richard Seymour in the cutoff, he three-bet to 11,300.
The blinds folded, as did the limper, and van Zadelhoff folded too to see Seymour collect the pot.
| Steven van Zadelhoff | 166,500 | 24,500 |
| Richard Seymour | 79,800 | -49,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:30 PM Local Time
Polk Tries to Pick on Grafton but Gets Pressured by Funke
Sam Grafton opened with a raise to 2,200. Next to act was Doug Polk who put in a three bet to 6,800. Jason Funke flatted on the button and Grafton called as well, taking the three players to a flop.
On the flop, action checked all the way around. The turn was the and Grafton and Polk both checked over to Funke. Funke put out a big bet of 14,000 and Grafton got out of the way while Polk called.
On the river, Polk checked again. Funke fired a bet of 23,000. Polk dropped into the tank and let out a couple of groans.
"I just wanted to pick on Sam," Polk said. Eventually Polk called and Funke showed for a missed flush draw and ace high while Polk had the best hand with and he took down the pot.
| Sam Grafton | 457,600 | 5,600 |
| Doug Polk | 173,000 | 81,000 |
| Jason Funke | 87,000 | 4,600 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:28 PM Local Time
Shulman Loses Some
A player in early position raised to 2,500, the next player to act called, Luigi Knoppers called from middle position, as did Barry Shulman, the button called, and the big blind also called.
Six players saw a flop of and they all checked.
The turn brought the and action checked to Shulman. He bet 9,000, the button called, and everyone else folded.
The river was the and Shulman checked. The button bet 13,000 and Shulman mucked.
| Barry Shulman | 57,300 | -700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:27 PM Local Time
More Counts, Jessica Ngu Building a Stack
| Jessica Ngu | 284,500 | 206,000 |
| Nick Divella | 195,500 | 13,800 |
| Niall Farrell | 175,000 | 0 |
| Max Pescatori | 158,000 | 1,000 |
| Ben Lamb | 126,000 | 2,000 |
| James Cappucci | 116,500 | 500 |
| Dejuante Alexander | 62,000 | 19,400 |
| Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 47,000 | -1,000 |
| Christian Harder | 0 | -42,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:25 PM Local Time
Adams Finds a Double on the Secondary Feature Table
Brandon Adams found himself all in and at risk before the flop. He was holding aginst Albert Daher's . Adams was all in for roughly 25,000, and Daher had called with a covering stack.
The flop came down , not helping either player and offering no extra outs to Adams. The on the turn was a blank as well. Fortunately for Adams, the river was the and that gave him the two pair he needed to double up through Daher and to keep him alive in the tournament.
| Albert Daher | 165,000 | -165,000 |
| Brandon Adams | 55,000 | 2,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:22 PM Local Time
Amazon Tan: Louis Salter Climbing the Ranks
| Louis Salter | 242,000 | 52,000 |
| Juha Helppi | 235,000 | 65,000 |
| Connor Drinan | 185,000 | 15,000 |
| Alex Conklin | 157,000 | -88,000 |
| Bryn Kenney | 155,000 | -19,500 |
| Feizal Satchu | 150,000 | 67,300 |
| Rumen Nanev | 135,000 | 0 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | 135,000 | 25,000 |
| Henry Tran | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Vincent Rubianes | 117,000 | 17,000 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 105,000 | -15,000 |
| Justin Trivisano | 85,000 | 20,000 |
| Natalia Breviglieri | 77,000 | -23,000 |
| Erick Lindgren | 70,000 | 17,500 |
| Maxx Coleman | 65,000 | -27,000 |
| Stephen Bierman | 62,000 | -3,000 |
| Matt Jarvis | 50,000 | 5,000 |
| Matt Salsberg | 37,000 | -21,800 |
| Dara O'Kearney | 34,000 | -7,300 |
| Dennis Phillips | 33,000 | -2,000 |
| Kelly Winterhalter | 23,000 | -20,000 |
| Trent Leavitt | 11,400 | -29,600 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:21 PM Local Time
An Assortment of Chip Counts From Amazon Orange and Purple
| Lawrence Bayley | 380,000 | 34,000 |
| Raj Vohra | 235,000 | 60,000 |
| Amanda Baker | 232,000 | 50,000 |
| Ismael Bojang | 230,000 | 20,000 |
| Hasan Habib | 230,000 | 75,900 |
| Jacob Bazeley | 225,000 | 116,500 |
| Dave Stefanski | 220,000 | 16,000 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | 195,000 | 35,000 |
| Dan Colman | 170,000 | 13,000 |
| Aaron Jones | 130,000 | -25,000 |
| Kory Kilpatrick | 125,000 | -20,700 |
| Jake Schwartz | 110,000 | 25,000 |
| Calvin Anderson | 90,000 | 27,000 |
| Shannon Shorr | 0 | -48,500 |
| Toby Lewis | 0 | -41,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:20 PM Local Time
Timoshenko Doubles Up
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised from late position and his opponent three-bet to 7,200 from the big blind. Timoshenko shipped all in for 22,400 and his opponent called.
Timoshenko:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Timoshenko made a pair of aces to stay alive. He has now doubled up to nearly starting stack, but still has a long way to go.
| Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 48,000 | 30,100 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:20 PM Local Time
Terik "Tizzy" Brown Flops Quads, Doubles Up
With over 20,000 in the pot and the board reading , the player in the small blind had moved all in, and Terik "Tizzy" Brown was in late position. Brown called with quads and had a double-up secured.
Brown:
Opponent:
The turn and the river were insignificant and Brown raked in the pot, leaving his opponent short-stacked.
| Terik Brown | 108,000 | 30,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:19 PM Local Time
Piccioli Takes from Lee
On a flop of , the action checked to Gyeongbyeong Lee in the cutoff and he bet 5,000. The button folded before Bryan Piccioli called in the small blind and the big blind folded.
The turn of the was checked through by both players as the landed on the turn.
Piccioli bet out 23,500 and Lee mucked and dropped to 340,500 after eliminating Brent Roberts a few hands earlier.
Piccioili is now up to 220,000 in chips.
| Gyeongbyeong Lee | 340,500 | 56,600 |
| Bryan Piccioli | 220,000 | 36,000 |
| Brent Roberts | 0 | -36,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:13 PM Local Time
Kuipers Wins Kings Against Aces
After an early-position raise, Pim Kuipers looked down at and put in a three-bet in late position. The initial raiser four-bet and Kuipers called. The flop was and all the money went in to create a pot of 160,000. Kuipers' opponent held and was out-flopped by Kuipers' kings. The board provided blanks on turn and river to send the pot to the Dutchman.
Shortly after, Kuipers knocked a player out with against to move up even further. Kuipers now sits at 350,000 and wields one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Pim Kuipers | 350,000 | 249,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:10 PM Local Time
Baumann Can't Hold with Aces
Gaelle Baumann got her remaining 66,000 chips in the middle against Marc Rivera and was in great shape to double up. Baumann turned over and her opponent tabled .
The flop came and Rivera took the lead with a set of kings. The turn was the and the river brought the which was good enough for Rivera to eliminate Baumann.
After cracking Vanessa Selbst's aces on Day 1b in what could turn out to be the hand of the Main Event, Baumann was also eliminated holding the same hand.
| Marc Rivera | 144,000 | 71,900 |
| Gaelle Baumann | 0 | -74,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:10 PM Local Time
Jaka Folds the River
With about 5,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Faraz Jaka bet 3,800 from early position and the player on the button called.
The turn brought the and Jaka checked. The button bet 8,000 and Jaka called.
The river was the , Jaka checked, the button bet 20,000, and Jaka folded.
| Faraz Jaka | 117,200 | -25,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:10 PM Local Time
Cherish Andrews' Stack Almost Falls Over
Cherish Andrews is one of the biggest stacks in the Day 2b field. She is well over 300,000 and added a bit more over the last few hands.
After an under-the-gun raise to 2,500 and a call, Andrews three-bet from the small blind, making it 8,500. Both her opponents folded.
A few hands later, Andrews was the first to enter the pot. She reached to the top of her chip stack and it almost fell over from being stacked more than 50 chips high. She raised to 2,200 and her opponents folded.
So far Andrews has 16 WSOP cashes, totaling $427,381 in earnings. She has also earned about $100,000 more in non-WSOP tournaments.
| Cherish Andrews | 360,000 | 74,000 |