Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:32 PM Local Time
As we reported before, Erick Lindgren started today with only 3,700 chips and he has been as high as 17,000 but just lost a pot that put him back down to 11,000.
A player in early position raised it up to 1,525 and Erick Lindgren from the big blind called. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Lindgren checked to the early position player who bet out 1,800. Lindgren made the call and the two saw the river. Again, Lindgren checked and this time his opponent bet out 2,600. Lindgren thought but eventually tossed out a call and mucked as soon as he saw the other player's
Lindgren is still very short, but hanging around.
| Erick Lindgren | 11,000 | -6,000  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:31 PM Local Time
In the first hand of a two-part Dario Minieri series, Maxim Lykov opened to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Minieri in from the cutoff. Everyone else folded.
The flop came and Lykov c-bet for 1,800. Minieri sat stoically for a bit and then pushed out a raise to 4,100. Lykov made the call.
The turn brought the and Lykov led right out for 5,100. Minieri let his hand go.
In the very next hand, Minieri opened to 1,200 from the hi-jack and was only called by the player on the button.
The flop came and Minieri c-bet for 1,450. His opponent called.
The fell on the turn and Minieri fired again - this time for 2,650. His opponent came along.
The completed the board and Minieri deliberated for a while before firing a hefty 10,200 bet into the middle - completing the four-barrel blast.
"Nice hand," Minieri's opponent offered as he mucked his hand.
After the two hands, Minieri is sitting with 70,000. Lykov is back up to 65,000.
| Dario Minieri | 70,000 | -1,400 |
| Maxim Lykov | 65,000 | 8,000  |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:28 PM Local Time
David "Devilfish" Ulliott raised to 1,500 from middle position and received a call from the player on the button. The blinds cleared out and it was heads-up action to the flop. The Devilfish continued his aggression with a bet of 3,000, the button called, and the hit the turn.
Again Ulliott bet, this time 6,000, and the button just called. Both players proceeded to check the river and the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Devilfish:
Button:
Ulliott's pair of nines were good and he took down the pot to chip up to 85,000.
| David Ulliott | 85,000 | 11,850 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:28 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action on a flop where Ryan D'Angelo in the small blind check-called a bet of 2,500 from Jean-Robert Bellande who was under the gun. When the hit the turn, D'Angelo led out for 5,600 and Bellande just called. The river was the and D'Angelo asked to see a look at Bellande's stack before he bet 6,800. Bellande signed and rubbed his face before he flicked his cards in for a fold as D'Angelo took down the pot. Bellande hasn't been off to a good start so far today and has dropped below the starting stack while D'Angelo has chipped up his already large to begin with stack.
| Ryan D'Angelo | 145,000 | 11,475 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 27,000 | -29,475 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:28 PM Local Time
A player in middle position raised and action folded around to David Oppenheim in the big blind who made the call. The dealer spread out a flop and action was on Oppenheim who checked. Oppenheim's opponent then bet out 1,600 and received a call from Oppie.
The turn slowed down both players as they both knocked the felt for checks. A river brought an aggressive Oppenheim who bet out 2,500. A call was made and Oppenheim showed a meekly for a busted flush draw while his opponent flipped over for a winning two pair, kings and jacks.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:28 PM Local Time
Brad Booth started the day with 109,000, but he has slowly been losing chips throughout the day. We just caught the end of a hand that has dropped him below 70,000. The board read out , and there was about 15,000 in the pot. Booth checked to his opponent, who bet out 7,200. Booth gave it about 30 seconds of thought before tossing in the call, and immediately regretted when he saw his opponent had for a turned set rivered full house. Booth mucked his hand, and is still looking to get things going in the right direction today.
| - | 68,000 | -41,300 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:27 PM Local Time
Danish wunderkind Morten Mortensen fired out 7,600 on the turn of a board against Mohammad Mosayar, the latter check-calling from the big blind to see the river. This time both players checked and Mosayar flipped for top pair but Mortensen had managed to pip him on the river holding for two pair to boost his stack to 95,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:25 PM Local Time
There was about 5,000 in the middle and the board read . The player in middle position made a small-seeming bet of 1,500. Shawn "Lightning" Keller considered the situation, then made a big-seeming raise to 15,000, putting on his hood sitting quietly afterwards while his opponent thought.
Finally Keller's opponent let it go, Keller removed his hood, and began stacking his chips. He has about 125,000 of them.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:19 PM Local Time
Corwin Cole got his last 15,000 or so in preflop, and Kevin Okeefe re-shoved behind him. The action folded around, and the hands were opened.
Cole:
Okeefe:
Okeefe held as the board ran , and Cole was eliminated from the tournament.
| Corwin Cole | 0 | -22,825 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:16 PM Local Time
Preflop action suggested a middle-position open by Tri Nguyen and a defense by Bradley Tomlinson in the big blind, creating a modest pot of about 2,500. The flop came . Tomlinson checked, and Nguyen bet 1,525. Tomlinson then check-raised to 6,000. Nguyen paused a beat, then made it 15,025 to go.
Tomlinson removed his card protector, rechecked his cards, gathered chips, and reraised again to 40,000. After thinking about a half-minute, Nguyen let it go.
Nguyen slips to about 55,000, while Tomlinson chips up around 80,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:14 PM Local Time
After a player in late position limped Ryan Daut in the cut off bet out 1,200. Action then folded around to a player in late position who limped in. This late position player then reraised and made it 9,200. Daut then opted to move all in for 25,500. A call was made and both players tabled their cards.
Daut:
Opponent:
Daut was ahead with his pair, but was not out of the woods yet. The dealer then put out five cards in the middle and they came out despite an over-card falling on the river Daust was able to avoid the two cards he needed to avoid and was able to double up.
| - | 53,000 | 12,675 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:12 PM Local Time
Matt Matros opened in late position with a raise to 1,300. It folded to the button who made it 3,200 to go. Like lightning, the player in the small blind decided to four-bet the action, pushing out 8,525. Action folded back around to Matros who tanked for about a minute before pushing all of his chips in the middle. The button quickly folded and the small blind made what looked like a painful fold. Matros is now sitting with about 89,000.
| Matt Matros | 89,000 | 12,050 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:09 PM Local Time
Former bracelet winner Mike Carson raised to 1,250 from early position only to have 2002 Main Event Champ Robert Varkonyi, who was next to act, three-bet to 3,700. Action folded back around to Carson and he made the call before checking the flop.
Varkonyi threw out four yellow T1,000 chip, Carson called, and the appeared on the turn. Again Carson checked and Varkonyi bet, this time 8,000. As Carson tanked, the ESPN cameras circled the table to capture the action. Eventually, Carson woke up with a check-raise to 22,000, which put Varkonyi in the tank for a long time.
After a few minutes, another player at the table called clock. As the floor counted down from ten, Varkonyi flicked his cards to the muck right around the seven-second mark. "Nice laydown," Carson told Varkonyi before flashing .
| Mike Carson | 130,000 | 9,700 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 47,000 | -12,525 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:08 PM Local Time
We only managed to catch the river action on the board where Chad Batista bet out 3,025 from under the gun and a player in middle position called. Batista turned over for kings up and his opponent said, "Nice hand" as Batista chipped up to move back over the starting stack
| Chad Batista | 30,600 | 7,100 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:08 PM Local Time
We managed to catch up to the action at Giovanni Rizzo's table to find him involved in a pot with a board already spread out. We know some betting clearly had taken place already because there was around 12,000 already in the pot.
It was here on fourth street that Rizzo bet out 15,400 worth of chips and received a call from a player in late position. The river brought a check from Rizzo and an all in bet from his opponent for 17,075. Rizzo clearly had some thinking to do and went into the tank for a minute or two. Eventually Rizzo convinced himself he had the best of it and made the call. Rizzo's opponent flipped over for a set of jacks, which was apparently good enough because Rizzo deposited his cards in the muck.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:05 PM Local Time
We saw Vanessa Peng, who started the day very short with only 8,450, move all in preflop several times so far without getting called. This time however, after a middle position player raised to 1,500, Peng shoved her stack of 10,800 in and her opponent called to put Peng at risk as they flipped their hands.
Peng:
Opponent:
Peng's opponent was slightly ahead but took a commanding lead when the flop came for top pair. Peng would now need running cards to survive but the on the turn sealed her fate and had her drawing dead. The on the river officially eliminated her.
| Vanessa Peng | 0 | -8,450 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:01 PM Local Time
After a player in middle posiiton made it 1,150 to see a flop action was on Live Boeree in the big blind. Slowly she looked at the bet her opponent made, then the stack of chips in front of him, and finally at her opponent. The short stacked Boeree then moved all in for 7,200. Her opponent barely hesitated and threw in a stack of chips to cover the pokerstars pro.
Boeree:
Opponent:
Boeree had the slight lead and was able to maintain it on a flop. With a on the turn Boeree paired up and would now need to avoid a king or a queen to stay alive in the tournament. Luckily for her a rolled off the deck and Boeree was able to double up.
| Liv Boeree | 16,000 | 7,500 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:59 AM Local Time
A player in middle position opened with a raise to 1,150. Phil Laak, sitting to his left in a toboggan and red "Action Comics" t-shirt, quickly called, and it folded around. The flop came , Laak's opponent fired 1,600, and Laak instantly mucked.
Despite his t-shirt, Laak hasn't been seeking too much action during the first hour today. He presently sits with about 86,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:57 AM Local Time
While carousing around the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, we noticed that Seat 1 at Table 361 was empty. Upon examining the bag on the chair, we learned that the occupant's name is Cory Huston, and he's from the Blue Hen State of Delaware.
Unlike Phil Hellmuth, who missed the start of Day 2a yesterday, Huston has a decent-sized stack with 31,275 chips, but he'll continue to blind out until he arrives. We'll keep an eye out for further developments - maybe he'll be lucky enough to have security break into his room and wake him up so that he can come play.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:57 AM Local Time
With around 7,500 in the pot already on an flop, the small blind led for 5,000 and Kathy Liebert raised to 15,000 from the big. The small blind folded and showed the for top pair which got Liebert to reveal for middle set. The dealer then said, "You're still the top gun Kathy" to Liebert as she raked in the pot.
| Kathy Liebert | 51,000 | 7,700 |