Event #2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Andrew Badecker raised to 43,000 in the cutoff, Ryan Schmidt called in the small blind before Jacob Bazeley made the squeeze from the big blind for 126,000 in total. Both players made the call and we were three way to the flop.

Flop:      

Schmidt checked, Bazeley bet 210,000 and both Badecker and Schmidt folded.

"Squeeze, bet flop and win… I should write a poker book called squeeze, bet flop and win." said Vanessa Selbst.

The short stack, Joseph Cino, has finally been eliminated after surviving on dust for the past few hands. He got it in holding     against the     of Jacob Bazeley and the flop of       turned Bazeley from underdog to superdog. The turn   and river   completed the board and Cino was out in 11th place.

Jacob Bazeley	1,750,000	190,000
Joseph Cino	0	-40,000

Abdyl Konjuhi raised to 37,000 under the gun and Andrew Badecker three-bet to 90,000 in the cutoff. Konjuhi made the call and the pair headed to the flop.

Flop:      

Both players checked.

Turn:  

Konjuhi is first to act and he over bet the pot when he made it 245,000. Badecker made the call and this pot was getting serious.

River:  

Konjuhi declared that he is all-in and Badecker bit his hand off. He flipped over     for the rivered boat and Konjuhi turned over     for the weaker boat. A huge hand and one that pushes Badecker into serious contention for this bracelet.

Andrew Badecker, 1,480,000
Abdyl Konjuhi, 680,000

We caught the action on the flop in a pot between Abdyl Konjuhi and Joseph Cino. The flop read     and Cino checked to Konjuhi who bet 48,000. Cino decided to check-raise up to 100,000 and after some deliberation Konjuhi made the call.

The turn was the   and Cino fired out 140,000 with right around 280,000 left behind. "I'm all-in", Konjuhi immediately announced putting the pressure on Cino. After thinking for a solid minute Cino folded giving Konjuhi another pot. He is now close to the chip lead after having a tremendous start.

Abdyl Konjuhi	1,500,000	400,000
Joseph Cino	280,000	-423,000

Brent Hanks raised to 32,000 in early position and Neil Willerson three-bet to 86,000 from the cutoff. Hansk made the call and the pair shared a flop of      . Hanks checked, Willerson bet 96,000 and Hanks check-raised jammed once again. Willerson released his hand very quickly and Hanks now has over 1 million chips.

Brent Hanks	1,180,000	180,000
Neil Willerson	260,000	-219,000

Kwinsee Khoa Tran limped from the small blind and Selbst threw in a raise that seemed to be 34,000 more. Tran tanked for a bit and called.

The flop came down     and both players checked. The turn was the   and Tran checked again to Selbst who bet 54,000. Within a second Tran threw in a raise to 125,000 and pressure was back on Selbst. After giving it some serious thought she called and the river was the  . Tran checked again and Selbst took some time before moving all-in. Tran tanked for quite some time but couldn't come up with a call. He folded and Selbst is now approaching the million mark.

Vanessa Selbst	900,000	194,000
Kwinsee Khoa Tran	310,000	-282,000

Andrew Badecker raised to 33,000 in the cutoff and Kennii Nguyen moved all-in from the small blind forcing Badeckers cards into the muck

Kenneth Strickland raised to 35,000 from middle position and Jacob Bazeley opted to three-bet from the cut-off to 85,000. Action got folded to Strickland who quickly made the call.

The flop came down     and both players checked. The turn was the   and Strickland threw out a 65,000 chip bet. Bazeley called and the river brought out the  . Strickland went for orange chips again and bet 80,000 this time. Bazeley wasn't happy and sighed, but called rather quickly. Strickland showed    and Bazeley showed his    to take down the pot.

Jacob Bazeley	1,560,000	244,000
Kenneth Strickland	440,000	-245,000

In the first open event at the 2012 WSOP there are 15 players left chasing the most coveted prize in poker. Among the favorites we see chip leader Jacob Bazeley who is being chased by Ryan Schmidt. These two young guys are miles ahead of the nearest competitors since there is over a 400,000 chip gap between these two and the rest.

Behind Schmidt and Bazeley it's still anyones game with JP Kelly, Vanessa Selbst and Andrew Badecker trying to win another WSOP bracelet. Brent Hanks has been in this situation before and he's looking to improve on his 4th place finish in last years $2,500 8-Game tournament. As you can see the field is packed with talent and we are looking to see a very interesting final day here at the Rio! For all you fans out there, make sure to drop by as we are using the beautiful final table stage, also known as The Mother Ship!