It was folded around to Jason Steinberg in the hijack who raised to 2,800 only to get three-bet by Jeff Kimber who was next to act. Steinberg made the call and then fired out 18,000 after quite some thought on the flop. Kimber quickly raised enough to put Steinberg all in for the 10,000 or so he had left who called.
Kimber:
Steinberg:
Both players had low draws but Kimber was ahead with his pair of aces for the time being and stayed ahead when the hit the turn that gave him a flush draw as well. The river was the which gave Steinberg two pair but also provided Kimber with his flush as Steinberg slammed the table and was eliminated.
We caught up with the action heads up on a flop where Konstantin Puchkov moved all in for his last 10,000 and John Monnette called.
Puchkov:
Monnette:
Puchkov was ahead with his pair of aces and stayed ahead when made two pair when the hit the turn. However when the landed on the river, Monnette hit his inside-straight draw to win the hand and eliminate his opponent.
David Sands, known best for his online handle "Doc Sands", has just won a big pot against Cailin Jin that has made him a member of the 100k club. We came to the table on the turn, with the board reading . The pot had 11,000 in it, and Sands bet out 9,200. Jin then tried to move all in, but could only bet 25,600, the size of the pot. That left him with 4,500 behind, and Sands had a tough decision. After about two minutes of thinking, he slid in the call. The river came the , completing a flush and putting a pair on the board. Sands put enough chips in to put Jin all in, and he started to shake his head. Despite putting in nearly all of his chips, it seemed clear that Jin couldn't beat any of the draws that came. Jin folded, and Sands took down the pot without a showdown.
Leonid Bilokur raised to 4,000 in middle position and it appeared as though Phil Laak re-raised the pot from the small blind. In any case, Bilokur moved all in and Laak snap-called.
Laak:
Bilokur:
Even before the flop came down, Bilokur was out of his seat and nearly out the door. He must have known that the board would provide no help to him as it came to give Laak aces up and eliminate Bilokur.
On a flop of , action checked to Nick Binger in the cutoff and he bet 10,000, which only Jean Said called from early position. When the dealer burned and turned the , Said checked, Binger bet, and Said called off his stack of 8,300.
Binger:
Said:
The bricked on the river and Binger scooped the pot; meanwhile, Said was eliminated from the tournament.
It may not be applicable to our event, but you might want to check out the latest PokerNews video featruing Ben Volpe, who came into Day 2 of the last $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em of the 2011 WSOP as chip leader. Kristy talks to him about his day so far.
flop. Kimber quickly raised enough to put Steinberg all in for the 10,000 or so he had left who called.
hit the turn that gave him a flush draw as well. The river was the 
which gave Steinberg two pair but also provided Kimber with his flush as Steinberg slammed the table and was eliminated.
for "Nut, nut" and now has 25,000 chips.
hit the turn. However when the 
, Said checked, Binger bet, and Said called off his stack of 8,300.
