The action folded around to the player on the button who raised to 575 before the flop; Braden Murphy called from the small blind, then check-called the button's bet of 625 after the flop of before Murphy opened for 325 on the turn of the .
The button pondered for a moment, then kicked his hand into the muck. With that, Murphy is now almost back up to the starting stack of 30,000.
As previously mentioned, the ESPN camera crews are here capturing all the Day 1c highlight. That means you'll soon be able to watch it all on your TV set. Here is a look at the 2011 WSOP/ESPN schedule:
On a flop of , Gavin Smith check-called a bet of 700 from an unknown opponent, which brought about the turn. This time Smith led out for 1,150, his opponent moved all in, and Smith made the quick call.
Smith:
Opponent:
Normally this would lead to a river card, but not in Smith's case. Instead, action was paused to allow the ESPN camera crew to come over and capture the rest of the hand. Once they were set up and the producer gave the go ahead, the dealer burned and put out the ! Smith's two pair had been cracked to drop him to 20,000.
"Those bad-luck ESPN mother F'ers," Smith joked aloud after the hand.
There was about 5,000 in the middle. The board read and a player playing from the big blind had pushed out a bet of 2,500. The action was on John Tabatabai who took a moment to think, then fired a raise to 7,400. His opponent twirled a single 500 chip between his fingers for about a half-minute, then let his hand go.
Tabatabai has about 38,000 now here at the start of Level 2.
Erik Seidel opened to 400 from the button only for the small blind to make it a slightly bigger 1,500 to play. Seidel made the call and then called another 1,500 on the flop, before leading out for 2,000 on the turn after his opponent checked.
The latter player called and then both players checked the river, the small blind turned over for two pair and Seidel mucked, dropping to around 20,000 as a result.
2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker has arrived and has taken a seat here in the Tan section at the start of Level 2.
Moneymaker is still looking for his first cash at this year's Series, and indeed his first cash in the WSOP Main Event since his win in 2003. He is nonetheless enjoying a successful 2011. He took 11th at the EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure back in January, then in March finished runner-up in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
Prior to the break, Bernard Lee limped from middle position after the under-the-gun player had done the same. A player in late position then raised to 250, the blinds called, and both original limpers came along. All players checked the flop, leading to the turn.
The UTG player bet 500, Lee raised, and everyone but the UTG folded. The river inspired UTG to bet 3,000, leaving himself 7,000 behind, and Lee pushed all in. The UTG snap-called and showed for a flopped full house, but Lee caught up with his to take down the pot.
Not only did Lee send an opponent to the rail, he is up to 52,000!
Maxim Lykov and Nick Binger have just been given their first gold bracelets by Tournament Director Jack Effel, and we were called to attention for the National Anthems of Russia and the United States.
There's officially just one more bracelet left to hand out at this summer, the one that Hasan Anter won in Event #56. That'll still leave one bracelet in the case, but that one will have to stay locked up for another couple months. Our Day 1c players hope the eventual Main Event winner comes from this field, and they're back in their chairs for the second level of the day.
We have at least 2,163 players registered today, and the window is open for this level plus the break.
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before Murphy opened for 325 on the turn of the 
.
, Gavin Smith check-called a bet of 700 from an unknown opponent, which brought about the 
turn. This time Smith led out for 1,150, his opponent moved all in, and Smith made the quick call.
! Smith's two pair had been cracked to drop him to 20,000.
and a player playing from the big blind had pushed out a bet of 2,500. The action was on John Tabatabai who took a moment to think, then fired a raise to 7,400. His opponent twirled a single 500 chip between his fingers for about a half-minute, then let his hand go.
flop, before leading out for 2,000 on the 
for two pair and Seidel mucked, dropping to around 20,000 as a result.
flop, leading to the 
turn.
to take down the pot.