Action folded to Filippo Candio in the small blind and he raised all in against Stephane Albertini's big blind. Albertini called and put himself at risk for 12,700. He held the and Candio the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Albertini doubled up.
Shannon Shorr has ditched the suit-and-tie look from Day 1, but he's still rocking the business casual attire with an unbuttoned blue dress shirt and a black jacket.
Shorr's wardrobe is working well for him this week, coming into the day with an above-average stack of around 77,000. And he's already improved that count. In the last hand, we watched Gianluca Speranza bet out 11,025 on the turn of a . It was heads up, and Shorr spent some time considering before sliding out a covering raise. Speranza tanked it up for a couple minutes, but he eventually decided 28,000 chips was enough to save for a better spot.
Shorr is pushing towards six figures in the chip department now.
It is highly probable that Jennifer Harman and Marco Traniello are our only husband and wife act playing in the WSOPE main event Day 2. Harman has the biggest stack (41,925) with Traniello on (27,000) so they both have plenty of big blinds to play poker with.
Harman made a standard pre flop raise from first position and Jeffrey Hakim called in mid-position. The flop was and Harman bet 2,6000 with Hakim making the call. The turn was checked through and the river was the . Harman bet 3,800 and Hakim folded his hand.
Tommy Vedes check-called 7,000 on the flop of against Freddy Deeb before the landed on the turn. Vedes and Deeb both checked fourth street and the river completed the board with the . Vedes bet 10,500 and Deeb called.
Vedes tabled the for a rivered pair of aces. Deeb mucked and Vedes won the pot.
We have a table 13, proving that there are no superstitions in Cannes when it comes to that supposedly unlucky number. It has a great line up of players as well. WSOPE Event #4 bracelet winner Tristan Wade is sat in seat two, Gabriel Nassif in seat three and then you have the trio of McLean Karr (seat six), John Racener (seat seven) and Maria Ho (seat eight). We just caught an all-American clash between Karr and Wade.
Karr opened up the action with a standard raise to 1,500 from late position and Wade defended his big blind. The final board ran out with Wade taking the check-call line and Karr doing the barrelling. The three bet sizes were 1,125 (flop), 2,250 (turn) and 2,975 (river) and Wade dragged in the pot.
Showdown
Wade
Karr
"I was hoping you had used all of your run good," said Karr.
"It's still there," replied Wade.
"This is no shoot-out Tristan, no shoot-out," said Karr.
From the cutoff seat, two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jen Harman raised to 1,350. Jeff Hakim called from the button and heads up to the flop they went.
The fell and Harman bet 2,300. Hakim put in a raise to 5,500 and Harman called.
The turn was the and Harman checked. Hakim bet 6,100 and Harman folded.
Action folded to Arnaud Mattern on the button and he raised to 1,350. Rhynie Campbell, who won the 2007 World Poker Tour Turks and Caicos Poker Classic, made the call from the big blind and the flop came down . Both players checked through to see the come out on the turn. Campbell bet 1,525 and Mattern raised to 4,225. Campbell folded and Mattern won the pot.
Thomas MacDonald only had about 20,000 chips to start the day, and he found a favorable spot to get them all in preflop. His was well ahead of John O'Shea's , but the dealer would not cooperate. The board ran , and the set on the river gives O'Shea the early knockout.
On the flop, Fabrice Soulier check-called a bet of 1,500 from Sergey Tikhonov to see the land on the turn. Soulier checked again and Tikhonov kept at it with a bet of 3,200. Soulier called.
After the fell on the river, Soulier checked. Tikhonov fired 5,500 and Soulier instantly announced that he called. Tikhonov tabled the , but lost to Soulier's .