Debbie Motycka opened to 3,600 from early position and Mary Carey pushed all in for 10,000 from right behind. Shaun Suller called from the small blind with about 15,000 behind and Motycka called as well. The flop was and Suller led for 4,000.
"I'll put him all in," Motycka said and Suller made the quick call.
Suller:
Motycka:
Carey:
The board completed , then , and Suller's set of kings brought him a nice little pot.
Will Failla has just been moved to Phil Hellmuth’s table and the verbal jousting has started immediately. Failla promised to go to war and the told the table, “I knocked Phil out of five Main Events.”
Hellmuth recalled a particularly painful example when Failla’s bested his . Let the fireworks begin.
We walked up to the action with the board reading and Matthew Haugen checking to Mike McDonald. McDonald slid out a bet of 20,000 and Haugen thought for a moment before eventually making the call. McDonald turned over and Haugen tabled for second pair.
McDonald's bluff had been picked off and Haugen is building early here on Day 2.
We walked up to a board of . Soi Nguyen bet 2,300 and Will Failla raised to 6,000. Nguyen then three-bet to 13,500 and Failla thought for a moment before making the call.
"I got the nuts," said Nguyen as he rolled over the . Failla showed the inferior and Nguyen takes a nice one.
Travell Thomas opened the action for 2,600, got a caller on the button and then short stack John Minjarez in the small blind went in the tank. He only had 3,200 more behind and he was potentially looking at a zero return on his buy-in if he lost.
Minjarez eventually made the call ad did the big blind so he was up against three players hoping to win the hand and the odds looked stacked against him.
The board ran out and it was checked to the river. Minjarez had and it held up giving him a quadruple up and a ticket to the money.
A few players have fallen already and Bob Ciaffone was one of them. He raised from early position and got called by the big blind Hyuck Kwon. They got it in on a flop and Ciaffone held but was out-pipped by the of Kwon. The turn and river then saw Ciaffone reduced to 5,500.
Ciaffone put it all in on the next hand holding and was looked up by the big blind Ryan Welch with who could certainly afford it. The cards ran out . Ciaffone had flopped a pair, but the river spelled the end for him and players are one step closer to the money.
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and Suller led for 4,000.
, then 
, and Suller's set of kings brought him a nice little pot.
bested his 
and Matthew Haugen checking to Mike McDonald. McDonald slid out a bet of 20,000 and Haugen thought for a moment before eventually making the call. McDonald turned over 
for second pair.
. Failla showed the inferior 
. Bolotin couldn’t hit and all of the remaining players are in the money.
