In the last hand of the last level, Dutch pro Joep van den Bijgaart raised under the gun to 1,800 and found two all ins right behind him. Action folded back to Van den Bijgaart and he instantly called.
Joep van den Bijgaart:
Early position all in:
Philippe Narboni:
The flop came and Van den Bijgaart was trailing. The on the turn gave him a live flush draw, but the on the river was a blank and some counting was done before it was clear Van den Bijgaart (with a stack of around 54,000) was slightly covered by Narboni (58,200).
The Dutchman wished the table good luck, and left the tournament area with some frustration showing on his face. Van den Bijgaart wasn't the only player who busted, the following players also lost their chips recently:
Just before the level change, Gaelle Baumann was all in from the button for 16,300 against two opponents, one of whom was Paul Hoefer, who reraised all in for about 62,000 under the gun. Ivan Demidov hung his head as he thought things over, having both players covered. It looked like he had flatted an original raise of 1,800.
"OK, I fold," he said after a minute or so.
Baumann:
Hoefer:
Demidov said he folded jacks. The board came , and Baumann collected the pot.
Randal Flowers checked a board of from middle position, and Andre Akkari bet 5,500 on his left. Flowers flicked in a call, and the river brought the . Flowers checked, and Akkari bet 14,000 this time. Flowers counted down his stack, then pushed the whole thing forward.
Akkari shook his head slightly and thought for only about 30 seconds before mucking . Flowers double-checked his cards a few times as the dealer pushed him the pot but didn't show.
"I wasn't bluffing," he said with a smile afterward.
Vanessa Selbst and Oliver Price were involved in a hand together. Selbst had three-bet to 6,700 from the button after the hijack opened to 2,200 and the cutoff called. Price, who was positioned in the small blind, then four-bet to 14,000.
"How much did you start the hand with?" asked Selbst
"52,000 to start I think," replied Price.
Selbst made the call and the cards were turned over.
Selbst:
Price:
The board ran out , and Selbst, shaking her head as she did so, counted out Price's double-up.
Christoph Vogelsang, the German who made the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop tournament his first ever WSOP tournament to play (and cash), is getting short. He registered late today, and is already down to 13,400.
We just saw him bet 3,500 into a 12,500 pot with the board displaying . Artur Koren in the cutoff tanked for a bit, and called with for top pair. Vogelsang tabled and mucked those soon after.
Just to keep you entertained, here's a short clip of Vogelsang in action at last years WSOP:
After a player had opened for a standard raise and Tamer Kamel flatted from late position, Russia's Dmitry Ponomarev three-bet his short stack all in from the big blind. The original raiser folded, and Kamel made the call.
Kamel:
Ponomarev:
It was a flip, but Ponomarev wafted the flop. Neither the turn nor river helped Ponomarev, and his tournament came to an end early on Day 2.
Meanwhile, Joao Vieira was eliminated from the tournament.
Mike Watson, who finished runner up in the one-day €50,000 Super High Roller late last night, has been eliminated from the tournament. He got it in with against Frederik Pedersen holding . The board ran out and Watson hit the rail. He doesn't have to be alone, the following player have also been eliminated:
Ole Schemion opened the button to 2,300, and Artem Metalidi three-bet to 6,100 in the big blind.
"How much did you have to start?" Schemion asked right away, leaning forward.
"Twenty-four thousand," Metalidi quickly replied.
Schemion called, and the flop came . Metalidi bet 4,000 and Schemion called. Check-check on the , and the completed the board. Metalidi shoved all in for 13,300, and Schemion asked for a count and called fairly fast. Metalidi flipped over for bottom pair, and Schemion showed to take the pot.
Younas Yousaf opened for 2,200 from middle position only to have Andrew Chen three-bet to 5,100 from the hijack. When action reached Rhys Jones in the small blind, he put in a four-bet to 14,400. Yousaf responded by five-betting all in for right around 30,000 total, Chen got out of the way, and Jones snap-called.
Yousaf:
Jones:
The flop missed Yousaf, though a queen would give him Broadway. The turn was of no consequence, and neither was the river. Jones' ladies held and Yousaf saw his EPT11 Grand Final Main Event come to an end.
At the start of the day we mentioned Phil Ivey having signed up to play in the Main Event today. It now turns out he unregistered before play started, so he didn't enter today.
Ivey is in Monaco and he played the €100,000 Super High Roller at the start of the festival, but didn't participate in yesterdays €50,000 turbo event or the Main Event today. Apparently, the $1,000/$2,000 games online are too good to miss out on.