We joined the action on a flop where Barry Greenstein checked from the big blind and Chris Moorman bet 4,200 from middle position. Greenstein then check-raised to 18,000 and Moorman called.
The was the turn card and it was greeted with an all in bet of 20,700 by Greenstein and a call by Moorman.
Moorman:
Greenstein:
The river was the , improving Greenstein to a straight and decimating Moorman's stack.
Tim Duckworth opened to 4,200 from under the gun only to see the lady on the button move all in for 22,600. Duckworth tanked for a while before calling with and finding himself in a flip against the of his female opponent.
Duckworth spiked an ace on the flop and when the turn and the river failed to change the course of the hand, Duckworth climbed to 75,000 chips.
Ivan Demidov was all in preflop for 15,300, his needing to stay ahead of the of his opponent. It did just that as the five community cards fell to double Demidov to 34,000.
Thanh Lam raised to 4,700 from under the gun and his only customer was Humberto Brenes — and his toy sharks — in the cutoff. Lam led for 6,700 chips on the flop and Brenes called. Lam reverted to checking on the turn, Brenes taking up the role of aggressor with a 10,000 bet. After some deliberation, Lam folded and Brenes continued his march up the chip counts.
There's never a bad time to find pocket aces, but when your opponent has a pair of kings in his hand having aces in yours is superb, just ask Steve Bartlett.
Bartlett raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and instantly called when Andrew Taylor three-bet all in for 50,000 from the big blind. Taylor showed and was in a whole world of pain against the of Bartlett.
Taylor was drawing dead by the turn of the board, while Bartlett climbed to the top of the counts.
While writing the opening post to today's blog, we were beckoned over to the rail where a gentleman asked to be added to the chip counts. He had bagged up 39,000 chips at the end of Day 1, but also bagged up his white chip count slip too, meaning he was not included in the overnight chip counts.
Had it not been for that mistake, we would not have know that man was called Josh Schoonover, but we certainly know him now because his 39,000 chips that he started the day with no top the scales at 190,000.
We caught to hands with Schoonover that both resulted in him adding chips to his seemingly ever-growing stack. The first saw a player in Seat 6 raise to 4,500 preflop from late position and Schoonover three-bet all in for 46,000 effective. Seat 6 folded and Schoonover raked in the pot.
The second saw Harrison Gimbel raise to 4,000 under the gun, Schoonover call in the hijack and the small blind call. The big blind moved all-in for around 66,000 which folded out Gimbel, but Schoonover called. The small blind mucked and the cards were revealed.
Schoonover:
Big Blind:
Schoonover caught a queen on the flop and when the turn and river were the and respectively, the big blind busted and Schoonover climbed to 190,000 chips.