We walked up to the table to see Amanda Baker and Nicholas Muraca in a heads up pot on the river, with the board reading . There was about 12,000 in the pot, and Muraca checked to Baker, who fired out 6,500. Muraca spent quite some time in the tank, at least two minutes, before the clock was called. The table started complaining that this was the second or third time the clock had to be called on Muraca, who waited until the eight second mark of the countdown to toss in the call.
Baker showed for a flush on the turn, and Muraca kicked it in, before getting in a low key argument with the player who called the clock on him. The floor came over to break it up, but it appeared that tensions were still high after he left, as the two continued to mumble at each other afterwards. Regardless, Baker took down the nice pot, and is now sitting on over 60,000.
Action folded to Tony Dunst in the cutoff seat, and he opened with a raise to 1,025. Luke Graham called on the button, and the flop came down . Dunst led with a bet of 1,500, and Graham folded.
Martins Adeniya is here in today's Day 2 field, but just before play, he talked to Kristy Arnett about a hand he played on Day 1a wherein he decided to fold top-two pair in a monster pot.
Just as we were about to envision an incredible back-from-the-brink comeback story for Steven Wolansky — the player who'd thought he'd been eliminated a short while ago, yet it turned out he had not — the dream of such was dashed, as he found it necessary again to commit his short stack of about six big blinds only this time to be eliminated.
We found Annette Obrestad and William Choi locking horns in a classic button versus big blind battle. Choi, who was acting first, bet 6,200 on the turn with the board reading . Obrestad called quickly. The river was the , and Choi came out with 12,200. Obrestad thought for about a minute before making the call. Choi shook his head, indicating he wasn't happy to be called.
Obrestad:
Choi:
Obrestad's top pair on the flop had held up for a sizable pot.
After James Biehl raised preflop from middle position to 1,550, Abdulaziz Almashal called out of the big blind. The flop came down , and Almashal checked. Biehl bet 1,000, and Almashal called. On the turn, the hit the board, and Almashal led for 3,000. Biehl made the call to see the pair the board on the river. Almashal checked, Biehl bet 5,000, and Almashal folded.
On the next hand, Matthew Schreiber raised to 1,050 from middle position and action folded to Almashal in the small blind. He tried to just call, but put out too many chips and was forced to min-raise to 1,550. Schreiber fired back with a reraise to 5,500, and Almashal folded.
We didn't catch the preflop action but we did see Mark Radoja bet 1,650, from the small blind, on the flop. Becky called from his direct left. Radoja continued the story with a 2,600 bet on the turn and Rocco continued her story and called. Both players checked the and Rocco waited for Radoja to table his hand the . Rocco then showed the winning .
A player in middle position raised to 1,100, and Michael Shelton three bet in late position to 2,600. He was called, and both players checked the flop. The turn brought the , and Shelton's opponent fired out 3,200. Shelton called, and on the river, his opponent bet 6,000. Shelton quickly called, and his opponent could only muster up for king high.
Shelton tabled for ace high, which was good enough to drag the pot, upping his stack to just under 50,000 in the process.
. There was about 12,000 in the pot, and Muraca checked to Baker, who fired out 6,500. Muraca spent quite some time in the tank, at least two minutes, before the clock was called. The table started complaining that this was the second or third time the clock had to be called on Muraca, who waited until the eight second mark of the countdown to toss in the call.
for a flush on the turn, and Muraca kicked it in, before getting in a low key argument with the player who called the clock on him. The floor came over to break it up, but it appeared that tensions were still high after he left, as the two continued to mumble at each other afterwards. Regardless, Baker took down the nice pot, and is now sitting on over 60,000.
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. Dunst led with a bet of 1,500, and Graham folded.
, and Almashal checked. Biehl bet 1,000, and Almashal called. On the turn, the 
hit the board, and Almashal led for 3,000. Biehl made the call to see the 
flop. Becky called from his direct left. Radoja continued the story with a 2,600 bet on the 
turn and Rocco continued her story and called. Both players checked the 
and Rocco waited for Radoja to table his hand the 
, and Shelton's opponent fired out 3,200. Shelton called, and on the 
