After an opening raise from middle position to 1,600, Jake Cody reraised to 3,700 from the hijack seat and watched as both the cutoff and original raiser called his three-bet. The flop came all diamonds — — and the middle position player checked. Cody bet 6,200, good enough to make the cutoff fold. Then Cody's lone remaining opponent pushed all in and Cody called without much hesitation.
Cody tabled for a set of fives while his opponent had for the nut flush draw. The turn was the and river the , and Cody knocked out his opponent while bumping up over 130,000.
Matt Waxman opened from under the gun plus one, and was called by Michael Odeh in the cut-off. Gabe Costner was in the small blind, and moved all in for his last 24,000 in chips. Waxman thought about his decision, before opting to call the raise. Odeh stood up from his chair, contemplating the call, before finally mucking his into the muck.
Waxman:
Costner:
Board:
Costner was able to flop a set of jacks, as he doubled up to stay alive in the tournament.
Earlier in the day we posted a hand where Stacy Taylor got the best of Vanessa Selbst for a decently sized pot. Taylor was able to finish the deed here on Day 2 by taking out Selbst just before the break. We didn't catch the action but Taylor was kind enough to relay it to us.
A player opened from middle position with a raise to 1,200. Taylor called the raise before Selbst bumped it up to 4,100. Action folded around to Taylor who called.
The flop came down and Taylor check called a bet of 4,500 from Selbst. The turn was the and Taylor said that she instantly moved all in. Selbst went into the tank.
"She was asking me a bunch of questions, like 'Why would you make it so much?' and other saying some other stuff like 'so sick, so sick.'" Taylor explained. Eventually Selbst made the call.
Taylor:
Selbst:
Taylor was in great shape with the nut straight but she still needed to avoid a ten for a chop, which she did when a fell on the river. That was good enough for Taylor to lock up the pot and the knock out, sending Selbst home from the tournament.
Grant Hinkle opened to 1,600 from early position, and Haralabos Voulgaris started a string of calls from his immediate left, as the button and both blinds came along for a five-way pot. The blinds checked to Hinkle after the flop, and he bet 4,000. Voulgaris tossed 9,500 into the pot, and everyone folded back to Hinkle. He got out of the way as well, appearing to flash Voulgaris one of his cards before mucking them.
An update on Joe Serock, who has finally arrived after missing most of the first two levels today. As he explained to the table shortly after his arrival, his delay involved an unplanned adventure that began with an accident on his moped.
He appears to have withstood the crash well enough, although the loss of blinds and antes early on was further compounded when he soon lost a pot soon after sitting down to knock him back down around 11,000.
Theo Jorgensen has nearly doubled the stack he had at the beginning of the day. In a recent hand, after a preflop raise to 2,000, Jorgensen three-bet to 5,600 from the big blind. The flop came , and Jorgensen led out for another 5,600. His opponent folded, and Jorgensen pulled in the chips. He now has 180,000 in front of him.
Facing a raise to 2,400, Laura Green made the call from the hi-jack along with the player in the cutoff to see a flop.
The preflop raiser checked before Green tossed in 5,000 to produce a fold from the cutoff but a call from her now lone opponent in the hand.
The turn of the went check-check and the river of the saw the preflop raiser fire out 16,000.
Green went deep into the tank for nearly three minutes before making the call and tabling her for two pair. Her opponent mucked and Green scooped the pot to move to 75,000 in chips.
Moments after we posted the earlier update regarding Joe Serock's late arrival, he lost the last of his depleted stack in an all-in confrontation and has departed after just a short time playing his Day 2 stack, his day unfortunately not matching the "Run Good" printed on his t-shirt.
We walked up to find Blair Hinkle looking at a board of . A player had a bet of 5,100 in front of him and Hinkle was thinking about his decision. Eventually, he raised to 11,500. The player thought about it for a bit before eventually making the call.
The river was the and Hinkle decided to lead out for 15,000. Very quickly the other player called. Hinkle tabled for top pair and it looked like he would win the pot, but after a few seconds of fumbling with his cards the other player was able to turn up his for a turned straight. That was good enough to give him the pot as Hinkle dropped below the starting stack.
— and the middle position player checked. Cody bet 6,200, good enough to make the cutoff fold. Then Cody's lone remaining opponent pushed all in and Cody called without much hesitation.
for a set of fives while his opponent had 
for the nut flush draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Cody knocked out his opponent while bumping up over 130,000.
into the muck.
and Taylor check called a bet of 4,500 from Selbst. The turn was the 
and Taylor said that she instantly moved all in. Selbst went into the tank.
fell on the river. That was good enough for Taylor to lock up the pot and the knock out, sending Selbst home from the tournament.
flop, and he bet 4,000. Voulgaris tossed 9,500 into the pot, and everyone folded back to Hinkle. He got out of the way as well, appearing to flash Voulgaris one of his cards before mucking them.
saw the preflop raiser fire out 16,000.
. A player had a bet of 5,100 in front of him and Hinkle was thinking about his decision. Eventually, he raised to 11,500. The player thought about it for a bit before eventually making the call.
and Hinkle decided to lead out for 15,000. Very quickly the other player called. Hinkle tabled 
for top pair and it looked like he would win the pot, but after a few seconds of fumbling with his cards the other player was able to turn up his 
for a turned straight. That was good enough to give him the pot as Hinkle dropped below the starting stack.
