Roberto Luongo was just eliminated from the tournament and we caught all the action.
From middle position a player raised to 1,200. Bryan Buonocore called from the button, the player in the small blind called, and Luongo called from the big blind.
The flop came down and action checked to the original raiser. He put out a bet of 2,000 that Luongo and Buonocore called. The turn was the and action checked to Buonocore who put out a bet of 6,300. Next to act, Luongo moved all in for a total of 7,725. Both the original raiser and Buonocore called.
The river was the and the original raiser check-folded to a bet of 8,200 from Buonocore.
Buonocore turned up his for two pair and that was good as Luongo had missed everything with his for straight and flush draws.
"Deuce of hearts," Luongo laughed to one of his buddies on the rail as he grabbed his things and left the Brasilia Room.
The PokerNews Podcast crew is back to discuss the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race, Lonnie Harwood's summer success, and the WSOP Main Event. They are then joined by Haralabos Voulgaris to talk about his interesting tablemates, playing the One Drop, the NBA, and more.
NHL goalie Roberto Luongo would be one of the many players to fall this level when he committed on the turn with a straight draw but was unable to improve against his opponent's two pair. Chris DeMaci, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, A.J. Jejelowo, Nam Le, Nick Schulman, Adam Levy and Bryan Devonshire all hit the rail while Dan Kelly's run at claiming Player of the Year points also were cut down when his was outdrawn by his opponent's when they turned a set.
Previous November Niners Rob Salaburu and Joseph Cheong, as well as Jean-Robert Bellande, Bryn Kenney and Carlos Mortensen all began mounting a charge up the leaderboard, but when the bell rang for break, Mark Kroon would still lead with a whopping 292,000 in chips.
With players now stretching their legs and enjoying 20 minutes away from the felt, check out this video Lynn Gilmartin recorded with Tom Dwan about his short-lived stay in the Main Event.
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.
"No more death watch!" sparked Jamie Gold to our PokerNews reporter.
With Richard Lee's seat vacant, we inquired to see whether or not Gold had eliminated Lee just as he did at the 2006 WSOP Main Event final table, when Gold's held true against Lee's .
"Nah I didn't, but that would have been sweet!" added Gold before he detailed Lee's elimination.
Lee pushed all in with and the player on Gold's immediate left called with and held.
Gold then explained that on the following hand, Gold found a double through that very opponent with against before winning another pot to see him surge to 66,000 in chips.
A player raised to 1,600 from early position, and Freddy Deeb three-bet to 5,100 from the cutoff. The button silently tossed two orange chips into the middle, and the original raiser folded. The dealer moved to give the button change, but the player said he was trying to raise. Controversy ensued, as the floor was called, and the supervisor seemed to be prepared to allow the raise. Deeb demanded another supervisor be called, as he was adamant that the big chip rule meant the player had only called. The second tournament supervisor ruled it was indeed only a call.
After the hubbub had subsided, the players took in a flop of , which they both checked. Deeb fired 10,000 on the turn, and his opponent called. The river brought a , and Deeb bet 30,000. His opponent dropped his whole stack in the middle, a raise of just 6,100. Deeb called, and his opponent showed for a rivered set. Deeb mucked his cards.
When we arrived at Table 427, Dana Ott, who finished runner-up in the Seniors Championship was all in for 41,500 on a board of . Binh Ta had already put out a call, and a third player, who had 14,000 in front of him, was in the tank. He finally reached for chips, and slid them forward.
The river was the , and Ta quickly checked. The third player ripped over for a pair of kings, but it was no good against Ta's for a set of threes.
It was also no good against Ott's for a set of sevens, and the Colorado native scooped in the six-figure pot.
We may have just found our chip leader here in the Brasilia room, and name is Dirk van Luijk. We don't know where all his chips came from, but after starting the day with 147,900 chips, van Luijk has really bolstered his stack here on Day 2. We caught van Luijk playing a pot that boosted him even further up the leader board.
With the board reading van Luijk put out a bet of 6,000 into a pot of about 10,000. His opponent called rather quickly and turned up for a pair of queens with the pair of nines on the board.
"Full house," van Luijk announced turning up his .
"Flop after flop," someone else at the table said, explaining how van Luijk kept hitting the board.
Van Luijk's full house was good enough to take down the pot and with that he boosted himself close to 440,000 chips.
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and action checked to the original raiser. He put out a bet of 2,000 that Luongo and Buonocore called. The turn was the 
and action checked to Buonocore who put out a bet of 6,300. Next to act, Luongo moved all in for a total of 7,725. Both the original raiser and Buonocore called.
and the original raiser check-folded to a bet of 8,200 from Buonocore.
for two pair and that was good as Luongo had missed everything with his 
for straight and flush draws.
against 
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.
held true against Lee's 
, which they both checked. Deeb fired 10,000 on the 
turn, and his opponent called. The river brought a 
, and Deeb bet 30,000. His opponent dropped his whole stack in the middle, a raise of just 6,100. Deeb called, and his opponent showed 
, and Ta quickly checked. The third player ripped over 
for a pair of kings, but it was no good against Ta's 
for a set of threes.
for a set of sevens, and the Colorado native scooped in the six-figure pot.
