Matt Hyman opened to 7,000 from under the gun, Tim West reraised to 20,000 in the cutoff, and Hyman moved all in for effectively 60,000 or so. West instantly called.
Hyman:
West:
West snatched the lead away from Hyman on a flop of , but he was suddenly drawing dead when the spiked on the turn. A meaningless completed the board, and West was eliminated.
"Nice start to the day," Adam Blizerian told his neighbor.
WSOP bracelet winner Joey Weissman had a rough Day 1, but he's confident in his six-max skills here on Day 2. Daniel Negreanu also chimes in on Weissman's pace of play.
We are on the second day of our extensive coverage of the WSOP and the two debut events resume action in the Amazon Room at the Rio. Find out who is leading the $25K Mix Max as well as the Casino Employees Event.
Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for Day 2 of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em!
Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst leads the remaining 60 players, and right behind her is 2011 $50,000 Poker Players' Championship winner Brian Rast. Rast had a steady climb to 557,400 chips during play on Day 1, while Selbst made quads against Jake Schindler in the final level of the evening and bagged 562,800.
Also returning with big stacks are Michael Mizrachi (399,300), Jason Mo (393,000), and Dan Cates (317,000). Mizrachi had less than half of the 75,000-chip starting stack during the wee hours of the night at the Rio, but in true Grinder fashion he was able to spin in up before the day concluded.
Joining these big stacks on Day 2 will be, among many others, big names like Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, John Juanda, Stephen Chidwick, and JC Tran.
Day 2, which features six-handed play, is set to kick off at 2 p.m. PST in the Amazon Room. PokerNews will be on hand to provide live updates straight from the tournament floor - see you then!