Not only George Danzer can win bigger pots on Table 436. Joe Tehan completed with showing a three and Dustin Leary called, putting in chips on each street until seventh. Tehan showed a pair of eights and a 7-5 low, neither of which Leary could beat as he mucked the three down cards.
In a battle of the blinds, Erik Seidel kept betting each street and the small blind check-called all the way on a . The river call was rather hesitating and Seidel indeed showed him for a full house. The small blind could not beat that and mucked his cards.
Just before the level went up, Adam Friedman got his last 900 in after Manuel Bevand had completed. George Danzer then raised, Bevand called, and a side pot was created. Bevand proceeded to check-call a bet on fourth before betting out on fifth when he paired his nine. Danzer called and then raised on sixth. Bevand called and then check-called a bet on seventh.
Danzer: /
Bevand: /
Friedman: /
Friedman ended up with two pair, which was third best as Bevand had a set of nines and Danzer a straight to the six. Danzer's hand was good for both the high and low, and he scooped the pot while sending Friedman, a WSOP bracelet winner, to the rail.
Meanwhile, a short-stacked Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond was eliminated in a stud hi-low hand one table over.
The second day has been a constant downswing for Joseph Konstan, who started with a well above average stack. Just now he got his last 6,100 in via four bets on a flop and Richard Monroe made the call with for top two pair and Konstan could only show . Both the turn and the river blanked and that was it for Konstan.
The mixed game specialist from Germany is once again on a hot streak and we just saw him sitting behind a stack of 65,000 to join the current chip leaders.
Thomas Butzhammer had a short-stacked player at risk for his last 3,900 on third street with a Broadway draw as well as an ace to score the knockout, but neither card would come on seventh.
Butzhammer:
Short Stack:
The short stack doubled up. Meanwhile a few tables over, Marsha Waggoner was less fortunate and ran out of chips entirely.
Konstantin Puchkov limped in, then Ismael Bojang raised and received four callers. The flop came and the German bet. Puchkov folded, but two other opponents called and did so again after Bojang bet the turn. The river brought a and this time Bojang took it down with a bet of 2,000 when his two opponents folded.
After winning that hand without a showdown, Bojang has now doubled his stack from the start of the day.