Mathieu Jacqmin raised to 12,000 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 43,500 by Mike Gorodinsky on the button. The blinds both folded, Jacqmin just called, and the flop came out . Jacqmin dropped in a big stack of orange T5,000 chips and Gorodinsky, who only had 25,000 or so back, called off.
Jacqmin:
Gorodinsky:
Neither player made much of anything, though Jacqmin did pick up a flush draw. The turn had no effect on the hand, while the actually paired Jacqmin to give him the best hand.
Gorodinsky was eliminated in 28th place for $14,021, and if his post-elimination tweet proves accurate, he'll return tomorrow for the start of the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
"Payout," we heard a dealer call. We then witnessed 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Scotty Nguyen get up and head toward the payout desk.
By the time we reached the table the dealer had swiped the cards, but David "Bakes" Baker was kind enough to fill us in on some details. As he explained it, Demis Hassabis had raised from the button and Nguyen defended from the big blind.
The flop saw both players check, and then the dealer burned and turned a . A raising war broke out that resulted in Nguyen getting his chips in with straight and flush draws, which he needed to hit to overcome the nut straight of Hassabis.
That didn't happen though as the river blanked to send Nguyen to the rail in 24th place for $16,888. Meanwhile, Matthew Greenwood followed him out the door in 23rd place after being eliminated in unknown action.
On a flop of with 52,000 in the middle, Phil Galfond led out for pot from the big blind and Fernando Brunca made the call before Phil Laak re-potted making it 260,000 from the button.
Galfond tossed in his last 4,000 before Brunca went into the tank for several minutes before calling as a plethora of Brazilian media and supporters rushed past the roped off area to sweat the action.
Galfond:
Brunca:
Laak:
With Brunca having a massive wrap, the Brazilian - and more than a dozen of his supporters - would be disappointed as he bricked out when the turn and river landed the and to send both Brunca and Galfond to the rail.
Mathieu Jacqmin opened with a raise from the cutoff and Phil Laak called from the small blind. Laak then check-called a bet on the flop before checking the on the turn.
Jacqmin bet out 52,000 and Laak check-raised an assortment of chips that amounted to 260,000 total. Jacqmin went into the tank for several minutes before pushing in his 215,000-chip stack with Laak calling the additional few thousand.
Jacqmin:
Laak:
With Jacqmin needing to spike only an ace, the river blanked out and the Frenchman headed to the rail in 16th place as Laak soared to 1.145 million in chips.
The specifics of the betting escaped us, but we do know that John Patgorski got his stack all in on a flop and he was at risk against David "Bakes" Baker.
Baker:
Patgorski:
Patgorski had flopped top pair, but it was still behind the aces of Baker. The turn was no help to Patgorski, and neither was the river.
"That's me," Baker said when the river improved him to two pair. He then shook hands with Patgorski, who bowed out in 14th place.
Day 2 of Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha from the 2014 World Series of Poker saw the surviving 96 players of a 452-player field return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for 10 more one-hour levels of play. During that time the money bubble burst — ensuring the top 48 a piece of the $2,124,400 prize pool — and the field was whittled down to the final 13.
Sitting atop the counts with 1.087 million was Phil Laak, who found himself best equipped to make a run at the $541,747 first-place prize. However, in order to capture it he’ll have to get through some other big stacks including Joseph Leung (818,000), Sorel Mizzi (735,000), and Ryan Schmidt (720,000).
Day 2 action began in Level 11 (600/1,200) and one of the first to go was none other than Phil Hellmuth, who was the victim of a rather brutal beat. It happened when Phil Laak opened the action with a raise to 2,400 from the cutoff seat. Hellmuth then called from the small blind, and David "Bakes" Baker three-bet it to 9,600 from the big. Laak got out of the way and Hellmuth made the call to see a flop of .
Hellmuth checked, Baker continued for 20,000, and Hellmuth shoved all in for roughly 60,000. Baker made the call and Hellmuth was in a dominating spot.
Hellmuth:
Baker:
Hellmuth had flopped top set, which was well out in front of Baker's aces. The turn gave Hellmuth a full house, and that meant all he needed to do was dodge an ace on the river to stay alive. That proved easier said than done, though, as the spiked to eliminate Hellmuth and throw him into one of his trademark fits.
Others who exited the tournament empty handed included Eli Elezra, Tony Cousineau, Jim Collopy, Robert Williamson III, Galen Hall, Jason Somerville, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Andy Frankenberger, Calvin Anderson, Jason Mercier, and Ashton Griffin, who was actually the bubble boy after running into Kyle Julius’ set of sevens.
From there, the in-the-money finishes came fast. Among those to make their way to the payout desk were Eoghan O’Dea (47th - $9,559), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (42nd - $10,409), Brian Rast (40th - $10,409), Davidi Kitai (39th - $10,409), Julius (35th - $11,896), Mohsin Charania (34th - $11,896), Mike Gorodinsky (28th - $14,021), Jonathan Little (26th - $14,021), Scotty Nguyen (24th - $16,888), JC Tran (20th - $16,888), and Phil Galfond (19th - $16,888).
While dozens fell, a few notables managed to make it through the night including Brant Hale (583,000), Richard Ashby (426,000), Kory Kilpatrick (333,000), Baker (308,000), and Brandon Crawford (214,000).
The third and final day of action is set to kick off at 1 p.m. local time on Sunday. Who will walk away with the $541,747 first-place prize and WSOP gold bracelet? Join us then as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the action and eliminations on the way to crowning a champion.
In the meantime, check out this video on why David “Bakes” Baker, who eliminated Hellmuth, has no pride at all: