Welcome to Day 2 of Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. On Day 1 the tournament saw 1,841 entries reduced to just 144 by day’s end.
Jonathan Bodden was the overnight chip leader, stacked at 143,000. Loren Klein was close behind with 122,800 and Lily Kiletto (100,000) also ended Day 1 at six figures . Other notables that finished Day 1 with chips were Ari Engel (98,700), Hoyt Corkins (69,500) and Max Pescatori (41,200).
This event reached the money late in play of Day 1, so those busting on Day 2 know that they will be taking home some money for their efforts. Here on Day 2, there will be 10 levels of play and we expect the field to be close to a final table by the close of action.
PokerNews' Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you Day 2 action starting at 1 p.m. local time, so stay tuned as we find out together who makes the final day of Event #45.
We didn't catch the action, but the players at the table were able to reconstruct the hand for us. Jason Helder and Jonathan Bodden were heads-up after Bodden called Helder's three-bet preflop. After the flop, Helder bet, Bodden moved all in and Helder made the call.
Helder:
Bodden:
Helder went to looking for a king or seven instead of diamonds, but the board completed and Bodden's flush was bigger. Bodden celebrated loudly after the hand and received a warning from the floor. Bodden is now at about 300,000 and the apparent chip leader.
Leo Wolpert joins Nate and Andrew from Las Vegas to discuss safety precautions for staying in hotels, the Rio flu, and the trio beak down three hands that Wolpert played at the World Series of Poker.
0:00 — Intro and Rio Flu talk
16:00 — Discussion of safety at the Rio and in Las Vegas in general
30:45 — The trio discusses three hands that Leo has played at the WSOP
Jonathan Bodden got his remaining 90,000 chips in preflop against Dmitrii Shchepkin, who he had previously doubled up already.
Bodden:
Shchepkin:
The board ran out safely for the Russian and Bodden went from hero to zero. Apparently other players offered to buy Shchepkin a bottle of vodka for busting Bodden.
Bryan Micon joins the PokerNews Podcast at the top of the show to talk about bitcoins, outstanding debts and much more. Rich, Jason, and Donnie then talk about a bevy of stories in the final half of the episode, including all of the recent bracelet winners, the fight between Brandon Cantu and Jesse Martin, and more.
It was a battle of the short-stacks and Jacob Stearley lost his final all-in with against the of David Hass one seat over. There was no help on the board, and Stearley takes home $8,947 for his efforts.
Arnaud Mattern has crashed out of this tournament in cruel circumstances.
Jason Zelus opened to 14,000 from middle position and Mattern three-bet to 36,000. Selus sat riffling chips for 30 seconds or so before announcing he was all-in. Mattern snap-called and was the all-in player.
Zelus:
Mattern:
Mattern was a massive favorite to double and become a real force in this tournament, until the flop came into view to completely turn the hand around. A on the turn was followed by the on the river and with that, Mattern's tournament came to an abrupt end.
Peter Tobias raised to 12,500 from late position and Bradley Craig moved all in from the big blind. Tobias thought for a moment and then called, tabling . Craig needed to find a match for his , but the board ran out and he was sent to the rail.
Paul Sokoloff raised from the button, and one seat over, Max Pescatori moved all in for less than 15 big blinds. Sokoloff called and it was a race with the for Sokoloff and the for Pescatori.
The was no good for the Canadian and Pescatori picked up a flush draw on the turn while Sokoloff now had top pair. The board completed with the river and the Italian headed to the payout desk.
flop, Helder bet, Bodden moved all in and Helder made the call.
and Bodden's flush was bigger. Bodden celebrated loudly after the hand and received a warning from the floor. Bodden is now at about 300,000 and the apparent chip leader.
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