The second day of play in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship kicks off today with 71 hopefuls remaining. An array of top pros are in the hunt, as David Chiu, Antonio Esfandiari and Brian Tate all have big stacks. The swings in Limit Hold'em are huge, so it's still anyone's game, but Kenny Hsiung, Andre Akkari and Ben Yu will need help quickly as they are near the bottom of the counts.
The plan today is to get down to a final table of nine, but first all eyes will be on the $16,273-money bubble. The final 18 players will get paid today while the eventual winner walks away $303,909 richer.
So make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.com as we bring you all the live updates, chip counts, photos and videos from yet another Championship event!
On a flop Gabriel Nassif bet, Jared Talarico called, Jan Sjavik raised and Cathleen Tran called. Both Nassif and Talarico called as well to create four-way action on the turn.
The turn was the and the action was checked to Sjavik who bet and all his opponents called. The river was the and again the first two players checked, after which Sjavik bet. Tran folded, but both Nassif and Talarico called.
Sjavik showed but it was Talarico who had rivered a flush to take down this pot.
From middle position Lee Goldman raised, Nick Schulman three-bet from the button and Dan Shak called from the small blind. Goldman four-bet when it got back to him and both Schulman and Shak called.
The flop brought and Goldman bet, both Schulman and Shak called. On the turn the hit and Goldman bet again, Schulman called and Shak tossed in his final 600 chips. The river brought the and Schulman folded when Goldman bet again.
Goldman showed and Shak mucked, gathered his belongings and left the tournament area.
Vitaly Lukin, winner of the $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament at the 2009 WSOP, has just been knocked out.
First Lunkin was granted another chance when he was all in holding versus Shaun Deeb's . The board ran out to give the Russian pro a straight, but he still only had 2,100 chips.
On the next hand Paul Mannoni raised and Lunkin called all in from the small blind. Kerry Welsh called from the big blind and the flop brought . Mannoni called a bet from Welsh and the turn was the . Welsh bet again and Mannoni called.
The river was the and Mannoni folded when Welsh bet again. Welsh showed and he knocked out Lunkin who showed .
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Well, for now it's certainly not Kevin Song. Danzer, who's still slightly in the lead for this year's WSOP Player of the Year after John Hennigan took down the $50k Players' Championship last night, raked in a big pot just now to pot him in contention for yet another bracelet.
Song raised from early position and Danzer called from the big blind. The flop came down and Danzer checked to Song who bet. Danzer raised, Song three-bet and Danzer four-bet.
Song called.
The turn was the and Danzer bet, Song called. On the river, the , Song called another bet and shook his head as the German turned over .
"Set over set again?" Danzer asked Song, who took quite a while before finally mucking his cards.
Ronnie Bardah, who final tabled the $5,000 Limit Hold'em last year, was down a bit but he just managed to chip up nicely.
Bardah raised under the gun and Jeff Tompson three-bet from the button. Bardah four-bet and Thompson called. The flop came down and Bardah bet, Thompson called. The turn was the and Bardah bet, Thompson raised and Bardah called.
The river was the and Bardah bet all in for 5,000. Thompson called with and Bardah showed as he had rivered the ace for his survival.
On a flop Mikail Tulchinskiy checked to Samuel Golbuff who bet and David Chiu called. Tulchinskiy called as well and the turn was the . The flop scenario repeated itself and on the river, the , Tulchinskiy and Chiu also called Golbuff's bet.
Golbuff showed and won the hand as Tulchinskiy mucked and Chiu's hand was killed as well.
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flop Gabriel Nassif bet, Jared Talarico called, Jan Sjavik raised and Cathleen Tran called. Both Nassif and Talarico called as well to create four-way action on the turn.
and the action was checked to Sjavik who bet and all his opponents called. The river was the 
and again the first two players checked, after which Sjavik bet. Tran folded, but both Nassif and Talarico called.
but it was Talarico who had rivered a flush to take down this pot.
and Goldman bet, both Schulman and Shak called. On the turn the 
hit and Goldman bet again, Schulman called and Shak tossed in his final 600 chips. The river brought the 
and Shak mucked, gathered his belongings and left the tournament area.
versus Shaun Deeb's 
. The board ran out 
. Mannoni called a bet from Welsh and the turn was the 
. Welsh bet again and Mannoni called.
and Mannoni folded when Welsh bet again. Welsh showed 
.
, Song called another bet and shook his head as the German turned over 
.
and Bardah bet, Thompson called. The turn was the 
and Bardah bet all in for 5,000. Thompson called with 
and Bardah showed 
as he had rivered the ace for his survival.
. The flop scenario repeated itself and on the river, the 
and won the hand as Tulchinskiy mucked 
hit and JC bet, Cathleen called.
and Tran hit the rail a few spots from the money.
and Chiu check-called a bet. On the turn the 
