Valentin Vornicu opened preflop and got two callers from the button and big blind. The flop came . It checked to Vornicu who put out a continuation bet. The button folded and the big blind check-raised to 600. Vornicu called.
The big blind continued on the turn for 800 and Vornicu called.
The river was the . The big blind bet 700 and Vornicu thought before raising to 3,500. His opponent thought for a while before folding.
"Queen-ten?" asked Vornicu. "It felt like queen-ten, but on the river your kicker doesn't play!"
On a board with 2,750 already in the middle, Melanie Weisner opted for a small 500 bet, which was enough to make her opponent fold. She was up around 12,000 after that hand.
A few moments later, Weisner called a four-bet pot preflop for 1,250 in middle position after a short tank, followed by the button calling as well. The initial raiser in the small blind then continued on the flop for 1,050, and both players called.
The action slowed down on the turn as everyone checked, but heated up after the river. The first player checked and Weisner fired 4,000. The button folded but Weisner was called by the small blind.
Melanie Weisner:
Small Blind:
Weisner's opponent had hit a gunshot on the river for the straight, and now Weisner is down to approximately 3,200.
Several players have chipped up to double the starting stack or even more early on in the day. One of those is Jerome Sgorrano.
Just now Sgorrano bet 2,600 on a board against Andre Akkari. The Brazilian eyed the bet and eventually called. Sgorrano showed for a set of eights and that was enough to win the pot, moving to within a whisker of 30,000 chips halfway through the second level of the day.
Ryan D'Angelo raised from the button and the small blind called, as did Ryan Leng in the big blind.
The players checked a board and the river was a . The small blind checked and Leng bet 350 into around 450. D'Angelo called and the small blind folded.
Leng showed and D'Angelo showed .
"Fun to win eight big blinds with aces [on the] button versus [the] big blind," said D'Angelo
The player under the gun raised and the small and big blind, with Adam Hendrix calling in the big blind. The flop came and it checked to the initial raiser who continued. The small blind folded and Hendrix check-raised to 3,000. His opponent moved all in for 7,700 and Hendrix snap-called.
Adam Hendrix:
All-in Player:
It was a cooler for the all-in player, with Hendrix having flopped a straight. The turn did give him some help for full house outs, but the river was the and he was eliminated.
Last year Hendrix finished second in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, and he will be looking to go one better in this event.