888poker started out this year's 888ride series by giving Scott Blumstein, reigning World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, a ride to the Rio.
There was some confusion about the correct amounts over on table 481 after Robert Brown had held up with 
against the 
of Joseph Comins and the 
of Robert Goldbaum. Eventually, Brown's triple up for some 18,000 was confirmed while Comins won the small side pot.
Apparently, Goldbaum had shoved on the flop and Comins called with the open-ended straight flush draw. However, Brown's aces held up on a board of 
and the amounts were settled after a mere minute.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
-22,900
|
-22,900 |
|
60,000
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
|
25,000
-60,500
|
-60,500 |
On the turn of 
, Calvin Anderson had the button and faced an 18,000-bet from a player in the big blind. Anderson tossed in calling chips and the river came 
. Both players checked and Anderson was shown 
. He couldn't beat that and continued with 49,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
As the film crews hovered around Justin Bonomo and the rest of his table, Bonomo gave them exactly what they were looking for. A double up.
Bonomo's all in was for 52,100 and he had tabled the nuts with on an 
board. Richard Turner, Bonomo's heads-up opponent, matched the wager after rivering a straight with 
off-suit.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
154,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
128,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
||
|
295,000 | |
|
260,000
171,300
|
171,300 |
|
245,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
234,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
210,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
205,000
50,900
|
50,900 |
|
185,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
|
165,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
130,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
||
Bart Lybaert raised to 2,000 from early position and three people called, including Day 1a chip leader Truyen Nguyen from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Nguyen took the initiative and lead out with a bet of 2,500. Lybaert and another player folded, but the player on the button called.
The turn was the 
and Nguyen threw in 13,000. The player on the button folded and Nguyen added some more to his already big stack.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Ali Imsirovic was on the button, tangling with a player in the big blind. The action was on Imsirovic with the turn reading 
. Imsirovic fired 7,800 and his opponent folded after a while.
"I'll show if you show," Imsirovic offered and the other player turned up 
. Imsirovic rolled over 
for a flopped Broadway.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
195,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
182,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
136,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
135,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
108,000
40,400
|
40,400 |
|
105,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
103,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
100,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
100,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
90,000
5,600
|
5,600 |
|
80,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
21,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
15,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
There was about 27,000 in the middle already and the flop read 
. The player in the hijack had bet 22,000 and Jeremy Wien raised to 53,000 from the cutoff. His opponent tanked for a while, even got up from his chair. After a while, he open-folded . Wien showed 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
153,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
121,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
66,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
Eliminado | |
|
|
Eliminado | |
Steven van Zadelhoff started the day with a stack already worth more than 100,000 and he's been chipping up nicely in the first two levels so far.
In the last hand, Van Zadelhoff called from the button after a player in middle position raised to 1,800. Van Zadelhoff called another bet of 2,800 on the 
flop and both checked the turn. The river was the and Van Zadelhoff's opponent bet a chunky 7,100 and the Dutchman folded.
Despite losing this hand Van Zadelhoff still has been slowly growing his stack throughout the day so far.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
176,600
16,600
|
16,600 |
