After an open from a player in early position, Nan Li three-bet to 5,200 out of the cutoff. Eric Liebeler cold four-bet to 15,000 on the button and the action got back to Li.
Li went into the tank and eventually, the clock was called. With less than five seconds to act, Li tossed in a call.
The flop came down and Li check-folded to a bet of 20,000 from Liebeler.
Heidi May came into the day looking for a bit more success than what she found in her Day 1B flight the other day. Things have started well for her after Christopher Coles opened to 1,500 from middle position. May three-bet to 4,500 on the button and the action folded back to Coles who made the call.
The flop came and Coles checked to May who continued for 3,500. Coles wasted little time before sending his cards to the muck and May dragged in an early pot.
Daniel Wendorf made it 1,300 in the middle position and Idan Raviv three-bet to 3,800 in the hijack. The action returned to Wendorf who tossed in 10,000 and moved all in when Raviv five-bet. Ravid called and Wendorf learnt that he was on the wrong side of the nasty cooler.
Wendorf:
Raviv:
The board ran out and Wendorf was eliminated early into the first level of Day 2.
Joining the action on the turn, Thomas Tripp bet 4,000 out of the big blind and initial raiser Dan Smith called on the button. Tripp bet the river for 6,000 and Smith folded.
One table over, Timothy Lau raised to 1,400 and was called by Felipe Davila. Kyle Montgomery three-bet to 5,000 and Lau folded, Davila called. On the flop, Davila bet 3,200 and Montgomery called before the turn brought a bet of 5,600 by Davila and a fold.
Erik Seidel is starting off by winning a small pot from his left-hand neighbor James Westenburg. Seidel sat in the small blind and Westenburg in the big blind.
The board was already reading and it looked like Seidel check-called a 1,100 bet from his neighbor. The completed the board and Seidel lead out on the river.
Seidel's bet was 3,000 and it didn't take Westenburg long to call. Seidel opened up for a very long straight and that took the pot down.
Derek Sommerville opened to 1,300 from middle position. Jonathan Samuels, on the cutoff, called, along with Michael Weinstock and Bradley Rhodes.
A flop reading was dealt. Weinstock bet 2,200. Rhodes and Somerville folded. Samuels made the call.
The turn brought the . Weinstock continued for 2,300. Samuels called. The river completed the board. This time, Weinstock checked. Samuels thew in a bet of 4,500. Weinstock called. Weinstock showed for a straight but that wasn't good enough as Samuels tabled for a flush.
Donald Dombach has just been eliminated in the first hand of the day when he was all-in and at risk from the big blind as he was called by Rafael Augus Souza Perri on the button.
Donal Dombach:
Rafael Augus Souza Perri:
The board ran out to not provide any help to Dombach as he was sent to the rail within in the first five minutes after the tournament had started again.
The cards are in the air for both Day 2a and 2b, which can be found in separate rooms. Day 2a will break from high to low and the tables in the Orange section will break into Purple, while Day 2b will see the Black and Green sections break first.
The dinner break will take place after the first two levels, followed by another three levels before bagging and tagging.
After three massive starting days, the second-largest WSOP Main Event in history continues today with Day 2a and Day 2b. At 11 a.m. this morning, the 659 survivors of Day 1a and 1,801 players who bagged on Day 1b, will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for five more levels of play.
While the players from both starting days will both enter's today action, the two groups will play their second day in separate rooms. The Top 10 of both Day 2s combined is as followed:
#
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Truyen Nguyen
United States
Day 1a chipleader
324,800
541
2
Chris Fraser
United Kingdom
316,100
527
3
Smain Mamouni
France
Day 1b chipleader
311,000
518
4
Samuel Bernabeu
Spain
309,500
516
5
Barbara Rogers
United States
307,000
511
6
Daniel Colpoys
United States
246,800
411
7
Alex Foxen
United States
242,300
404
8
David McCaw
United States
220,400
367
9
John Vossoughi
United States
220,300
367
10
Matthew Davidow
United States
216,600
361
Another five two-hour long levels are scheduled for today with blinds starting at 300/600 with a 100 ante. Once again there will be a 20-minute break after each level, with a 60-minute break after the second level of the day (around 3:25 p.m.). Play wraps up around 11 p.m. tonight.
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
6
300
600
100
7
400
800
100
8
500
1,000
100
9
600
1,200
200
10
800
1,600
200
The early dinner break in the Main Event today is to accommodate the broadcast of the tournament on ESPN and PokerGO. ESPN picks up the action after the dinner break, showing the feature table with hole cards up from 05:00 p.m. through 08:00 p.m. Right after the ESPN telecast wraps up, PokerGO takes over, showing the Main Event from 08:00 p.m. till the day ends around 11:35 p.m.
PokerNews will have a big team of poker reporters on the ground to find all the WSOP Live Updates you can ask for again. The money stage of the tournament (1,182 players picking up $15,000 minimum) will not be reached today, but you can bet on it that the action will be exciting. So check back at 11 a.m. for continuing coverage of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, right here on PokerNews.com.