There are now 109 total entrants in the field with the additions of Robert Mizrachi and Troy Burkholder. The former was seated right next to his brother Michael Mizrachi when taking a seat but may get moved to a different table shortly.
So far, a field of 107 entries has emerged upon completion of the second level on Day 2 and all those with chips at their disposal are already on a scheduled 15-minute break.
Daniel Negreanu went off on Justin Bonomo in his Monday WSOP vlog, accusing his high-stakes foe of being a "cheater" and said that he's "totally indoctrinated" by his social justice beliefs.
On Friday, after busting his second bullet in Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em on a runner-runner bad beat, "DNegs" slammed his phone in frustration on the way out.
Most poker players on social media seemed to understand the frustration considering he's down nearly $1 million for the summer, but Bonomo was highly critical and went so far as to accuse the Poker Hall of Famer of "violence" and that incidents such as this could make others feel unsafe at the table.
"Someone sent me a tweet where Whacko Bonomo said that if he tied his shoes in front of someone that he wouldn't do it, because he's totally indoctrinated and a lost cause," Negreanu said. "The guy is a completely lost cause."
Dario Sammartino opened to 8,000 and got three callers in Benny Glaser, Anthony Zinno and Dave Rogers. The flop checked around. The turn was the . It checked to Zinno on the button who bet 17,000. Sammartino and Glaser called.
The river was the . Sammartino bet 75,000 into a pot of 87,500. Glaser folded and Zinno tank-folded.
"Yes!!" said Sammartino emphatically as soon as Zinno folded.
"You can't do that and not show," said someone at the table. Sammartino opened but mucked his fourth card.
On the next hand Rogers, Ali Eslami and Sammartino checked to Glaser on who bet 6,500. Rogers and Sammartino called.
The turn was the and Rogers check-called 17,000 from Glaser. The river was the . Rogers bet 40,000 and Glaser folded. Rogers showed for a full house.
Yuval Bronshtein had raised and then called the three-bet shove by John Monnette for 68,500. Both discarded one and the dealer burned already, which sent Monnette into a frenzy.
"What are you doing, the cards are supposed to go up! It is in the TDA rules" he demanded. That's when the dealer by mistake flipped over the which happened to be the discard of Monnette.
Moments later, they both turned over their cards and Monnette was trailing with the . Bronshtein showed and spiked an as the final card.
As Monnette peeled the final card, he added "fifty fifty chance" before he exposed the to pair his six and exited the tournament area.
There were already some 155,000 in the middle with the turn showing turn on which Brian Yoon checked in the cutoff. Adam Friedman eventually knuckled it back while Andrew Kelsall was standing away from the table and discussed the hand with a friend. "This is an interesting hand, it was three-bet preflop," Kelsall almost whispered.
The on the river was then also checked through and Yoon pointed to the board before revealing the for a flopped straight that suddenly played the board. Friedman tabled the and they chopped it up.
Action was on seventh street with plenty of chips in the middle between John Racener and Chris Brewer. Brewer was facing a bet from Racener, and he eventually called.
"Flush," announced Racener tabling and Brewer mucked.
Bryn Kenney defended the big blind and then check-raised the flop against Rob Hollink. He was called by the Dutchman to bet the turn and river as Hollink reluctantly called. Kenney tabled the for trips sixes and that won the pot.
David Bach has dropped to a severe short stack on the same table while Christopher Chung and Ian O'Hara were ousted on neighbouring tables.