Chris Hunichen raised to 4,500, Phillip McAllister called on the button, and the big blind called as well. The flop came and the big blind checked. Hunichen bet 7,000 and McAllister called. The big blind folded and they were heads up.
The turn was the and Hunichen bet 14,000. McAllister called again. The river was and they both checked.
Chris Hunichen:
Phillip McAllister:
McAllister's queens and twos were good and Hunichen asked, "Where's that heart on the river?" when he saw they both had the flush draw with his being higher.
Albert Daher opened with a raise to 4,500 from the hijack. Phil Hellmuth defended his big blind with a call.
The flop was and Hellmuth checked. Daher continued with a bet of 5,500 and Hellmuth called. On the turn, Hellmuth checked again. Daher bet 11,500 and Hellmuth called.
The river was the and Hellmuth checked quickly. Daher bet 15,000 and Hellmuth thought for a while before pitching his cards away.
"That was unfortunate," Hellmuth said. "It was going to be a big pot on the turn."
With roughly 9,000 already in the pot and a flop of showing, Kristen Bicknell checked over to Chang Luo. Luo put out a bet of 3,900 on the button and Bicknell called from the big blind. The turn was the and both players checked.
On the river, Bicknell led with a bet of 6,500. Luo thought about it for a while, then eventually decided on a call. Bicknell turned over and Luo mucked his hand, awarding the pot to Bicknell.
In one of the first hands of the day, Stefan Schillhabel opened with a raise to 4,800 from the button and was called by Olivier Busquet from the big blind.
The flop came and Busquet checked over to Schillhabel who bet 3,000 and Busquet called. On the turn, Busquet checked a second time and Schillhabel bet 7,500. Busquet called.
The river was the and both players checked. Busquet showed and he took down the pot as Schillhabel mucked and fell below 50,000 chips.
Welcome back to Day 2 of Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship. This event always brings out some of the toughest competition around and Wednesday was able to prove that by drawing 332 runners with big names like Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier and Doug Polk not even making it through Day 1.
Leading the way after Day 1 is Grayson Ramage. Ramage has already cashed once this series, not surprisingly in Event #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed. There he finished in 109th place collecting $4,594. Ramage only has one World Series of Poker final table under his belt, where he finished ninth in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout event in 2015, but perhaps he will be able to carry this chip lead to a second final table or even his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Ramage starts the day with a commanding lead over the field after finishing last night with 527,700 chips.
Of course, all the players are also vying for the $775,923 first-place prize. Fifty of the remaining 129 players will make it to the money, where a min-cash will be worth $15,091. Some of the big names trying to chase Ramage and squeeze into the money include Cliff Josephy (330,300), Rainer Kempe (254,400), Matt Berkey (253,000), Mohsin Charania (246,900) and Kristen Bicknell (239,400).
Day 2 is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. PDT and PokerNews will be here with updates from throughout the day, so stay tuned.
and the big blind checked. Hunichen bet 7,000 and McAllister called. The big blind folded and they were heads up.
and Hunichen bet 14,000. McAllister called again. The river was 
and they both checked. 
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and Hellmuth checked. Daher continued with a bet of 5,500 and Hellmuth called. On the 
turn, Hellmuth checked again. Daher bet 11,500 and Hellmuth called. 
and Hellmuth checked quickly. Daher bet 15,000 and Hellmuth thought for a while before pitching his cards away. 
showing, Kristen Bicknell checked over to Chang Luo. Luo put out a bet of 3,900 on the button and Bicknell called from the big blind. The turn was the 
and Luo mucked his hand, awarding the pot to Bicknell.
turn, Busquet checked a second time and Schillhabel bet 7,500. Busquet called. 
and both players checked. Busquet showed 
and he took down the pot as Schillhabel mucked and fell below 50,000 chips.
