We missed the betting that preceded Larry Ormson's double through Anthony Maio, but watched as Ormson tabled on the board.
Maio saw that his opponent had found aces in the hole, and by the way he angrily flung his cards into the muck it would seem he held an overpair to the board as well. In any event, Maio shipped a chunk of his stack to the next seat over, while Ormson doubled up to remain in contention for the cash as the money bubble approaches.
After an open from under the gun by Byron Kaverman, fellow pro Aaron Massey three-bet to 23,000, only to see Kaverman move all in over the top for the four-bet.
Massey decided to call of his last 122,500 holding and he was racing against Kaverman's .
The flop of missed Massey, but the on the turn was the card he needed. After the completed the board on the river Massey doubled through Kaverman to effectively equal their stacks.
Laz Hernandez bagged up 50,000 more than his closest competitor after Day 1, and he topped the counts once again last night.
Today, the big-stacked big man continued his rampage, pushing over the million dollar mark in the first level of play.
Hernandez faced an all-in bet of 125,000 holding the , and with more than enough chips to afford a little gambling, he called the bet to force a coin flip against .
As Hernandez relayed to us during a recent pass by his table, the board rolled out with two tens and a jack to fill him up, and with a few more pots added in along the way, Hernandez seems to show no signs of slowing down.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy let his friends and followers know that a final table run was not in the cards here today, as he just went bust. According to Josephy, his failed to win a flip against Brian Lemke's .