Ariel Celestino opened for 4,500 from early position only to have Makoto Yoshimichi three-bet all in for 32,200 from the hijack. Pierre Neuville called from the cutoff, Celestino folded, and it was off to the races.
Yoshimichi:
Neuville:
Yoshimichi got it in good, but that didn't matter as the flop paired Neuville. The turn meant Yoshimichi needed a "seven from heaven," but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked on the river.
Bulent Uzun under the gun and Nick Petrangelo in the big blind got their chips in before the flop. Petrangelo with the had some catching up to as Uzun tabled . The flop came about as good as they could come for Petrangelo with . The on the turn ended matters for Uzun, despite the fact he had just hit his straight. The on the river was a blank and Uzun left the stage.
"That's What You Get For Being a Nit!" Petrangelo laughed, referring to himself; "You suck out!"
Matias Ruzzi checked and called 18,000 from Charlie Carrel on a flop. Rutzzi check-called 30,000 on the turn, though this time he took a couple of minutes of thought to do so. He checked a final time on the , and Carrel said he was all in. That got a snap-fold, and Carrel showed .
Isaac Haxton defended his big blind from Cheng's open, and Altergott's call on the button and saw a flop of . Haxton checked and Cheng bet out 8,000, and both other players called.
The turn brought the and Haxton, after thinking for a short moment, moved all-in for his last 25 big blinds. Cheng called, whilst Altergott folded.
Haxton:
Cheng:
Haxton had turned a straight and Cheng was drawing dead. The dealer dealt the inconsequential card and Haxton doubled up to over 100,000.
Norway's Oddbjorn Kvame shoved all in for his last 12,000 of so from the button and Dzmitry Urbanovich moved all in over the top from the small blind for right around 60,000. Randal Flowers, who was in the big blind, made the call to put both players at risk.
Urbanovich:
Flowers:
Kvame:
Flowers was ahead, but not after the flop came down . Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Urbanovich won the pot with aces and threes while Kvame hit the rail.
Ole Schemion has chipped up nicely here on Day 2 and is one of the biggest stacks in the room. Schemion is currently located at the feature table, so our access to the wunderkind is limited.
That said, we do know he just busted his good friend Igor Kurganov. We missed the action, but we do know that Kurganov held the on a board reading . Unfortunately for him, his wheel was no good as Schemion held the for a full house.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanesa Selbst graduated with a law degree from Yale and recently she passed the bar so that she can practice law. We spoke to Selbst about her rough studying schedule for the bar exam, and whether or not we can hire her now if we get into trouble.
Losing a player is not normally a painful experience, except when he leaves before you have chance to take all of his chips, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
flop paired Neuville. The 
turn meant Yoshimichi needed a "seven from heaven," but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked on the river.
had some catching up to as Uzun tabled 
. The flop came about as good as they could come for Petrangelo with 
. The 
on the turn ended matters for Uzun, despite the fact he had just hit his straight. The 
on the river was a blank and Uzun left the stage.
flop. Rutzzi check-called 30,000 on the 
, and Carrel said he was all in. That got a snap-fold, and Carrel showed 
. Haxton checked and Cheng bet out 8,000, and both other players called. 
and Haxton, after thinking for a short moment, moved all-in for his last 25 big blinds. Cheng called, whilst Altergott folded.
turn nor 
on a board reading 
for a full house.
