The flop was and two players checked to Steve Billirakis. Billirakis bet 2,800 and one player called. The turn was the and both Billirakis and his opponent checked. The river was the and the player bet 3,000 into Billirakis.
After some thought, Billirakis made it 28,500. The player called and mucked his hand when Billirakis showed .
We approach the table and the flop was already revealed as . Robert Lederer was heads up, and committed the last of his chips at this point, a total of 20,000.
His opponent called with . Lederer, however, had . The turn came and river to enable Lederer up to 75,000.
After Alex Outhred's opponent raise to 2,000 preflop, Outhred asked him if he had a big pair and reraised to 18,500, enough to put his opponent all in. It turned out his opponent did have a big pair - the biggest pair of all, . He called the raise in a shot to find out he was up against Outhred's , but his edge didn't hold up when the board ran out .
Afterwards, the other players at the table chided Outhred for his play. Outhred responded, tongue firmly planted in cheek, that he gave his opponent every opportunity to fold.
For anyone that hasn't ever played an event at the World Series of Poker, one thing that one will notice is how chilly it can get in the Amazon Room. Right now you can see many players wearing jackets, hoodies, skull caps, and even mittens. Jennifer Harman right now is wearing both a hooded sweater and a jacket.
To put this in perspective, the temperature outside of the Rio is 109 at the moment.
The next time you see someone on tv wearing a hoodie at a tv table, remember that the person may not be trying to look cool. They may be trying to stay warm.
We caught up with Catherine Calhoun on a flop of . One of her opponents, the small blind, bet 2,500 before Calhoun raised all in from the big blind for 8,900. A player behind her reraised all in for over 60,000, bringing the action back to the small blind. He tanked for a while before eventually folding, allowing Calhoun and the all-in raiser to open their hands.
Calhoun:
Opponent:
Calhoun was in serious trouble against her opponent's top pair and flush draw combination, but managed to hit one of her clean outs when the turn came . The river was a safe to allow Calhoun to double up to about 35,000.
Eliminations have been coming fast and furious today, as we have already lost nearly 900 players from our Day 2b field. With the most recent string of bust-outs, we are down under 1,500 players left in the room. That means that our total field left in the Main Event now stands under 2,000 players. It will be interesting to see how play progresses as the entrants begin to turn an eye towards an in-the-money finish over the next day or so.
Kurt Gronbech raised to 2,100 from the cutoff and Jena Delk called from the big blind. The flop was . Delk led out for 3,000 and Gronbech called. The turn was the . Delk bet another 4,600, Gronbech raised to 15,600 and Delk called. The river was the . Delk checked, Gronbech bet 15,000 and Delk called.
"Flush" said Delk, rolling over . Gronbech mucked.
After the hand, Delk was up to 70,000 while Gronbech fell to 25,000.