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The second level has seen surges from Sorel Mizzi, Julien Brecard, Matthias de Meulder, and funnyman Brad Garrett to push their stacks towards the front. Perched atop the chip counts is Massimiliano Martinez, though, closing in on 100,000 already. Only about 200 million chips to go.
On the flip side of things, we bid farewell to Steve Billirakis, a cross-dressing Eric Cloutier, Allen Bari, David Steicke, Liz Lieu, and Eric Morris during that level.
It's over now, though, and the players have stepped out for another twenty-minute break.
Bluff Magazine publisher Eric Morris limped in early position and Mark Vos raised to 825 behind him. Action passed to the button and he called and Morris called as well. The flop fell and Morris checked. Vos bet out 1,500, the button folded and Morris called.
The turn came and Morris bet out 4,000. Vos called and the river came another pairing the board. Morris insta-shoved all in for his remaining 13,000 and Vos snap-called, tabling for a full house.
Morris tabled offsuit, furious that Vos called. He left with a trail of expletives, after the other players noted to Morris that he didn't have a straight, wondering how someone who flopped a set and rivered a full house could call his bets.
Karina Jett has just doubled her stack up to almost 9,000 with only seconds to go before the next break.
On a flop that read , the small and big blinds checked to a player in middle position who opened for 350 before Jett raised to 1,000 from next door. Both the blinds folded and the other player called before he checked in the dark on the turn of the .
Jett shoved for last 3,050 into the middle and the opponent called, showing down but was well behind Jett, who had flopped a set with her , which held after blanked out on the river.
Jason Somerville's summer in Las Vegas has come to an end as the second break of the day approaches.
As it was recalled to us, the money was all in on the turn on a board that read ; Somerville had turned a set with his , but his opponent had already flopped a higher set with ! The river was of no help to anyone and with that, it's sayonara Somerville.
Pablo Santos Cobo got off to a quick start today, pushing his stack up over 50,000 by the end of the first level. He has fallen a bit, however, during Level 2, and had seen his stack dip below the starting 30,000 when the following hand took place.
Three players -- the big blind, a middle position player, and Cobo in the cutoff -- had built a small pot prior to the arrival of a flop. It checked to Cobo who bet 1,200, and both opponents called.
The turn was the . It checked to Cobo again who fired 4,000, and this time only the middle position player called.
The river was the . Cobo's opponent checked, and he bet once again, this time 6,000. His opponent tanked for two full minutes before calling, in response to which Cobo slid his cards forward face down. His opponent started to do the same, but was made to turn over his cards -- for a failed flush turned eights and treys. Cobo's hand was turned over as well -- -- reveavling that he'd fired three barrels but from one opponent couldn't force the fold.
With about 10 minutes to go in Level 2, Cobo slips to 17,000.
We've been watching Brad Garrett work his way toward the top of the counts for the last four hours now, and we just caught the tail end of another pot he dragged.
The action we saw happend on the river of a . There was about 10,000 already in the pot when Garrett bet 2,000 there, and his lone opponent check-called that final bet. Garrett turned up for the flopped flush, and it was good enough to drag the pot, pushing his stack all the way up to 66,000.
Garrett was the class clown early in the day, but he's settled down into his seat now, and it looks like he's ready to grind for a while.
On a flop of , the player in the big blind bet 800 and received a call from Victoria Coren on the button. When the appeared on the turn, Coren called another bet of 800 and watched the peel off on the river.
This time the big blind checked, and Coren bet 2,600, but not before saying, "26, my age." The big blind made the call, only to muck when Coren showed for a full house.
It's been a nightmare second stanza for Karina Jett, who's down to just 4,000 in chips as the action continues here in Day 1c of the 2011 WSOP Main Event.
The action folded around to the player in the cutoff who raised to 525 before the flop; the button folded and Jett called from the small blind, as did the big blind, to go three ways into a flop that read . Jett opened for 1,125 and the big blind folded, but the cutoff called before the dealer produced the turn of the .
Jett check-called the cutoff's bet of 1,500, then both players checked down the river of the . Jett tabled , but the cutoff had made top two pair with his to take the pot down.
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and Morris checked. Vos bet out 1,500, the button folded and Morris called.
and Morris bet out 4,000. Vos called and the river came another 
pairing the board. Morris insta-shoved all in for his remaining 13,000 and Vos snap-called, tabling 
offsuit, furious that Vos called. He left with a trail of expletives, after the other players noted to Morris that he didn't have a straight, wondering how someone who flopped a set and rivered a full house could call his bets.
, the small and big blinds checked to a player in middle position who opened for 350 before Jett raised to 1,000 from next door. Both the blinds folded and the other player called before he checked in the dark on the turn of the 
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but was well behind Jett, who had flopped a set with her 
, which held after 
blanked out on the river.
; Somerville had turned a set with his 
! The river 
was of no help to anyone and with that, it's sayonara Somerville.
flop. It checked to Cobo who bet 1,200, and both opponents called.
for the flopped flush, and it was good enough to drag the pot, pushing his stack all the way up to 66,000.
appeared on the turn, Coren called another bet of 800 and watched the 
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, but the cutoff had made top two pair with his 