William John, our chip leader entering the day, had taken a hit to his stack since we last checked in during Level 6. When we arrived at John's table moments ago, he was sitting behind around 160,000, nearly 100,000 short of his stack at the start of Day 2.
However, John added some chips by eliminating Gabriel Thaler. With around 35,000 in the pot and the board reading , John announced he was all in, and Thaler was at risk for the 28,000 chips he had left. Thaler took more than two minutes contemplating a decision, even apologizing to his tablemates.
"Why am I taking so long? It's not like it wasn't obvious you were moving in on the river," Thaler uttered to himself.
After a few minutes, Thaler opted to make the call and watched John table for two pair.
"Wow. That wins." Thaler quietly stood up from his table and exited the Amazon Room. Meanwhile, John is working back toward his stack of 266,700 when the day started.
We didn't catch the betting action, but we do know former November Niner Filippo Candio was all in preflop with and in great shape to double against the of Andrew Akash.
The ESPN cameras were on hand to catch the board as it ran out a fairly uneventful , giving Candio the double. Not surprisingly, Candio was up out of his seat and celebrated a bit, albeit a bit more subdued than you may have seen on TV back in 2010.
Nick Davies raised to 1,500 from early position and received calls from Jeremy Ausmus and Ryan Leng in hijack and cutoff respectively. The small blind also came along for the ride, and it was four-way action to the flop.
After the small blind checked, Davies bet 2,800, Ausmus and Leng both called, and the small blind folded, bringing about the turn. This time Davies decided to slow down with a check, which prompted Ausmus to fire out 7,000. Leng folded, and after a few moment's worth of thought, Davies did the same.
Daniel Lowery was in hand against Jimmy Dowda and Raymond Coburn. The flop came and all three players checked. The turn came , Lowery checked, Dowda checked and Coburn bet 5,000.
Lowery check-raised to 12,500, Dowda folded and Coburn moved all in. Coburn has a toy donkey on the table and the donkey came forward when he pushed all his chips in the middle.
Lowery thought for a moment and asked, "Does the donkey go in the pot too?"
"No, the donkey has to stay with the donkey," Coburn replied point at himself.
WSOPRGUY Seth PalanskyThe 1st through 33rd @WSOP Main Event (1970-2002) had a total of 5970 entrants. The 43rd Main Event alone had 6,598. #wowJuly 10 2012
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Just 30 minutes ago, Vanessa Selbst was poised to crack the 200k mark, with 198,000 in chips. However, we just caught her losing the last of a string of pots that has her back down to 130,000.
We caught up with the action on the turn, with the board reading . It was checked to Selbst, who fired out 2,500. David Weinstein then check raised it to 5,250, and Selbst made the call. The river was the , and Weinstein led out for 8,000. Selbst thought for about 45 seconds, checked how much she had in her stack, before ultimately folding her hand, giving the pot to Weinstein.
Well, we discovered where William John's chips have gone today. Mark Demirdjian, who began the day with 127,125 chips, is now our unofficial leader with around 370,000. He just scooped another big pot away from John, whose stack has shriveled down to 60,000.
A player in early position raised to 1,300 and action folded around to Daniel Negreanu in the hijack position. Negreanu three-bet to 3,800. The table then folded its way back to the initial raiser who made the call.
The flop came and the early position player checked to start things out. Negreanu wasted no time and placed a bet of 5,700. The early position player then raised to 16,000. Negreanu asked to see the man's stack of chips and threw out a tower of orange t5,000 chips to put the man all in. Negreanu's opponent quickly called and was all in for around 17,000 more.
Negreanu:
Opponent:
Negreanu held top pair top kicker, but his opponent had bottom set of fives for the best of it. The turn came the securing the double up for Negreanu's opponent. A meaningless rolled off the deck for the river and Negreanu now sits right around 100,000.
Eric Siegel and Chau Giang have both been eliminated. Giang went out after shoving and getting called by a player holding the . The board ran out .
Abe Mosseri shoved the river on a board with pocket jacks, but his opponent immediately snapped him off with for the nut straight. Mosseri lost a little over 40,000 on that hand and sits with 94,000 in chips.
Tim Killday is in the mix and up to 68,000 or so in chips. Not only does Killday have a killer last name, but he also came second in the World Series of Poker Circuit St. Louis Main Event for nearly $120,000.
After a player in middle position raised, Oscar Kemps raised all in for 13,775. His opponent tank-folded the and Kemps claimed to have a pair.
, John announced he was all in, and Thaler was at risk for the 28,000 chips he had left. Thaler took more than two minutes contemplating a decision, even apologizing to his tablemates.
for two pair.
and in great shape to double against the 
of Andrew Akash.
, giving Candio the double. Not surprisingly, Candio was up out of his seat and celebrated a bit, albeit a bit more subdued than you may have seen on TV back in 2010.
turn. This time Davies decided to slow down with a check, which prompted Ausmus to fire out 7,000. Leng folded, and after a few moment's worth of thought, Davies did the same.
and all three players checked. The turn came 
. It was checked to Selbst, who fired out 2,500. David Weinstein then check raised it to 5,250, and Selbst made the call. The river was the 
securing the double up for Negreanu's opponent. A meaningless 
and getting called by a player holding the 
.
board with pocket jacks, but his opponent immediately snapped him off with 
for the nut straight. Mosseri lost a little over 40,000 on that hand and sits with 94,000 in chips.
