When we reached Table 48, Ryan Olisar was all in and at risk with against the of Serge Nadjar. The board did not improve Olisar's hand, and he was eliminated.
According to Simon Deadman, Olisar opened from the cutoff, and Nadjar three-bet from the small blind. Olisar four-bet shoved, and Nadjar made the call.
Here is a slew of chip counts from the Orange and Tan Sections in the Amazon room. It appears Jamie Gold has just made a tough fold that cost him some chips.
RealJamieGold Jamie GoldGot into what could have been 50k plus pot w big pair, bet 6 4 2 rainbow flop got reraised commits himself, I folded. Says AA...July 11 2012
RealJamieGold Jamie GoldConfident I avoided getting crippled to under 10k. I'm at 30k. #focusJuly 11 2012
Here is how a few small hands recently played out over in the Red Section of the Brasilia Room.
On John Juanda's table, there was a flop showing and Juanda had check-raised on opponent who bet 4,250. The amount was enough to put this player all in and he went into the tank for over two minutes. Eventually the player said, "Either you have the same hand, or a set," turning over as he folded his hand.
Folded to to the player in the cutoff, they raised it up to 1,500. The player on the button called, along with Laak in the small blind. A flop was turned over and Laak led for 2,000. That bet was enough to see both his opponents fold, sending the small pot to Laak.
When the under the gun plus one opened the pot to 1,325 everyone would fold around to Sam Grafton in the big blind. He made the call and the two players proceeded to play out a hand on a board. Grafton check-called a bet of 1,500 on the flop. Both players checked the turn and Grafton checked the river, before his opponent would tank-bet 4,500. Grafton decided to fold and sent the chips away from his stack.
Antoine Guyetant, Paul Volpe, Tuan Phan, and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom have all added to their starting stacks thus far on Day 2c. Meanwhile, add Noah Schwartz' name to the list of those whose 2012 WSOP Main Event run ended on Day 2.
2006 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold opened for 1,500 from the cutoff seat and found two callers in both players in the blinds.
The flop came and both players checked to Gold, who fired 2,500 into the middle. The player in the small called, but the big folded.
The fell on the turn and Gold's opponent again checked. Continuing with his aggression - Gold fired again for 7,000. His opponent tanked for a bit, but eventually folded and Gold scooped the pot.
Gold has nearly doubled his chips since the beginning of the day - he is up to 48,000.
A player opened with a 3x raise to 1,800 from under the gun, and it folded around to Dan Idema in the big blind who defended with a call. The flop came . Idema checked, his opponent bet 3,200, and Idema called. The turn was the and both players quickly checked.
The river brought the and a quick bet of 7,000 by Idema. His opponent thought for just a beat before calling, and when Idema tabled for two pair, his opponent mucked.
We don't know exactly what happened, but we know Randy Lew managed to get his short stacked opponent all in and at risk holding . Lew's opponent had and needed to avoid some aces and kings to stay alive in this tournament.
The board came and with the king on the flop Lew secured the lead and never let it go. Lew now sits around 90,000 in chips and continues to build his stack despite a tough table draw. Sitting on Lew's direct right is Johnny Chan. Lew seems pretty excited about this as per his tweet earlier.
nanonoko Randy LewMore greatness happening, Johnny Chan receives a gift...it's an orange...and he's smelling it... http://t.co/BNpTsLO1July 11 2012
Another player at Lew's table is Shannon Shorr who has tangled up with Lew a few times already. With plenty of day left and plenty of chips to be had we expect these three to have many battles throughout the day.