Fresh off a final table at the Wynn Poker Classic, Triple Crown pro Chris Moorman is riding the Main Event Day 2 roller coaster and wondering if he should have gotten away from a few specific hands.
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Chris Hunichen bet 9,500 on the turn with about 11,000 in the middle. He was met with a raise to 22,000 by Masoud Jafari and went into the tank.
"Will you show me if I show you," asked Hunichen.
Jafari shook his head and Hunichen folded face up.
" I made a bad fold," asked Hunichen?
"Lucky," said Jafari. "Flush draw."
"You couldn't have had a flush draw," said Hunichen. "You would have to be suicidal to bluff me, I don't think you're suicidal."
"I told you," said Jafari. "Flush draw."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Masoud Jafari |
90,400
-7,300
|
-7,300 |
Chris Hunichen |
61,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
Jorge Hou open-jammed for 10,700 from early position and Soo Jo Kim called from the cutoff before Tony Bracy squeezed for his last 29,000.
Kim hesitated before tossing his chips in for the call and all three players tabled their hands.
Jorge Hou:
Tony Bracy:
Soo Jo Kim:
Kim didn't like seeing that he was dominated by both opponents holding the same hand but the runout gave him the nut flush and he scored the double elimination.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Soo Jo Kim |
249,600
153,200
|
153,200 |
Tony Bracy | Busted | |
Jorge Hou | Busted |
Darren Elias was all in for around 30,000 and up against Justin Galifi.
Darren Elias:
Justin Galifi:
The board ran out and Elias made a flush, but Galifi's king-high flush was best to send Elias to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Galifi
|
145,000
49,200
|
49,200 |
Darren Elias | Busted | |
Dennis Wilke moved all-in on a board of and was snap-called by Amon Randall.
The hands were tabled and it was the held by Wilke that needed help against the for a flopped full house held by Randall.
The river card was the and completed the extremely rare royal flush for Wilke, which eliminated an understandably stunned Randall from the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dennis Wilke |
220,000
55,600
|
55,600 |
Amon Randall
|
Busted |
After a couple limps and then a couple raises preflop, Steven Kelly and an opponent saw a flop of and there was a bet and a call.
The came on the turn. The rest of Kelly's chips went into the pot and he was at risk against his opponent.
Steven Kelly:
Opponent:
Kelly had flopped a set but was behind the nut flush of his opponent. He was looking for the board to pair and the spiked the river to give him quads as the case five completed the board and kept him alive with a healthy stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steven Kelly |
160,000
99,300
|
99,300 |
|
Vanessa Kade was in the big blind and threw out two green 25,000 chips, announcing herself all in on the river with showing. Jorge Ribeiro on the button went into the tank for several minutes before the clock was called.
Just as the tournament floor was about to reach zero, Ribeiro put in the chips to call. Kade turned over for seven high, while Ribeiro had . The stacks were counted down and Ribeiro's remaining 86,000 had Kade covered as she made her exit.
Richard Seymour, three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots and 131st-place finisher in the 2019 Main Event, just registered for the tournament and took his seat at this table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jorge Ribeiro |
195,000
80,200
|
80,200 |
Richard Seymour |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Vanessa Kade | Busted |
Nine-time Circuit ring winner Daniel Lowery was just seen raking in a pot while Kane Churko was standing up and taking his belonging's.
The board read and Churko held a made hand of but Lowery held the nuts to collect Churko's 60,000 stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Lowery |
235,400
76,500
|
76,500 |
Kane Churko
|
Busted | |
Peter Schranz
|
Busted | |
Juan Marcos Lopez
|
Busted |
Picking up the action on the turn with the board showing , Sam Greenwood bet 6,300 from middle position and Abbas Moradi raised enough to put Greenwood all in. Greenwood called for around 20,000 with for trip tens, but Moradi had him beat with .
The river came the and Greenwood was eliminated a few minutes into Day 2cef.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Abbas Moradi |
115,000
28,100
|
28,100 |
Sam Greenwood | Busted | |
|
Dan Heimiller had moved all-in preflop and was called by one opponent.
The hands were tabled and it was the held by Heimiller versus the held by his opponent.
The dealer spread the flop of and Heimiller remained in the lead with his pocket nines.
The turn card was the and changed nothing.
The river card sealed the deal for Heimiller with his pair of nines and he secured an early double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Heimiller |
26,000
14,400
|
14,400 |
|