Action folded around to the blinds, where Phil Ivey raised to 3,000 from the small blind and Ankit Ahuja three-bet to 10,500 from the big blind.
Ivey stuck in enough chips to put Ahuja all in for approximately 100,000 total and Ahuja called to put himself at risk.
Ankit Ahuja: J♠J♣
Phil Ivey: A♠A♥
Ahuja found himself in a bit of a cooler in the blind-versus-blind confrontation, and the K♣8♣Q♠4♦8♥ runout bricked out for Ahuja to send his chips Ivey's way.
David Marshall raised to 1,800 in middle position before Luis Rodas moved all in for around 25,000 in the cutoff. Marshall quickly called once action folded back to him.
Luis Rodas: J♥J♣
David Marshall: A♠K♠
Rodas needed to win the coin flip to stay alive, but the 9♠8♣K♥ flop gave Marshall top pair and the lead. The rest of the board ran out 7♥3♠ to end Rodas' Main Event.
After the hand, Rodas handed table neighbor Tom Dwan, who had only just taken his seat at this table, a miniature waving cat figurine as a parting gift.
Around 35,000 was already in the pot as Philip Boyd and an opponent saw the turn on a board of 3♠3♦5♣2♦.
Boyd's opponent bet 13,000 from the cutoff before Boyd raised to 50,000 in middle position. The cutoff quickly called for his last 38,200 with 10♥10♦, but Boyd had 5♥5♠ for a flopped full house.
The river was the 9♦ and Boyd took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.
Aram Zobian raised the button and Patrick Liang called in the big blind. On the 10♥6♣3♥ flop, Liang check-called for 3,400 and did so again for 10,000 on the 7♣ turn.
The A♥ fell on the river and Liang checked again. Zobian bet 19,500 and Liang called for Zobian to declare a straight.
"Flush," Liang replied and tabled the 6♥2♥ to win the pot.
David Whitehouce was in the small blind and had a raise of 6,000 in front of him before Rafael Reis reraised to 14,000 in the cutoff. Whitehouce then moved all in and Reis snap-called for 50,700.
Rafael Reis: A♥A♣
David Whitehouce: K♥K♠
Whitehouce barely had Harel covered and didn't catch any miracles on the J♦5♣7♦7♥3♦ as Reis doubled up, dropping Whitehouce to a short stack early on Day 2.
After a recording breaking turnout for a single flight in the Main Event with 5,014 entries for Day 1d, a star-studded field returns to Horseshoe and Paris, with Scott Stewart (370,200) leading the way in Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship..
Chasing Stewart on the leaderboard after his great start on Day 1d David Miller in second (332,200) and Jeff Beckley (312,000) in third.
Top Ten Chip Counts Heading Into Day 2d
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Scott Stewart
United States
370,200
463
2
David Miller
United States
332,200
415
3
Jeff Beckley
United States
312,000
390
4
Victor Fryda
France
310,000
388
5
Michael Danley
United States
295,000
369
6
Ruslan Nazarenko
United Kingdom
282,800
354
7
Jayphong Nguyen
United States
280,700
351
8
Endrit Geci
United States
267,500
334
9
Dau Ly
United States
261,500
327
10
Mark Evangelista
United States
259,300
324
With over 9,493 players registered after Day 2abc, the field is just 550 players shy of the all time attendance record set in 2023. With late registration open for the first two levels, it will be a story to watch to see if this field can surpass the record set just one year ago.
There are some big names returning for Day 2d including six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brian Hastings (252,100) who comes into the day in 14th place. Also coming back for Day 2d are Phil Ivey (162,500), Kristen Foxen (122,200), Alex Foxen (83,000), Joe McKeehen (121,300) and defending champion Daniel Weinman (55,600)
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Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time on July 8. Players will play five 120-minute levels starting at Level 6 with 400/800/800 blinds. There will be a 20-minute break after every level, and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (about 6:40 p.m.).
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