From under the gun, Daniel Dvoress raised to 4,500. Talal Shakerchi called from the next seat, Bill Perkins called on the button, and Mike McDonald called from the big blind.
All four players saw the flop come out , and action was checked to Dvoress. He bet 10,000, only Perkins called, and the turn was the . Both Dvoress and Perkins checked fourth street to see the land on the river and complete the board. Dvoress fired 65,000, and Perkins folded.
Action folded to Dani Stern on the button and he raised to 5,000. Anton Astapau pushed back with a three-bet to 17,500 from the big blind, and Stern thought for a bit before four-betting to 35,000. Astapau hit the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call, and then promptly checked the flop.
Stern continued for 25,000, and Astapau wasted little time in folding.
Nick Petrangelo raised under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 11,200 from Noah Schwartz in the cutoff. Action folded back to Petrangelo, who called, and it was heads-up action to the flop. Petrangelo check-called a bet of 12,000, and then both players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Petrangelo checked for a third time and then tank-called after Schwartz bet 36,000. Schwartz tabled the for a rivered full house, and it was good as Petrangelo mucked.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst opened for 4,200 from the hijack only to have a short-stacked Igor Kurganov three-bet all in for 24,100 from the button. Action folded back to Selbst, who made a quick call.
Kurganov:
Selbst:
Kurganov was in big trouble, and the flop left him drawing dead to either running hearts or queens. The turn kept the former possibility alive, and wouldn't you know it, the river completed it. With that, Kurganov cracked kings to double.
Scott Seiver's $100,000 entry in 2012 didn't work despite the player putting in three days of work. After earning the unwanted title of "bubble boy," Seiver was back in the action the following year and looking to reach the money. After Day 1, he trailed only Philipp Gruissem on the leaderboard, and the final number of entries came in at 59.
With a prize pool over $5.724 million, the top eight spots were planned to pay out. First place was over $2 million, and Seiver found his way at the final table once again with the sixth-best stack. Antonio Esfandiari was eliminated as the "bubble boy" to end Day 2, meaning Seiver, and the others, had locked up at least $228,960 in prize money.
The action at the final table came fast and furious. On just the third hand of the day, the prior year's runner-up, Dan Shak, busted in eighth place. He was quickly followed out the door by Vladimir Troyanovskiy in seventh place and Greg Jensen in sixth place during the same level. Gruissem then busted in fifth place for $400,700 a little over an hour later and four players remained. Seiver had busted both Shak and Gruissem.
David "Doc" Sands maintained his chip lead for quite some time before Seiver finally edged him out with four players left. Then, Sands busted Cary Katz in fourth, and it was a neck-and-neck between Seiver and Sands while Nick Schulman, who finished fourth in 2011, brought up the rear. Eventually, Sands took out Schulman and entered heads-up play with the lead.
Sands quickly extended his lead in the match, but Seiver fought back until a big clash in Level 24 with the blinds at 100,000/200,000/30,000 saw Seiver get lucky and double. It was his pocket nines that were all in preflop against the pocket tens of Sands, but Seiver spiked a nine on the flop to take nearly a 6-1 chip lead. Shortly thereafter, Sands was eliminated in second place and earned over $1.25 million.
After Steve O'Dwyer raised to 3,600 from under the gun plus one, Antonio Esfandiari called out of the big blind to see the flop. Both players checked, and the turn was the . Both checked again, and the river was the . Esfandiari bet a small 3,300, and O'Dwyer folded.
Mustapha Kanit opened with a raise to 4,000 from middle position, Bill Perkins reraised to 10,000 on the button, and Kanit called. The flop was , and Kanit checked. Perkins bet 11,000, and Kanit gave it up.
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, and action was checked to Dvoress. He bet 10,000, only Perkins called, and the turn was the 
. Both Dvoress and Perkins checked fourth street to see the 
land on the river and complete the board. Dvoress fired 65,000, and Perkins folded.
flop.
when Daniel Dvoress checked from the cutoff to Talal Shakerchi on the button who bet 25,500, and Dvoress called.
hit and Dvoress checked again after which Shakerchi bet 51,500. Dvoress called right away and mucked when Shakerchi showed 
.
flop. Petrangelo check-called a bet of 12,000, and then both players checked the 
turn.
completed the board on the river, Petrangelo checked for a third time and then tank-called after Schwartz bet 36,000. Schwartz tabled the 
for a rivered full house, and it was good as Petrangelo mucked.
turn kept the former possibility alive, and wouldn't you know it, the 
. Both checked again, and the river was the 
. Esfandiari bet a small 3,300, and O'Dwyer folded.
, and Kanit checked. Perkins bet 11,000, and Kanit gave it up.
