Thomas Bo Markussen has nearly doubled his chip stack after starting the day with 133,000.
With about 10,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Markussen was in the cutoff and found himself facing two all-ins, having both players covered. He snap-called both the small blind and the player under the gun and quickly tabled for a set of sixes.
The small blind tabled for ace-high, and the under-the-gun player showed for a pair of tens.
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Markussen quads and the double knockout.
Jacques Der opened for 2,300 from the cutoff and big blind Ryan Riess called. The flop came and Riess pushed for 9,600. Der called instantly.
Jacques Der:
Ryan Riess:
The World Series of Poker champion would not hit his flush, but the on the turn in combination with the on the river turned out to be just as effective.
Eugene Katchalov made it 2,000 from the cut-off and got a call from Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody on the button. However, Brazilian professional Upeshka De Silva raised to 6,400 in the small blind, and when Katchalov folded, Cody moved all-in for around 20,000 chips. De Silva called it off.
Jake Cody:
Upeshka De Silva:
The flop of saw Cody already on his feet, and after the turn of and river landed, he was on his way out of the door. De Silva has gotten off to the best start possible by eliminating one of the most decorated and dangerous players at his table.
With about 5,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Lexy Gavin led out for 3,000 from the big blind.
Action was back on Team PokerStars Pro, Vanessa Selbst, who gave her opponent a stare down before deciding to call.
The river was the . Gavin took a look at the board for a moment and opted to check.
Selbst reached into her stack and bet 5,700. Gavin thought about it and as she went to grab chips, Selbst had a surprised look on her face. Gavin clearly caught this and hesitated before tossing the chips in anyway.
Selbst tabled , and Gavin showed . The paired board on the river gave Selbst the opportunity to chop with Gavin, sending some chips back to both of the ladies.
Keven Stammen was down to 16,700 and shoved all in from the cutoff. The player in the small blind called with and was up against Stammen's . The board ran out and Stammen was headed for the exit.
Brazil's Rafael Da Silva Moraes put in a raise from the cutoff and the player in the small blind called. Nick Palma came along from the big and three players took a flop of .
Two checks saw Moraes continue for 3,200, and only Palma called to see the turn. Palma checked, Moraes bet 6,700, and Palma check-raised all in for 19,200.
Moraes, who didn't have much more than that, snap-called with the , which was ahead of Palma's . The river failed to save Palma, and he became one of the early Day 2 casualties. Meanwhile, Moraes chipped up to 40,000 after the hand.
William Kassouf (pictured during what he called "a terrible day" on Day 1b) came into Day 2 of the PokerStars Championship Bahamas Main Event with "ten big blinds and a dream", but that dream is all over after he was eliminated in the first hand he played here in the Bahamas.
Kassouf moved all-in from the hijack position for his remaining 9,500 chips after passing a couple of hands, and he was called in the cut-off by Stefan Peukert, who, once the other players had folded, turned over .
"How can you have a pair there?" asked Kassouf, declaring "eight-high like a boss!" and turning over . He needed a lot of help, but didn't get a thing across the board of . Kassouf wished his brief Day 2 opponents the best of luck and slipped away.
The eliminations will be flying for the first level or two here as players battle to build a stack to take through the money bubble, and our first player to leave the room after sitting down was the unfortunate Jan Rusnak.
The Slovakian was all-in over the top for around 15 big blinds after Fabio Sousa opened in late position, but while Rusnak turned over , Sousa flipped and had a stong hold on the hand.
"That's a good start." Rusnak said with wry sarcasm.
The board of saw him depart, and with his opponent vanquished, Sousa was happy to accept congratulations uppon his early fortune from his tablemates.
"I'll take it." said Sousa with a grin. He's up to round 27,000 chips, more than double what he started with.
, Markussen was in the cutoff and found himself facing two all-ins, having both players covered. He snap-called both the small blind and the player under the gun and quickly tabled 
for a set of sixes. 
for ace-high, and the under-the-gun player showed 
for a pair of tens.
and the river was the 
, giving Markussen quads and the double knockout.
and Riess pushed for 9,600. Der called instantly.
on the turn in combination with the 
on the river turned out to be just as effective.
and river 
landed, he was on his way out of the door. De Silva has gotten off to the best start possible by eliminating one of the most decorated and dangerous players at his table.
, Lexy Gavin led out for 3,000 from the big blind. 
. Gavin took a look at the board for a moment and opted to check.
, and Gavin showed 
. The paired board on the river gave Selbst the opportunity to chop with Gavin, sending some chips back to both of the ladies.
. The board ran out 
. 
turn. Palma checked, Moraes bet 6,700, and Palma check-raised all in for 19,200. 
river failed to save Palma, and he became one of the early Day 2 casualties. Meanwhile, Moraes chipped up to 40,000 after the hand.
flop paired both the shorties, but Hancock was best thanks to his kicker. Unfortunately for him, the dealer burned and turned the 
. 
saw him depart, and with his opponent vanquished, Sousa was happy to accept congratulations uppon his early fortune from his tablemates.