We caught the action after a flop of . Marvin Rettenmaier bet 32,000 and his opponent called. The fell on the turn and Rettenmaier slid out a bet of 86,000. Rettenmaier's opponent folded and Rettenmaier has built a decent stack.
Kurt MacDonald has crashed out of the Monster Stack after being tricked by a player slowplaying his pocket kings preflop. Here's how the hand went down:
Clement Giraudopourchot was first to act in early position and the Frenchman raised to 24,000. The action then passed around to Jason Wheeler on the button and he called as did Paul Finco in the big blind.
On the flop, Finco checked, Giraudopourchot bet 36,000 and only Finco called. Finco then checked on the turn only to see Giraudopourchot push out a tower of chips worth 50,000. This was too much for Finco to pay and he gave up on the hand.
Salvatore Bianco was one of three players all in preflop and he had the best of it with pocket aces. His two opponents tabled pocket nines and pocket queens respectively.
The board ran out and the end-of-day-two chip leader is now up over the million mark.
Michelle Bennett set her opponent all-in on an flop and was instantly called. Bennett turned the onto their backs and needed some help from the board as he opponent showed .
The on the turn and on the river were of no help to Bennett and she handed over 184,000 of her stack.
WSOP bracelet winner Sean Drake just eliminated Marvin Rettenmaier to take the chip lead for the time being and filled us in on some of the details.
Drake raised to 26,000 in middle position and Marvin Rettenmaier called from the big blind.
The flop fell and Rettenmaier checked to Drake who continued for 32,000. Rettenmaier check-raised to about 71,000, Drake reraised to 167,000 and Rettenmaier went into the tank for a while before he reraised all in for about 540,000. Drake called.
Drake:
Rettenmaier:
The turn and river were no help to Rettenmaier, locking up the sizable pot for Drake.