Drazen Ilich bet 88,100 on a flop of heads-up against Liv Boeree. Ilich was in the big blind, and Boeree called from the cutoff. On the turn, Ilich put his opponent all in for her last 15,250 and she quickly folded.
Level 7 of Day 2a/b of the 2014 World Series of Poker is officially in the books! It's been four hours of play today here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the remaining players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.
At the start of Level 7, PokerNews' own Chad Holloway caught up with the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion to check in on how his day kicked off. The PokerNews Impromptu can be listened to here.
As the level wore on, poker professional, commentator and Hall of Fame member Mike Sexton saw his tournament come to an end. Sexton flopped top pair and got it in against an opponent's bottom two pair. The WSOP bracelet winner failed to improve and he was sent to the rail.
Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow was also denied another piece of jewelry today, as he was eliminated from play roughly halfway through the level by the hands of Scott Waltenburg. Other players eliminated during this level include Jessica Dawley, Jeff Rossiter, and 2013 November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis.
While Brummelhuis has fallen, his fellow November Niner, Jay Farber, is having a successful day and looking for a repeat deep run. Start-of-day chip leader Martin Jacobson still sits atop the counts and PokerNews caught up to follow him for one orbit around the table late in Level 7. Other big stacks include Ryan Buckholtz, Joe DeGeorge, Samuel Moore and Ajaykumar Karanam.
During the break, be sure to check out our latest video interview with Marvin Rettenmaier, who is still alive and thriving here on Day 2a/b.
Prior to the break, Sheddy Siddiqui opened to 1,500 from under the gun, three-time WSOP bracelet winner Pete "The Greek" Vilandos three-bet to 4,500 out of the small blind, and Siddiqui four-bet to 10,500. Vilandos moved all in for 28,000, and Siddiqui snap-called.
Siddiqui:
Vilandos:
The aces held as the board rolled out , and Vilandos hit the rail.
PokerNews caught up with Jim McManus, author of the poker classic Positively Fifth Street, on the second break of Day 2a. McManus talks about grinding the short-stack, the possibility of a new book, and his thoughts on the Daniel Colman One Drop fiasco.
It was folded to Ryan Riess in the cutoff and he opened to 1,700. The player in the big blind was the only one to look him up. The flop came and the player in the big blind checked to Riess who bet 1,700 and was called. Both players would check the turn.
The river was the and Riess's opponent threw out two T1,000 chips for a bet of 2,000. Riess quickly called.
"One pair," said Reiss' opponent, not wanting to reveal his hand. The 2013 Main Event winner waited and eventually was shown . Reiss turned over for a pair of jacks to take down the pot. Riess started the day with 70,225 in chips and has been taking a slow and steady approach today, avoiding the big pots and picking up the small ones.
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger and an opponent checked to a third player, who tossed out 2,400 on a flop of . Only Lichtenberger called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Lichtenberger immediately bet 4,000, the player called, and Lichtenberger revealed for a pair of jacks.
His opponent checked his cards one last time, then tossed them into the muck.
Ole Schemion opened for 1,600 and got two callers in Oliver Greer and big blind Steven Goldberg. They saw a flop of and checked it round. The turn was the and Schemion bet 3,100. Just Greer made the call and they went to the river card .
Schemion bet 6,600 and was quickly called but when he announced “Queen.” and turned over his opponent said, “You’re good.”
Schemion’s constant involvement in pots had paid off again when he does actually make a hand.