There was a completed board of spread across the table with nearly 18,000 in the middle. Miguel Silva led out with a bet of 12,000 on the river and was called by George Turner on his left.
Scott Stewart, sporting the classic red, white, and blue headband, announced a raise to 38,000 on the button, leaving himself with around 20,000 behind. Silva went deep into the tank for about three minutes before finally making the agonizing fold. Turner gave it some thought as well but folded much quicker.
With both hands in the muck, Stewart flipped up his for a king-high bluff. "Merica!" one of his tablemates shouted as Stewart collected a healthy pot.
Here in the orange section of Bally's, most players who started with 200,000 or more chips have added onto their stack.
One of those players is Day 1C chip leader Patrick Clarke, who started with 397,200 and has since soared to around 555,000 here on Day 2abc.
Caleb Henson is also having a very solid second day, taking his stack to 380,000 after beginning play with 213,000.
However, not everyone has been so fortunate. Barstool Sports' Eric Nathan has been having a forgettable experience in the first four-and-a-half hours of his second day, seeing his starting stack of 201,300 dwindle down to 59,000.
With roughly 15,000 in the middle on a board, Manuel Pochat bet 4,500 in early position, and Asi Moshe raised to 19,500 on the button. Pochat called.
The completed the board and Pochat checked. Moshe bet approximately 24,000, and Pochat called fairly quickly. Moshe appeared to concede the pot, while Pochat revealed and collected the chips.
William Smith, from Texas, three-bet the button to 4,000 and found callers in Michael Rossitto in the small blind, the big blind, and the original raiser.
Four-ways to a flop, the action checked to Smith, who bet 3,000. Rossitto raised to 10,000 and Smith called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the river. Rossitto fired out 15,000 more, Smith called and revealed a flush to take down the pot.
According to the table, Rosalie Petit opened to 2,500 with before calling Ashley Sleeth who shoved for her last 17,000 with for a typical flip situation. The board didn't bring any helped Sleeth who busted the tournament.
After arriving at the table, Donnie Peters was seen all in for his tournament life for 24,800 from the small blind. Anthony Uhlir was in the big blind and already had 5,200 chips committed before calling off the rest.
Donnie Peters:
Anthony Uhlir:
The flop came and Peters was still in the lead with his ace-high. Despite being in a dominating position, Peters got unlucky on the turn card. The on the river was no help to Peters who exited from the Main Event.
Rafael Fernandez raised to 3,700 in early position and John Popa came along in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of and Popa check-called a bet of 7,500.
The hit the turn and Popa checked again before Fernandez splashed a bet of 17,500 across the line. Popa didn't waste much time before making the call.
When the landed on the river, Popa checked for a final time and Fernandez announced all in.
"Beg your pardon?" Popa asked, making sure he heard correctly. "I call."
Fernandez tabled for a full house on the river and Popa stared at it while saying, "You have a full house? So do I," before tabling turning the top full house. The dealer counted out Popa's stack of 77,700 and pulled in the chips from Fernandez.