We caught the heads-up action after a flop of and Daniel Swartz checked to Iverson Cotton Snuffer, who bet 23,000. Swartz made the call and the fell on the turn. Swartz check-raised to 75,000 after a bet of 35,000 and Snuffer made the call. The came on the river and both players checked.
Swartz tabled for the turned straight and Snuffer's was no good.
We picked up the action with the board reading and Nick Jivkov checked to Stephen Siska, who bet 14,500. David Berman called and Jivkov moved all in for 48,500 total. Siska thought for a moment and then made the call. Berman folded and Jivkov tabled for top pair.
He was drawing dead though, as Siska turned over for the turned set. Jivkov hit the rail just short of a payout.
We caught the tail end of an all-in situation between Ross Gottlieb and Jason Lee, where Lee had gotten it all in after flopping a set of jacks. Gottlieb called with queens but couldn't catch up.
Danny Warchol is cruising early on Day 2, having just eliminated Matthew Riebel after Riebel moved all in after a flop of . Warchol made the call with and Riebel couldn't find any help for his pocket nines.
Danny Warchol raised to 10,000 from early position and Trent Baker made the call from middle position. The flop came and Warchol continued for 10,000. Baker threw out a raise to 22,000 and Warchol thought for a moment before sliding out a raise to 46,000.
Ross Gottlieb recently eliminated an opponent where his pocket queens defeated ace-queen for a 300k pot. Gottlieb, an actual Doctor of Veterinary Medicine* took umbrage with our previous use of quotes when referring to him as doctor. With our apologies, Ross will be shown the utmost respect going forward.