Lucia Navarro was down to around 150,000 when she moved all in from the button and John Gravagna called in the big blind.
Lucia Navarro: K?J?
John Gravagna: A?4?
Gravagna spiked two pair on the A?2?4? flop, while Navarro picked up a flush draw on the 6? turn. She paired her king on the K? river, but it wasn't enough to avoid her heading to the payout desk.
Action caught up to an all-in hand between Sridhar Sangannagari in late position and Maritn Zamani in the big blind, with Zamani check-raising all-in over Sangannagari's 100,000 flop bet on 10?A?9? and Sangannagari making the call.
Sridhar Sangannagari: A?7?
Martin Zamani: A?9?
Zamani's two pair would prove hard to overcome, but the K? turn would open the door to some chop outs.
However, the 4? river secured the elimination and sent Sangannagari to the payout desk.
Phil Hellmuth was just moved to a new table that included Martin Zamani and Nitis Udornpim. "Do you have No. 19 made already?" Udornpim joked with the 17-time WSOP bracelet winner about his branded hat.
Unfortunately, Udornpim's time sharing a table with Hellmuth proved short-lived. After Zamani raised in early position, action folded to Udornpim in the cutoff. "I don't know how to play poker so I'm all in," he said, shoving his last 900,000 into the middle. Zamani snap-called.
Nitis Udornpim: A?K?
Martin Zamani: Q?Q?
Udornpim was racing in a pot worth nearly 2,000,000 as the board ran out 4?7?4?5?10?, keeping Zamani's queens in the lead and sending Udornpim to the rail. "Smile," he said to his tablemates as he snapped a picture before heading off to collect his payout.
In a hand relayed to PokerNews by Nitis Udornpim, Eli Elezra raised to 36,000 from the button and Udornpim moved all-in from the big blind for 300,000, with Elezra making the call.
Eli Elezra: QxQx
Nitis Udornpim: 10?9?
The 10x8x6x flop put Elezra's queens in jeopardy but they would hold the lead on the 4x turn.
However, the 7x river completed the straight for Udornpim and secured the $2,021 bounty, sending Elezra to the rail.
This leaves Phil Hellmuth as the sole remaining bounty left in the field.
Kayla Voogd was on an extreme short stack in the hijack and moved all in before Ren Lin called in the cutoff. Stephen Buell then shoved for 233,000 in the small blind and Lin called to create a three-way all-in pot.
Kayla Voogd: A?6?
Stephen Buell: Q?Q?
Ren Lin: 8?8?
The board ran out K?10?10?3?4? and Buell's queens stayed in the lead to earn him a double up off Lin, while Voogd was left waiting to collect her payout.
Action caught up on the turn in a hand between Marin Zamani in early position and Hall of Famer Eli Elezra in middle position, with Elezra calling a bet of 70,000 on a board reading K?9?3?7?.
The river brought a second seven in the form of the 7? and an unusual request from Zamani.
"Can I just fold?" Asked Zamani to a table of laughs.
"Wait, why can't he fold?" Replied Elezra.
Zamani would check-fold to a bet of 20,000 from Elezra and Zamani's question, perhaps not serious in the moment, was clarified by a floor call that yes, you can open fold in that situation.
After losing most of his start-of-day stack in the previous hand where his pocket deuces got counterfeited on a double-paired board, David Lappin was all in for 18,000 from under the gun. Christian Harder called him in the small blind.
David Lappin: 9?6?
Christian Harder: 2?2?
Lappin flopped the world by making a boat on the board of 9?6?6?8?10? to secure a triple-up, but The Chip Race podcast host was soon back in the wars, as Harder moved all in from the button for 77,000 and was under called by Lappin for 43,000 in the big blind.
David Lappin: A?3?
Christian Harder: K?8?
Lappin was in good shape after the flop of A?Q?10? with top pair, but Harder went runner-runner after the 5?4? was dealt to make him a flush and send the Irishman to the rail.
Day 2 of Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em gets underway at 12 p.m. local time in the Silver section of the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
From a record-shattering field of 1,417 players, 150 are returning to battle it out for their share of the $2,465,590 prize pool and the $402,054 first-place prize.
The bubble broke late into the evening with the top 213 players taking home at least $3,135.
Leading the all-star field is Martin Zamani, who bagged up 1,258,000, good for 126 big blinds. Zamani was able to score a bounty worth $2,006 late in the day in a multi-way all-in by catching running diamonds to eliminate Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter.
Turkey’s Osman Ihlamur bagged the second-biggest stack with 897,000 and rounding out the top three is Roman Hrabec, who will cross a million dollars in WSOP cashes if he can pull off the win.
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blind
1
Martin Zamani
United States
1,258,000
126
2
Osman Ihlamur
Turkiye
897,000
90
3
Roman Hrabec
Czechia
772,000
77
4
Xiaowen Zhao
China
751,000
75
5
Jason James
Canada
715,000
72
6
Valentyn Shabelnyk
Ukraine
686,000
69
7
Marc Moukarzel
France
612,000
61
8
Anthony Hu
United States
580,000
58
9
Kevin Calenzo
United States
579,000
58
10
Wayne Harmon
United States
565,000
57
There are still two bounties left in the field, Phil Hellmuth finished with 281,000 and offers up a bounty worth $2,007, and Eli Elezra bagged 254,000 and carries one of the most valuable bounties worth $2,021.
Phil Hellmuth
A total of 14 Hall of Famers took their seats on Day 1, from the likes of Jack McClelland and Berry Johnston to Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein, and fan favorite, Johnny Chan.
Johnny Chan HOF
Quite a few notables still grace the field, including 2014 Main Event champ Martin Jacobson, bracelet winner and high stakes crusher Danny Tang, and five-time bracelet winner Daniel Alaei.
Returning players are guaranteed a payout of $3,429 and will play 40-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. Day 2 blinds will start at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante and players will play until a winner is crowned.
As always, keep it right here as PokerNews brings you continued live coverage of this and other bracelet events.
