Scott Blumstein had 5,800 in front of him on the button and called a reraise to 12,300 from the big blind, Mark Swartz. The flop was and Swartz immediately moved in. Blumstein shook his head and peeled his cards one last time before mucking them.
The former Main Event champ has had a less than fruitful run of late after initially running up the 45,000 he started with.
Rick Salomon has been eliminated when he ran with a straight into the full house of Jesse Sylvia. New in the Orange section is NFL star Richard Seymour, who entered before the start of Day 2c.
The player in middle position raised to 2,200 and Steve Drury called from the hijack along with the player in the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of and the big blind checked. The player in middle position bet 3,200 and Drury was the only caller. The completed the board and this time, the player in mid-position checked. Dry fired a bet of 7,000, that was enough to claim the pot.
One player with a rich history of crushing the WSOP Main Event has been moved to Amazon Tan with a pile. Chino Rheem is sitting with around 450,000, and he's in a familiar position as his record in this event is quite strong: a seventh-place finish for a career- best $1.77 million in 2008, as well as three runs into the top 250 in 2005, 2017 and 2018.
Rheem is already up to his usual tricks, talking up his tablemates and walking around to other tables handing out daps and hugs in between pots.
He just played a pot in true Rheem fashion wherein he bet 3,000 from the button on and was called by a player in the small blind. Both players checked the with Rheem saying he "wanted to see what he got called by."
"Seven!" the small blind shouted.
"You called me with a seven?!" Rheem said incredulously. "Seven's good."
A player jammed his last 40,000 in on a board, and John Esposito immediately called.
Opponent:
John Esposito:
Esposito's full house was good for the elimination on a river, and he clapped his hands and said, "Uncle Johnny!" much like he did when he made the final table of this year's $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Aditya Agarwal opened to 2,200 in early position and was called by the player on his left and the big blind. The flop came and the big blind checked to Agarwal who continued for 4,500. The player on his left called and the big blind folded.
The turn brought the and Agarwal put together another bet of 12,000. His opponent thought for a minute but decided to let her hand go, allowing Agarwal to pull in the pot.