Tony Gregg raised to 7,000 on the button, and Joe Kuether went all in for 64,500 in the small blind. The big blind folded, and Gregg called, putting Kuether at risk.
Gregg:
Kuether:
The flop was , and Gregg was still ahead. The turn gave Kuether a pair of jacks to take the lead, and the river was insignificant. Kuether doubled through, and Gregg took a hit to his stack.
Phil Hellmuth raised to 6,600 in middle position, Albert Daher called on the button, and the big blind came along.
The flop was , and the big blind checked. Hellmuth checked too, and Daher bet 13,500. The big blind folded, and Hellmuth called.
The turn was the , and Hellmuth led out for 16,000. Daher raised to 45,000, and Hellmuth called. On the river, Hellmuth checked, and Daher moved all in with Hellmuth covered.
Hellmuth stood up and set into a rant. "You're just sitting there, just waiting to give your chips to me... Wow. King-queen of clubs just drawing dead... I'm the best player in the world... People just love to give their chips to me in these things."
"Maybe the river was a bad one for me," Daher said after the hand.
Hellmuth responded, "Maybe. I wasn't folding any non-club."
Hellmuth had around 67,000 after the hand, and a little while later, he was seen exiting the tournament area.
Welcome back to Day 2 of Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship. This event always brings out some of the toughest competition around and Wednesday was able to prove that by drawing 332 runners with big names like Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier and Doug Polk not even making it through Day 1.
Leading the way after Day 1 is Grayson Ramage. Ramage has already cashed once this series, not surprisingly in Event #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed. There he finished in 109th place collecting $4,594. Ramage only has one World Series of Poker final table under his belt, where he finished ninth in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout event in 2015, but perhaps he will be able to carry this chip lead to a second final table or even his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Ramage starts the day with a commanding lead over the field after finishing last night with 527,700 chips.
Of course, all the players are also vying for the $775,923 first-place prize. Fifty of the remaining 129 players will make it to the money, where a min-cash will be worth $15,091. Some of the big names trying to chase Ramage and squeeze into the money include Cliff Josephy (330,300), Rainer Kempe (254,400), Matt Berkey (253,000), Mohsin Charania (246,900) and Kristen Bicknell (239,400).
Day 2 is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. PDT and PokerNews will be here with updates from throughout the day, so stay tuned.