Juego con responsabilidad.
We noticed the seat formerly occupied by Jason Mercier was vacated, and a quick check with Ed Brogdan confirmed that the South Florida native had been eliminated.
As Brogdan told it, Mercier got his last 9,500 or so all in preflop holding 
against an opponent's 
. The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Mercier.
Amanda Baker has busted from the tournament and won't be adding to her two 2014 World Series of Poker cashes today.
Gnatenko Oleksander was first to act from his seat on the button and he raised to 2,400. The small blind ducked out of the way, but Aaron Jones defended his big blind.
Jones check-called a 2,600 continuation bet on a 
flop, then led out for 6,000 when the 
was placed on the turn. Oleksander quickly released his hand and Jones won the pot.
We caught the action as Will Failla (cutoff) had called a raise of what looked like 25,000 from Jean-Pascal Savard in the big blind.
Despite the huge pot created preflop, the action postflop was not as exciting as both players checked down the 
board. Savard bet 20,000 on the arrival of the 
river and Failla quickly folded.
"Nice river," said Failla, but Savard refused to confirm or deny if the river had helped him and he mucked his hand.
A short while later, Failla claimed to have "had the board beaten until the river" and later still that he held pocket queens.
Barry Hutter began the day as the chip leader, and while others have closed the gap and even surpassed him, he shown no signs of slowing down.
In a recent hand, a player got his stack of 30,000 or so all in preflop holding the 
and was up against Hutter's 
. The 
flop kept Hutter in the lead, and the 
turn actually locked him up the hand with a full house. The 
was put out on the river for good measure, and Hutter stacked the pot while continuing to receive a massage.
Alex Queen had raised to 2,500 from middle position and Alan Snow and Matthew Haugen both called in the next two seats along. The UK's Sunny Chattha was next to act in the cutoff and he announced that he was all-in.
It was a play that worked for Chattha because his three opponents folded in turn, leaving him to add to his stack.
Action exploded between Richard Kirsch and Joe Serock on a 
that resulted in the latter getting his stack of 35,000 or so all in. Kirsch had snap-called.
Serock:
Kirsch: 
Serock was up out of his chair even before seeing his opponent's cards, but as the cards sat Serock had the best hand. However, Kirsch had a flush draw to go with his aces. The 
turn improved both players to trips, but Serock's kicker had him out in front. That is when the dealer burned one last time and put out the 
.
Kirsch spiked his flush to knock out Serock, who was gracious enough to slide his chips over to the victor.
Nick Rampone checked from the big blind on a 
flop and Rep Porter was next to act from his under the gun seat. Porter bet 4,600 and Richard Woodhall folded.
Jamie Armstrong was seated in the cutoff and he pumped up the price to play to 12,500, which prompted a fold from Rampone. Porter stared at Armstrong for a few seconds before mucking his hand, leaving Armstrong to scoop the pot.
Scott Vener must be delighted with how the second day of this tournament has started because he's improved his stack by a huge percentage. Vener began the day with 71,000 and now has 122,000 at his disposal.
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