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Penny Parker
From late position, Barry Clayton comes in for a raise to 4,000. Action folds to Penny Parker in the big blind, and she makes the call.
Heads up, the flop comes . Parker checks, and Clayton moves all in for more than 30,000. Parker wastes little time calling, having Clayton slightly covered.
Clayton:
Parker:
"Just a six," says Clayton, pleading with the dealer. Unfortunately for him, the next card off is the , making Parker an unbeatable flush. The river is a meaningless , and Clayton makes his exit.
Penny Parker, meanwhile, continues to represent the ladies of poker well. She has climbed up tantalizingly close to 100,000.
donpeters
Both Grant Levy and Joe Hachem have moved in a couple of times as of late, but gotten no callers each time.
On one of the recent hands, Hachem raised to 5,000 preflop after a player limped in. That player made the call and the flop came down . Hachem's opponent fumbled with some chips as if he was going to bet, but then he checked. "Wow," said Joe. "I'm all in."
His opponent took a few seconds, but then folded. "I thought you were going to bet," said Joe.
Hachem is still hovering around 25,000 and can't seem to get any action.
donpeters
Amant Nauhria began the day as our chip leader, but had since dropped down quite considerably. When the flop came , Naurhia moved in for his last 35,000 chips. Jeff Putt and another player folded, but Dan Sing stood up and yelled "I call!"
Amant turned over , but Sing flipped up the nuts with . Nauhria questioned whether he was drawing dead or not, but realized he could catch a flush or make a full house to win the hand.
The turn was the and the river the . Dan Sing slapped his hands together and then shook hands with Nauhria. Sing is now over 100,000 chips.
donpeters
Chris Tau
Chris Tau just busted another player when his queens held up against his opponents pocket sevens. The board ran out . He has amassed a stack of almost 70,000 today and is looking very strong.
donpeters
Jim Zhou made a healthy bet of 18,000 into a pot over 25,000 with the board reading . Action was on the tournament chip leader, Nathanael Seet, who went into the tank. There was still one player to act behind Seet.
After a few minutes, Seet made the call. After the third opponent folded, Zhou flipped over pocket eights, much to the relief of Seet, who turned up for trip queens. With that pot, Seet is now over 160,000 chips.
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There are 66 players remaining in the field, meaning we have lost 40 runners in the first two and a half hours. The players will play on eight-handed until we reach the final two tables tonight, and possibly further. The staff says they would like to get as close to the final table as possible before we quit for the night.
donpeters
Teresa Nousiainen
Teresa Nousiainen just couldn't get anything going today. She seemed to never get a hand to work out in her favor. On her last hand, the player to her right raised to 3,000 and Nousiainen moved in for her last 13,000. Her opponent immediately called, holding pocket eights against Nousiainen's A-K.
The board bricked out for Nousiainen and she was eliminated.
Sreten Cvetkovski earned some recognition yesterday as he eliminated local favorite Lee "Final Table" Nelson from contention. He is making some noise here on Day 2 as well, already up near the 100,000 mark. During a break, he took some time out to talk with PokerNews' Gloria Balding.
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. Parker checks, and Clayton moves all in for more than 30,000. Parker wastes little time calling, having Clayton slightly covered.
, making Parker an unbeatable flush. The river is a meaningless 
, and Clayton makes his exit.
. Hachem's opponent fumbled with some chips as if he was going to bet, but then he checked. "Wow," said Joe. "I'm all in."
. Nauhria questioned whether he was drawing dead or not, but realized he could catch a flush or make a full house to win the hand.
. Dan Sing slapped his hands together and then shook hands with Nauhria. Sing is now over 100,000 chips.
. He has amassed a stack of almost 70,000 today and is looking very strong.
for trip queens. With that pot, Seet is now over 160,000 chips.
