Main Event Day 2 | Epic Poker League Event #1

08-10-2011 15:54 UTC-6

Seed Gets There in a Big Way

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"All in and call," shouted one of the dealers. We went over and found Ben Lamb with his hand face up. He held the {k-Spades} {k-Hearts} . However, it took us a minute to figure out where the call had come from. Huck Seed, was on the other side of the room, apparently not happy upon having seen Lamb's hand. After about a minute, he walked over and tabled his hand, {a-} {k-} .

The flop hit Seed strong though when it rolled out {a-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {a-Spades} . In fact, it hit him so hard that it left Lamb drawing to just running cards to split with a straight. The {3-Diamonds} officially ended things and the {2-Clubs} river was meaningless. Seed won the pot and is now a top 5 stack with 265,000. Lamb is still healthy though with 140,000.

Tags: Ben Lamb Huck Seed

08-10-2011 15:52 UTC-6

O'Brien Makes the Right Call

donpeters

With a little over 19,000 chips in the middle on the {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} board, Dan O'Brien checked and Justin Bonomo checked behind. The river completed the board with the {10-Diamonds} and O'Brien bet 13,600. Bonomo raised to 34,000 and O'Brien went into the tank. After several long minutes of tanking, O'Brien made the call. Bonomo tabled the {7-Spades} {4-Diamonds} for a pair of fours and O'Brien showed the {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} for a pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	213,000 -2,000	-2,000

Dan O'Brien	210,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Dan O'Brien Justin Bonomo

08-10-2011 15:47 UTC-6

West Eliminated

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Tim West got his remaining 45,000 all in preflop holding {a-Hearts} {q-Hearts} . Unfortunately for West, Brian Rast held {k-Clubs} {k-Diamonds} and thus had a firm lead in the hand.

The board ran out {3-Spades} {5-Spades} {10-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {6-Clubs} which did not improve West's hand and he hit the rail. Rast is now up to 310,000.

Tags: Brian Rast Tim West

08-10-2011 15:29 UTC-6

Brady Eliminated

donpeters

After JJ Liu raised to 3,700 from the cutoff seat, Matt Brady moved the last of his chips into the middle from the button for an all-in bet of 39,100. Action got back to Liu, she confirmed the amount and then made the call.

Liu: {A-Clubs} {K-Spades}
Brady: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

The flop, turn and river provided no help for Brady as the {7-Hearts} {6-Spades} {5-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} fell and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Liu	170,000 45,000	45,000

Matt Brady	Busted

Tags: Matt Brady JJ Liu

08-10-2011 15:29 UTC-6

Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	250,000 2,000	2,000

Antonio Esfandiari	250,000 -5,000	-5,000

Brian Rast	245,000 -15,500	-15,500

Jason Mercier	242,000 -28,000	-28,000

Matt Graham	220,000 109,900	109,900
Hoyt Corkins	215,000 47,000	47,000

James Mackey	213,000 113,900	113,900

Chino Rheem	200,000 127,000	127,000

Sam Stein	172,000 64,900	64,900
Erik Seidel	150,000 -29,000	-29,000

Isaac Baron	132,000 -35,700	-35,700

Shannon Shorr	115,000 28,000	28,000

Huck Seed	111,000 14,700	14,700

Matt Glantz	106,000 -26,000	-26,000
Jason Lester	85,000 -22,200	-22,200

Mike Sexton	78,800 -29,900	-29,900

Sean Getzwiller	72,200 -22,800	-22,800

Gavin Griffin	65,300 23,900	23,900

Amit Makhija	64,000 -36,100	-36,100
Brandon Cantu	55,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tim West	49,000 -24,000	-24,000
Matt Hawrilenko	49,000 -5,200	-5,200
Nam Le	33,600 -18,400	-18,400

08-10-2011 15:27 UTC-6

Levy Four-Bets O'Brien

donpeters

After Adam Levy started the action off with a raise to 3,600, Dan O'Brien reraised to 8,400 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back around to Levy and he thought for a little bit and then four-bet to 18,700. O'Brien folded and Levy won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan O'Brien	167,000 -9,000	-9,000
Adam Levy	90,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dan O'Brien Adam Levy

08-10-2011 15:25 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Katchalov	395,000 38,700	38,700

Gavin Smith	255,000 94,000	94,000
Noah Schwartz	250,000 10,000	10,000

Dan Fleyshman	245,000 92,800	92,800
McLean Karr	220,000 5,000	5,000

Justin Bonomo	215,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tom Marchese	205,000 32,000	32,000

Dan O'Brien	176,000 6,000	6,000
Frank Kassela	170,000 112,100	112,100

John Racener	154,000 400	400

Vitaly Lunkin	144,000 -6,000	-6,000

JJ Liu	125,000 -5,000	-5,000

Ted Lawson	122,000 39,000	39,000

Alec Torelli	96,000 26,600	26,600
Justin Young	89,000 -65,200	-65,200

Sam Trickett	83,000 32,300	32,300
Hasan Habib	83,000 -67,000	-67,000

Michael Martin	80,000 40,100	40,100
Adam Levy	80,000 46,000	46,000
Lee Markholt	70,000 -100	-100

Brandon Meyers	67,000 -82,500	-82,500
Nenad Medic	52,000 6,000	6,000

Steve Brecher	51,000 1,000	1,000

David Bach	48,000 5,000	5,000

Hafiz Khan	44,000 -9,000	-9,000

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08-10-2011 15:02 UTC-6

Bonomo Sends Brown Out the Door

donpeters

On the {5-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} flop, Justin Bonomo and Chad Brown found all of the money in the middle. Brown was the shorter-stacked player and decided to go with his flush draw and two overcards to the board holding the {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} . His flush draw was good, but the two overs weren't looking too good against Bonomo's {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} . Bonomo also held a diamond and with the paired board, could fill up before Brown could even hit his flush.

The turn brought the {8-Clubs} and helped Brown a tiny bit, giving him additional outs to another eight on the river. The river completed the board with the {6-Hearts} and Brown whiffed.