Judah Busted
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We don't have the specifics but Mel Judah, who entered the day as one of the extreme short stacks, has been eliminated from the Big Event.
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
The Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Entries
417
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
The Lind-bergh Baby
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With 13,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Anh Van Nguyen checked to George Lind III, who promptly bet 5,200. Nguyen made the call and both players proceeded to check the 
turn and 
river. Lind flipped over 
for a pair of aces and Nguyen mucked. Lind, who became a father about a month back, is up to around 90,000.
Dolan Drops
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From middle position, 2010 World Series of Poker November NIner John Dolan raised to 2,300. The player in the hijack seat, Dan Hirleman, called, Jordan Young called on the button and the player in the big blind called.
The four players took the flop of 
and the big blind was up first. He checked and Dolan stayed aggressive with a bet of 5,400. After Hirleman folded, Young tanked for a bit and then raised to 50,000. The raise was large enough to put the big blind and Dolan all in if they were to call. After the big blind folded, Dolan flicked his hand in as well and dropped back to 31,000. Young chipped back up a bit to 95,000.
Kessler Misses a Draw
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We didn't see the hand, but Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler was making his way through the tournament area and explaining the circumstances surrounding his elimination to a player a few tables away.
"Since when did you start getting it in with draw?" the friend asked of Kessler. Given that he missed this one, we don't expect he'll be anxious to do it again any time soon.
Cheong Starts Over
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
When we walked up to the table, Joseph Cheong was heads up with Payman Arjang on a 
{3c] flop. Cheong fired out a bet of 3,300, and Arjang tanked for a moment before raising to 10,200 total. Cheong instantly reraised with a stack of high-denomination chips, enough to put Arjang to the decision for his last 25,200 total. The call eventually came, and it was Arjang's 
in the lead. Turning over , Cheong was open-ended, and the turn gave him another nine outs to the knockout.
The river was the blank 
, though, and Cheong was forced to grant Arjang the double up, sliding back to his starting stack with 30,000 once again.
Clements Applies Button Pressure
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Action folded to Scott Clements on the button and he raised to 3,200. The small blind responded by reraising to 8,000 only to have Clements quickly move all in for 51,700. The small blind only had a total of 40,000 and reluctantly made the call.
Clements: 
Small Blind: 
Clements did not look pleased with his position, but was relieved when the board ran out 
. That's right, it was a chop. Clements is sitting with just below 52,000.
Kamberis Rockets to the Top
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Once again a little late to the party, we walked up to the table to see the dealer put the turn card down on a 
board. There was 34,500 in the pot already, and Steve Burkholder had moved all in for what looked like 50,800. Alex Kamberis was deep in the tank, and he spent several minutes considering before announcing the call.
Burkholder flipped up 
for top-top, but Kamberis' had him in a world of trouble, drawing dead to two outs in fact. The river was the 
though, a blank, and Burkholder is outta here.
With that large pot, Kamberis moves up to about 295,000 now and into contention for the chip lead.
Pezzin Picks One Up
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With 13,600 chips in the middle on the flop of 
, Pat Pezzin called a bet of 7,300 from his opponent to see the fall on the turn. The player checked to Pezzin and he checked behind on fourth street. That brought them to the 
on the river where action was checked to Pezzin again. He bet 12,500 and his opponent folded. Pezzin's now up to 120,000 in chips.
Young Out; Hughes Challenging for Lead
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jordan Young had a nice start to his day and got up over 100,000 after beginning with under 50,000. That run has ended though as he just lost his entire stack to Ryan Hughes. Hughes is up to around 295,000 and challenging Alex Kamberis for the lead.
Lots of Preflop Raising Between Nguyen and Jarzabek
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Action folded to Casey Jarzabek on the button. He put in a raise to 2,200. Chris DeMaci made the call from the small blind and then it was Anh Van Nguyen's turn in the big blind. He three-bet to 7,700, but the action didn't end there. Jarzabek came back with a four-bet to 13,200 and that knocked DeMaci out of the way. Nguyen took a minute and then five-bet to 27,700. Jarzabek gave it up and Nguyen improved back to 95,000 in chips. Jarzabek dropped to 155,000.