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Johnny Chan won't be returning tomorrow
We're not sure how it happened, but Johnny Chan got all of his chips into the middle preflop with . Gabe Kaplan called with and quickly took the lead on a flop of .
Chan was drawing to a non-heart king and couldn't get there as the board ran out . Look for Kaplan to face off against Joe Hachem when play resumes tomorrow.
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Scotty Nguyen
We're not quite sure how Richard Edwards got as short as 1,150 chips. There was never an all in and call at his match against Scotty Nguyen. Nevertheless, that's all the chips Edwards had when his push with was called by Nguyen's .
When had plenty of outs going into the river. The board developed . Nguyen could win with a 5, 6, 7, or 9. It was the on the river that sealed his victory.
"Thank you, baby" Nguyen said to the dealer, shaking his hand. Nguyen then blew a kiss to the gallery and cleared the set.
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It was a very workmanlike first round match for Pieter de Korver. He ground Mike Sexton down to 8,000 chips before limping his button. Sexton shoved all in way and was met with a snap-call by de Korver, who showed . Two kings on the flop caused Sexton to stand from his chair and prepare for his departure. He was drawing dead after the turn.
De Korver gave a short fist pump, shook Sexton's hands, and then shook hands with a friend sweating him on the rail. He'll be back tomorrow for Round 2.
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But I don't want to go
Shawn Rice didn't get to enjoy the chips he won from Joe Hachem for very long. Just two hands later, Rice moved all in preflop and got insta-called by Hachem. Rice showed to Hachem's .
This time, Hachem increased his lead on a flop of and sealed the win with the on the turn. The river was meaningless and Rice was eliminated while Hachem will return tomorrow.
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A tough break for Gabe Kaplan.
On the feature table, Johnny Chan and Gabe Kaplan were all in after a flop of . Kaplan was in the lead with two pair, , against Kaplan's . Everyone in the gallery let out a disappointed "Ohhhh!" when the turn came to give Chan three aces. He doubled up and now has the chip lead against Kaplan.
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Gavin Smith is busto
Things never seem to come easy for Phil Ivey in this tournament. He got Gavin Smith to commit all of his chips pre-flop with . Ivey, non-plussed as ever, tabled and waited for the flop.
There was lots of murmuring and laughter as the flop came to give Ivey top pair and Smith the nut flush draw. The turn gave Smith a few more outs to secure the double-up. But the river propelled Ivey to Day 2.
After Ivey and Smith shook hands, Ivey passed by Barry Greenstein and Greenstein's son Nathan. "I made it," said Ivey with a smile. He addressed Nathan directly and said, "I think you need to be here. You counteract the bad luck."
On his way off the set, Ivey stopped to sign autographs for a couple of U.S. Marines.
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Phil Gordon makes the Round of 32
Tom "Durrrr" Dwan is $20,000 poorer than he was about 30 minutes ago. Of course, he'll probably earn that back within five minutes of turning on his computer, but that's not important right now.
What is important is that Phil Gordon eliminated Durrrr from this year's Heads-Up Championship after calling the online phenom's preflop push.
Durrrr showed and was racing Gordon's . Gordon called out for "one time" before the flop to which Phil Laak, sitting at the next table, piped up "No, one more time." Gordon's hand held through the flop which fell and remained good as the turn and river brought the and .
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With Jason Mercier dispatching Daniel Negreanu in such short order, the producers have now moved Johnny Chan and Gabe Kaplan to the feature table.
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Mercier is moving on
The theme of the day at the feature table seems to be play your hands fast and bust your opponent early. In the Spades bracket, Jason Mercier knocked Daniel Negreanu out in near record time after Negreanu pushed on a board of .
Negreanu showed for two pair, but Mercier’s gave him the stronger hand. The on the river provided no help for Negreanu who’s 2010 National Heads Up Championship came to a quick end.
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and quickly took the lead on a flop of 
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. Look for Kaplan to face off against Joe Hachem when play resumes tomorrow.
was called by Nguyen's 
. Nguyen could win with a 5, 6, 7, or 9. It was the 
on the river that sealed his victory.
and was met with a snap-call by de Korver, who showed 
. Two kings on the flop caused Sexton to stand from his chair and prepare for his departure. He was drawing dead after the turn.
to Hachem's 
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and sealed the win with the 
on the turn. The river was meaningless and Rice was eliminated while Hachem will return tomorrow.
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and couldn't recover when the turn and river came 
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turn gave Smith a few more outs to secure the double-up. But the 
river propelled Ivey to Day 2.
on the river provided no help for Negreanu who’s 2010 National Heads Up Championship came to a quick end.
