Day 2 of the 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza Main Event began with 70 players remaining from the starting field of 188. After eight 75-minute levels, only 16 players remain. Leading the way into Day 3 is Chris Klodnicki with 1,123,000.
Klodnicki began the day second in chips and after after a tumultuous first level, Klodnicki trended up for the rest of the day en route to crossing the seven-figure mark. Following Klodnicki is William Tonking (713,000), Daniel Wach (513,000), and Coury Mascagni (463,000).
Among those who returned on Day 2 but fell short of the money were Ryan D'Angelo, David Paredes, Scott Baumstein, Matt Brady, and Vinny Pahuja. The money was reached at 18 players and the unfortunate bubble boy was Abhinav Asija, who fell at the hands of Klodnicki. Matthew Burnitz and Ketan Pandya busted shortly thereafter, earning $8,000 each for their respective 18th and 17th place finishes.
Play resumes at 2pm local time Monday (the Day 3 seat draw will be done shortly before play begins), so be sure to join us then to see who will claim the $135,000 first-place prize and the title of champion.
Ketan Pandya opened from the button, Joseph Tracy called from the big blind, and the pair saw the flop come . Tracy checked, Pandya bet 15,000, and Tracy called. The turn then brought the and another check from Tracy. This time Pandya bet 23,000, and when Tracy responded with an all-in reraise, Pandya went deep into the tank.
Finally Pandya found a call, and was all in for the 82,000 or so he had left. He turned over , seeing that his call was a good one as Tracy had .
Alas for Pandya, the river brought the to give Tracy trips, and Pandya has been eliminated in one of the last hands of Day 2.
Shortly after play resumed, Coury Mascagni raised to 15,000 from under the gun, then Matthew Burnitz reraised all in for 135,000 from middle position. It folded back to Mascagni who called, tabling to Burnitz's .
The flop came , and Burnitz suddenly went from way ahead to way behind. The turn was the and river the , and Burnitz is the first player to cash.
Chris Klodnicki raised to 12,000 from middle position, then it folded to Abhinav Asija in the small blind who pushed all in for 56,000 total. The action back on Klodnicki, he didn't act right away, noting to Asija that he had a big hand but wasn't slowrolling. Finally after a short think Klodnicki called.
Players from the other two tables began to edge toward the table to see the hands. Asija had while Klodnicki showed . The flop came . "Yes," said Asija at the sight of the ten on board, giving him a set.
But Klodnicki had picked up a gutshot to Broadway, too. The turn was the , and Asija was still safe. Then came the river… the ! "Ooooohhh," came the collective cry as players reacted to the doubly painful way Asija had both lost the hand and missed the money.
When asked afterwards, Klodnicki explained that when deciding whether or not to call Asija's shove he was also thinking about how he'd liked for the bubble to have lasted longer. He does enjoy a huge chip lead at present, with his first-place stack about twice that of his nearest competitor, Daniel Wach.
There will be a brief pause before play continues. There's about 16 minutes left in the level, and once that passes play will be stopped for the night.
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Vince Baldassano reacts to the all-in river shove by Chris Klodnicki (foreground)
The next man out gets nothing. The other 18 make the money. Thus we expect some tension. And when it comes to chip leader Chris Klodnicki, perhaps a little extra creativity as well.
Just now Vince Baldassano opened for 12,000 from under the gun, and Micah Raskin called from the button. John Chapman — down to just around 30,000 — tanked for some time before folding from the small blind, and Klodnicki called from the big blind.
The flop came . Klodnicki led for 15,000, Baldassano raised to 35,000, and Raskin folded. Klodnicki then made it 65,000, and Baldassano called.
The turn was the . This time Klodnicki bet 75,000, and Baldassano called. The river then brought the and an announcement by Klodnicki that he was all in.
Klodnicki's river bet sent Baldassano into the tank, and into considerable discomfort as well. "This would really, really blow," he said as he eyed his remaining stack. "Can I vomit now or later?"
He continued to meditate out loud as he thought. "I'd have to be insane to fold this hand," he noted while also wondering if Klodnicki would show his hand if he were to fold.
Finally Baldassano did let his hand go, showing he was folding for a diamond flush. Klodnicki then did show his cards — ! — and scooped the pot.
Klodnicki's over a million now, as bubble play continues.
We just saw what potentially might have been a big hand between a couple of the big stacks, Chris Klodnicki (end of Day 1a leader) and Micah Raskin (end of Day 1b leader), although the pair ultimately avoided exchanging too many chips.
The hand began with Raskin opening for 10,000 from the hijack seat, then Klodnicki reraised to 25,000 from the button. It folded back around and Raskin held his cards for a moment as though he might pitch them, then began to dig out some chips. Finally he reraised again to just 40,000 total, and after some thought Klodnicki called.
The flop came , and Raskin led for 30,000. Klodnicki then raised to 80,000, and Raskin quickly called. The turn was the , pairing the board, and both players checked. They checked again following the river.
Raskin turned over , and Klodnicki slowly pushed his cards face down toward the dealer.
Matthew Burnitz limped in from middle position and Vinny Pahuja raised from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded back to Burnitz who put in a re-raise. Pahuja came back over the top with a re-raise of his own before Burnitz shoved with a covering stack. Pahuja called all in for about 110,000 with , but trailed Burnitz's .
It was all but over on the flop when it fell to give Burnitz top set. The turn and river officially ended Pahuja's run.
Naveen Chettipally raised to 6,000 from middle position and it folded back around to Chris Klodnicki in the big blind. Klodnicki asked how much Chettipally had behind, then reraised to 17,000, and Chettipally called.
The flop came , and Klodnicki tossed out three light gray (5,000) chips for a bet of 15,000. Chettipally called. The turn then brought the and a bet of 70,000 from Klodnicki, more than Chettipally had left. Chettipally thought for a few seconds and called.
Klodnicki turned over for a set of tens and Chettipally winced at the sight of his opponent's cards before tabling his for a pair of kings. The river brought the — not enough for Chettipally who is out.
Klodnicki has surged into the chip lead here in Level 15 with well over 400,000 at present.
With 30 left they are now just a dozen eliminations away from the money.
All in for about 35,000 with , Neal Gvansan looked to survive against Chris Klodnicki's . However, the board ran out as Klodnicki paired his king to claim another elimination.
After his original table broke, Chris Klodnicki was moved to the direct left of Ryan D'Angelo. It wasn't long before the two went to battle.
Action folded to D'Angelo in the small blind and he raised to 3,600. Klodnicki three-bet to 8,600 from the big blind, but found himself faced with a D'Angelo four-bet to 23,600. After a few moments Klodnicki five-bet to 123,600. D'Angelo wasn't thrilled, but call all in for about 90,000 with .
That was ahead of Klodnicki's , but the board fell as Klodnicki spiked a king on the river to score the elimination.
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! "Ooooohhh," came the collective cry as players reacted to the doubly painful way Asija had both lost the hand and missed the money.
. Klodnicki led for 15,000, Baldassano raised to 35,000, and Raskin folded. Klodnicki then made it 65,000, and Baldassano called.
. This time Klodnicki bet 75,000, and Baldassano called. The river then brought the 
and an announcement by Klodnicki that he was all in.
for a diamond flush. Klodnicki then did show his cards — 
, and Raskin led for 30,000. Klodnicki then raised to 80,000, and Raskin quickly called. The turn was the 
, pairing the board, and both players checked. They checked again following the 
river.
, and Klodnicki slowly pushed his cards face down toward the dealer.
turn and 
, and Klodnicki tossed out three light gray (5,000) chips for a bet of 15,000. Chettipally called. The turn then brought the 
, Neal Gvansan looked to survive against Chris Klodnicki's 
as Klodnicki paired his king to claim another elimination.
