$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 2 | 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

12-16-2012 21:49 UTC-4

Getting Close to the Money

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Players with big chip stacks as we approach the money at the 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza.

12-16-2012 21:47 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Wach	472,000 12,000	12,000
Suraj Dalal	250,000 10,000	10,000
Joseph Tracy	215,000 55,000	55,000
Ian Searing	206,000 92,000	92,000
Matthew Burnitz	150,000 -104,000	-104,000
Drew Heller	96,000 -20,000	-20,000
Alan Kraut	93,000 -37,000	-37,000
Ketan Pandya	79,000 -31,000	-31,000

Not long after that clash with Micah Raskin, Chris Klodnicki was back at it with a minimum raise to 8,000 from middle position. It folded to Pradeep Deshpande in the small blind who reraised all in for 57,900, and when the action got back to Klodnicki he called.

Deshpande:
Klodnicki:

The flop came to swing the advantage to Klodnicki. The turn was the and the river the , and Deshpande — in for four entries in this event — saw his tourney run come a few spots shy of cashing.

There are 24 players left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	440,000 85,000	85,000

Pradeep Deshpande	Busted

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Pradeep Deshpande

12-16-2012 21:29 UTC-4

Raskin and Klodnicki Clash

Shamus

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Micah Raskin	420,000 -40,000	-40,000
Chris Klodnicki	355,000 -100,000	-100,000

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12-16-2012 21:16 UTC-4

More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chang	339,000 34,000	34,000
Richard Allen	280,000 -38,000	-38,000
Edward Pham	270,000 -10,000	-10,000
William Tonking	265,000 5,000	5,000
Mikhail Alkhazov	202,000 -93,000	-93,000
Michael Ryan	173,000 3,000	3,000
Coury Mascagni	110,000 -25,000	-25,000
Jennifer So	88,000 -50,000	-50,000

12-16-2012 21:02 UTC-4

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Micah Raskin	460,000 40,000	40,000
Chris Klodnicki	455,000 10,000	10,000

Vince Baldassano	265,000 -30,000	-30,000
Michael Schoultz	260,000 15,000	15,000
Denis Gnidash	260,000 18,000	18,000
Tam Minh Nguyen	195,000 55,000	55,000
Abhinav Asija	105,000 -60,000	-60,000
John Chapman	65,000 4,000	4,000
Pradeep Deshpande	60,000 -86,000	-86,000

12-16-2012 20:55 UTC-4

Burnitz Eliminates Pahuja

Mickey Doft

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.

25 players remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Burnitz	254,000 100,000	100,000
Vinny Pahuja	Busted

Tags: Matthew Burnitz Vinny Pahuja

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

12-16-2012 20:41 UTC-4

DiMinno Down, Konisberg Knocked Out

Shamus

Richard Allen opened with a raise to 8,000 from middle position, and when it folded around to Paul DiMinno he shoved for around 80,000. Allen was quick with the call, showing , while DiMinno had .

The board came , and DiMinno is out.