Main Event Day 2 | 2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey

11-03-2016 17:12 UTC-3

"Good Bet" from Howe

mnuwwarah

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dan Howe was in early position and bet 16,000 into a pot of about 25,000 on a flop. Jesse Elliott called on the button and the two saw a , which checked through. Howe blasted out a big bet of about 90,000 on the .

"Good bet," Elliott said with a sigh, mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Howe	228,000 27,000	27,000
Jesse Elliott	220,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tags: Dan Howe Jesse Elliott

11-03-2016 16:55 UTC-3

Chip Counts (full)

Mickey Doft

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sridhar Sangannagari	369,000 79,000	79,000
Jovy Ounthongdy	325,500 500	500
David Johnston	292,500 47,500	47,500
Michael Gagliano	273,000 61,600	61,600

David Vamplew	264,000 64,000	64,000

John Gulino	245,500 90,500	90,500
Craig Mason	242,000 2,000	2,000
Chris Dombrowski	226,000 6,000	6,000

Peter Smyth	222,000 2,000	2,000
Jesse Elliott	221,000 56,000	56,000
Darren Elias	204,000 56,000	56,000

Dan Howe	201,000 80,000	80,000
Matt Affleck	167,500 12,200	12,200
Jack Duong	166,500 56,500	56,500

Victor Ramdin	152,000 -23,000	-23,000

Alex Queen	144,000 14,000	14,000
Ryan Hohner	140,000 -70,000	-70,000
Rocco Dicondina	139,000 32,500	32,500
Eli Kim	117,000 -32,200	-32,200
Randy Lew	107,000 22,500	22,500

John Kim	100,000 -36,800	-36,800
Ruben Costa	95,000 -126,000	-126,000
Tom Revello	93,000 -4,000	-4,000
Joseph Drory	88,500 -116,500	-116,500
Jason Acosta	83,000 64,500	64,500

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Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

11-03-2016 16:27 UTC-3

Take 20

mnuwwarah

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Players are on break.

11-03-2016 16:16 UTC-3

Seung Woo Yoo Eliminated in 33rd Place ($1,576)

Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Seung Woo Yoo raised all in for 39,600 from the hijack and Darren Elias isolated with a shove of his own from the cutoff.

Yoo:
Elias:

The board ran out , safe for Elias to score the elimination with a pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	148,000 79,500	79,500

Seung Woo Yoo	Busted

Tags: Darren Elias Seung Woo Yoo

11-03-2016 16:15 UTC-3

Mason and Affleck Go to War

mnuwwarah

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Matt Affleck opened on the button to 7,500 and got three-bet to 22,500 by Craig Mason in the big blind. Affleck cut out a raise to 57,500, and action moved back to Mason. He put in a tower of blue T5,000 chips and Affleck quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Mason	240,000 30,000	30,000
Matt Affleck	155,300 -31,700	-31,700

Tags: Matt Affleck Craig Mason

11-03-2016 16:14 UTC-3

Joe Sanfilippo Eliminated in 34th Place ($1,576)

Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Joe Sanfilippo raised all in for about 50,000 from the hijack and Chris Dombrowski called from the big blind with , well ahead of Sanfilippo's .

The board came down , no help to Sanfilippo, ending his tournament in 34th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dombrowski	220,000 124,400	124,400

Joe Sanfilippo	Busted

Tags: Chris Dombrowski

11-03-2016 16:02 UTC-3

First Few Eliminations in the Money

Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Despite his recent double up, Vinny Pahuja is among the first few eliminated in the money. Each of these playeres earned $1,576.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Levitch	Busted
Manuel Perito	Busted
Tom Pschar	Busted
Vinny Pahuja	Busted
Tyson Apostol	Busted

11-03-2016 15:59 UTC-3

Vinny Pahuja Doubles Through Seung Woo Yoo

Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Seung Woo Yoo opened to 7,000 from under the gun, Vinny Pahuja three-bet shoved for 27,300, and Yoo called with , trailing Pahuja's .

The board came down , safe for Pahuja to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinny Pahuja	68,000 34,000	34,000
Seung Woo Yoo	65,000 -45,000	-45,000

11-03-2016 15:56 UTC-3

Asher Conniff Eliminated on Bubble

mnuwwarah

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Asher Conniff moved all in from the button for 12,200. Randy Lew was tanking in the big blind when we arrived.

"That must be a good hand," Lew said.

"These cards are... not bad," Conniff confirmed.

"I don't even know the math," Lew said with a smile. "I'm tempted to just throw it in and hope."

In the end, that's what he decided to do.

Conniff:
Lew:

Conniff was ahead, but the flop was devastating for his hand, leaving him in dire need of an ace. The turn and river were bricks, and Conniff was the final player eliminated to get nothing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Lew	84,500 59,900	59,900

Asher Conniff	Busted

Tags: Asher Conniff Randy Lew