[user22113]
Adam Green - Eliminated
Adam Green's remaining 36,000 was on the line with against Dwyte Pilgrim's . The board ran out and Green was sent to the rail.
[user22113]
Just before the redraw, Mike Leah doubled up through Tim Kelly. The board read and Leah check-raised all in from 35,500 to 119,500 total. After a long tank, Kelly called with and was leading Leah's . Unfortunately for Kelly, the turn and river came and as Leah made a winning straight.
Mike Leah is now back to 250,000 roughly while Tim Kelly takes a big hit down to about 40,000.
[user66118]
Michael Dean McCray - 26th Place
Robert McLaughlin opened with a raise to 18,000, and Michael Dean McCray moved all in for a total of 72,000. Action passed back around the table, and McLaughlin quickly called, creating a McBattle for a heap of chips.
McShowdown:
McLaughlin:
McCray:
The flop was certainly a sweat for both players as it came out . McCray had stormed into the lead, but he still had to dodge a bunch of outs with two cards to come. The turn was a safe for him. Much to his dismay though, fifth street brought the dooming , allowing McLaughlin to re-take the lead and win the pot. When the chips were counted down, it was very close, but McCray was covered by just a couple thousand. With that, Michael Dean McCray becomes our 26th-place finisher.
Robert McLaughlin, on the other hand, has more than doubled up, sitting now on a stack of 160,000.
[user22113]
Brock Parker - 25th Place
Brock Parker's tournament life was at stake as he moved in with a short stack holding and found action from Phillip Reed who held . The board ran out and Parker was out in 25th place.
[user22113]
Allen Bari
The biggest pot of the tournament thus far went in Allen Bari's favor. After a flop, Gazes checked to Bari who bet 25,000. Gazes called and the turn brought the . Gazes checked to Bari again who slid 52,000 into the middle. Gazes went into a short tank and called. When the hit the river, Gazes checked again and Bari calmly fired a whopping 130,000.
Gazes went into deep thought before making the call, only to see Bari flip over for a set. Gazes mucked and is now down to 12,000.
Allen Bari is the overwhelming chip leader with 550,000.
[user66118]
Bill Gazes - 24th Place
After tangling in that monstrous pot with Allen Bari, Bill Gazes was down to under two big blinds. He waited two hands until the big blind hit him before pushing his last 11,000 into the middle. Action had been raised by Bruce Yamron, and Gazes was heads up for his tournament life.
Showdown:
Gazes:
Yamron:
The board frowned on Gazes, running out . With that, our start-of-day chip leader has stunningly been eliminated from the field here in the middle of Day 2. Gazes had trouble getting his big stack moving this afternoon, being chipped down a bit in the early going, with his decline culminating in that crippling confrontation with Allen Bari.