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Caesars Las Vegas
We're nearly a half an hour away from the start of Day 2 here at the Caesars Las Vegas WSOP-C event. Over half the field was eliminated yesterday and just 88 players remaining today. Play is scheduled to last another seven levels today, but that decision may be altered by the tournament staff, depending on how fast the players are sent to the rail.
Jeremiah "dantes" Degreef is our chip leader coming into today with over 150,000 in chips. Also over the century mark are Dan Casetta, Tommy Vedes, Andy Seth, and Steven Fung. Dwyte Pilgrim is just slightly under with 99,300 chips. He holds two gold championship rings already and could be looking at a third.
Play begins at noon local time and we'll be back then with live updates!
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Here's the official table draw and players' chip counts. The bold highlighted names represent the chip leader at each table.
Table 35
Seat 1: Bobby Wisiak – 11,100
Seat 2: Steve Billirakis – 44,600
Seat 3: Somba Sanjinpa – 49,000 Seat 4: Binh Nguyen – 87,800
Seat 5: Andy Philachack – 43,300
Seat 6: Theo Tran – 78,300
Seat 7: Ian Woodley – 36,200
Seat 8: Matt Brady – 69,600
Seat 9: Mike Ashar – 10,900
Seat 10: Scott Seiver – 7,100
Table 36
Seat 1: Paul Magriel – 41,800
Seat 2: Troy Gibson – 25,600
Seat 3: Chris Amaral – 33,400
Seat 4: Jeff Sluzinski – 16,400
Seat 5: Matt “All in at 420” Stout – 40,500
Seat 6: Manuel Adel – 28,200
Seat 7: Eric Yates – 95,600
Seat 8: Tony Dunst – 25,700 Seat 9: Tommy Vedes – 117,500
Seat 10: Andy Seth – 117,100
Table 37
Seat 1: Ed Perry – 49,600
Seat 2: Tony Cousineau – 58,700
Seat 3: Quoc Vu – 60,100 Seat 4: Amir Vahedi – 90,900
Seat 5: David “The Dragon” Pham – 85,300
Seat 6: Tam Nguyen – 79,500
Seat 7: Jimmy Tran – 20,500
Seat 8: Thomas McTeer – 76,900
Seat 9: Alex Melnikow – 17,300
Seat 10: Paul Taylor – 66,400
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Most of the bags are open, minus a few late arrivals, and the players are gathering near their seats. Whether they're short stacked or sitting pretty, all the players are extremely excited to continue with Day 2 of the Main Event!
The tournament director just wrapped up his final announcement before the clock began to tick, "Shuffle up and deal!"
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Jimmy Tran from Day 1
In one of the first hands of the day, Jimmy Tran moved all in on a flop of after Quoc Vu bet 8,000. Behind Tran, Thomas McTeer called Tran's all-in bet of 16,400. Vu folded after some thought.
Tran's pocket tens were behind McTeer's flopped set with pocket eights. The turn brought the for a little bit of a sweat, but the river was the and that was it. Tran swung his coat over his shoulders and made his way to the rail.
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Tony Vedes raised to 3,700 from late position and Troy Gibson quickly shoved all-in for 29,400 from the small blind.
"You got a pair?" Vedes asked.
"I've got a good hand," Gibson said.
That was enough to prompt the call and we were off to the races, with Vedes showing vs. Gibson's . The race didn't last long though, with the flop coming , and the turn sealing the deal by bringing the to give Gibson the house. A meaningless on the river pushed the 50,000 chip pot to Gibson.
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Somba Sanjinpa opened the action for 3,800 from under the gun. Action folded over to Theo Tran and he three-bet to 8,800. Everyone folded back over to Sanjinpa. He was pretty adamant about knowing exactly how much Theo had left, but eventually made the call.
The flop came down and Sanjinpa checked. Tran quickly checked behind.
The turn brought the and Sanjinpa bet 11,000. Tran took a brief moment, and then tossed in the call.
The river fell and Sanjinpa paused, then checked. Theo sat still only for a second and then reached into his stack. His hand was trembling as he laid out a bet of 20,500. Sanjinpa tanked and then made the call.
Tran flipped for a full house. Sanjinpa riffled his hand back and forth, then revealed . "What can I do here?" he asked.
"You could've called a little quicker," repsonded Tran.
"I guess I could've gone broke there," finished Sanjinpa.
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Chris Amaral raised to 3,000 from early position and was called by Matt "All in At 420" Stout, Tony Vedes from the small blind, and Andy Seth from the big blind.
On a flop of , Amaral bet 7,500 and was called by Stout. They went heads up to the turn, where both checked the . Amaral check-raised Stout's 15,000 river bet after the hit the board, and took the pot without ever showing his hand.
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Kathy Liebert raised to 3,500 from under the gun. Dan Casetta called and then Ghio Luong reraised to 13,000. Liebert mucked and Casetta reraised, eventually getting all in with Luong. Luong was the player at risk.
Casetta held pocket kings against Luong's queens. The board ran out and just like that, Luong came from behind to double up and take down a huge pot. He now has 122,000 with Casetta at 50,000.
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After a player limped, Tony Dunst raised and Matt LaGarde reraised. The limper folded and Dunst put the rest of his chips in the middle. LaGarde had Dunst covered in chips when they revealed their hands.
Showdown:
Dust:
LaGarde:
The flop came down . The turn put Dunst in the lead when the slapped on the felt. But, just as Tony had pulled ahead, the dealer laid the out on the river and LaGarde re-sucked to bust Dunst out of the tournament.
after Quoc Vu bet 8,000. Behind Tran, Thomas McTeer called Tran's all-in bet of 16,400. Vu folded after some thought.
for a little bit of a sweat, but the river was the 
and that was it. Tran swung his coat over his shoulders and made his way to the rail.
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vs. Gibson's 
. The race didn't last long though, with the flop coming 
, and the turn sealing the deal by bringing the 
to give Gibson the house. A meaningless 
on the river pushed the 50,000 chip pot to Gibson.
and Sanjinpa checked. Tran quickly checked behind.
, Amaral bet 7,500 and was called by Stout. They went heads up to the turn, where both checked the 
hit the board, and took the pot without ever showing his hand.
and just like that, Luong came from behind to double up and take down a huge pot. He now has 122,000 with Casetta at 50,000.
. The turn put Dunst in the lead when the 
