Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon had been having a pretty unsuccessful Day 2 so far, and he's just been put out of his misery.
The last time we checked on him, his starting stack had been cut in half and then some, and he was down around 45,000 and bleeding. Just a moment ago, he came walking past our table to say his goodbyes, lamenting the fact that he ran into pocket aces three times during this level alone.
The last encounter with rockets has taken the rest of Kroon's Day 2 chips, and he's been granted an early afternoon off to enjoy some football.
JC Tran was back down to 8,100 to begin the hand, and he open-shoved first in from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, Ron McMillen three-bet to 20,000, and that isolated him against Tran with a chance at the knockout. Cards up, gents:
Showdown
Tran:
McMillen:
The flop was a miss for Tran, and the turn left hin drawing stone dead. His pair of jacks could not catch up to Broadway, and the meaningless river is the last card of Tran's day.
With the knockout, McMillen has rebounded his stack back close to the century mark once again.
Pete Sullivan moved all in from the cutoff for less than the starting stack and his opponent on the button moved all in as well. The blinds released and Sullivan had his opponent barely covered.
Sullivan:
Button:
The board ran and Sullivan made a low flush to score the knockout.
JC Tran was super short and got his stack all in holding pocket eights. His opponent called holding . The board ran and Tran doubled up to around 13,000. He's got an uphill challenge to make the money.
We're talking about the lady we mentioned a few minutes ago in this post, and she's been doing good work since we last checked on her. Very good work, in fact.
Dorothy Vonsachsen broke onto Table 36 with about 12,000 chips, but she's doubled up a few times since. We just saw her all in once again, and this time, she had more than 55,000 chips in front of her. The full board was out on the table, and Ron McMillen had looked her up.
McMillen's hand was already mucked when we approached, but whatever he had, he could not beat Vonsachsen's . The full house earns the lady yet another double, and she's vaulted her stack all the way up to about 130,000.
One of the players we've lost track of today is Alexandru Masek, the Circuit's four-time champion. He's missing from his starting seat, and a quick scan around the room turned up no sign of the law student from San Diego.
The number on the board has ticked down to 129 players remaining, and we've lost more than 50 players already today. We began Day 2 in three separate areas of the room, but the first couple outlier tables were quickly broken. Now, the second section has just four tables left in it, and we're almost all in one place finally.
By the way, we're going to play 14 levels today or down to a final table, whichever comes first. Our money is on 14 levels, but the chip math tells us we should get within two tables with relative ease.
We're keeping a close eye on our few remaining ladies, and at least one of them has no intentions of going anywhere for now. We're not sure of her name, but the last 15,100 of her chips went into the middle on an open-shove from early position. Dan Black made the call with , but the lady's was well in front.
A board secured her double, and Black was forced to part with a few chips. Even after granting that double, he's still got about 75,000 -- about twice what he started the day with.
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flop was a miss for Tran, and the 
turn left hin drawing stone dead. His pair of jacks could not catch up to Broadway, and the meaningless 
river is the last card of Tran's day.
and Sullivan made a low flush to score the knockout.
. The board ran 
and Tran doubled up to around 13,000. He's got an uphill challenge to make the money.
board was out on the table, and Ron McMillen had looked her up.
. The full house earns the lady yet another double, and she's vaulted her stack all the way up to about 130,000.
, but the lady's 
was well in front.
