Ed Miller opened from under the gun for 2,500 and the player in the cutoff moved all in for 11,800. The blinds released and after the dealer counted down the stack Miller tossed in calling chips.
Miller:
Cutoff:
The board ran and Miller scored the knockout with his top two pair.
David Parkus was down to just 3,100 when he shoved all in from late position. Sam Barnhart flatted next door on the button, and the big blind called as well to give Parkus the chance to triple.
The board ran , and the two live players checked it down through the turn. Barnhart finally made a small bet of 2,000 on the river, coaxing a fold from the big blind. Parkus showed up for two pair.
"Look at what I flopped!" Barnhart got giddy. He flipped up his , and the straight flush is plenty good enough to send Parkus to the exit. With the knockout, Barnhart works his way back up to about 58,000 -- still down a chunk from where he began Day 2.
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A short-stacked early position player moved all in for 2,300, Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon called from the button, as did both the blinds. The flop came and action checked around. The turn was and the three live players checked around again. The river brought the , the blinds checked and Kroon announced that he bet the minimum -1,000.
The small bind folded and Hayata Takeshita checked his cards and tossed in a call. Kroon turned up for a queen-high flush and Takeshita tabled .
"I guess I should have bet the maximum then, I thought you might have an ace or something," Kroon said.
The board shows 168 players left, but we've already seen at least three tables break in quick succession. The march to the exit is on here in Lake Tahoe, and the chips are flying around the felt here in the early going.
Gary "Debo34" DeBernardi just came pacing past our desk with that just-eliminated look about him. A quick conversation confirmed the bad news.
Debo was crippled in a blind-versus-blind encounter when his ace-ten ran up against his neighbor's ace-queen to no avail. A few hands later, a flip took the rest of his chips, and DeBernardi has been relegated to the rail here early on Day 2.
Annie LePage came into the day riding a short stack of just 12bb, and she waited about an orbit before making her stand. From middle position, LePage shoved in for right around 10,000, and Matthew Weber isolated with a big reraise right next door. When the rest of the table folded out of the way, the cards were turned up.
Showdown
LePage:
Weber:
The flop was maximum sweat-age as it came out , hitting both players pretty hard. LePage was still well behind, but she now had eight outs to make the winning straight.
Turn: .
An even better sweat! LePage added another handful outs with the spade draw, but they would prove to be insufficient. The river was the wrong shade of black, and Weber's set of tens hold to give him the knockout. He was already one of the big stacks, and he's worked his count up over 120,000 with that pot.
A short-stacked early position player moved all in for 11,200 and action folded around to Ivan Holmes in the small blind. He looked down, called and the big blind released his hand. The hands were turned up and they were off to the races.
Holmes:
Opponent:
The board ran and Holmes earned a knockout and pushed his stack to just above the starting stack.