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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
for a queen-high flush and Takeshita tabled 
.
, 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.
and Miller scored the knockout with his top two pair.
, but the lady's 
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.
