Action began when a middle position player open-shipped all in for his last 16,100. It folded around to Harry Korotki who flat called from the cutoff. Aditya Prasetyo looked down at his cards on the button and sat pondering for about a minute before finally announcing that he was all in over the top for 80,600.
Action then folded back to Korotki who, though visibly upset, announced a fold, flashing .
Prasetyo showed and was now crushing the short stacked player's . The board ran out and Prasetyo's queens were able to hold, allowing him to reduce the field by one. Interestingly enough, if Korotki would have stayed in he would have won the pot and become the overwhelming chip leader of the field. Instead, he's now sitting around 80,000.
Prasetyo, on the other hand, has boosted his stack to about 122,000.
We caught up with the action to see Ken Silberstein and one opponent looking down at . With well over 9,000 already in the middle, Silberstein's opponent shot out 5,300. Silberstein sat thinking for a moment before deciding to flat call.
Fifth street brought the and Silberstein was suddenly looking at a bet of 11,000. He flung out a call and his opponent meekly tabled for just a pair of fours. Silberstein showed for top pair and was able to scoop up the pot. Last year's runner-up is now sitting on about 115,000.
We came to the table to find four players including Daniel Voccia looking at a board of . A check prompted Voccia to bet 4,500 and the next player to act called. Two hands hit the muck and we were heads up heading to the turn which brought the .
Voccia announced all in for 6,900 total and his opponent called the bet.
Voccia:
Opponent:
"C'mon," said Voccia. "Three one time!"
The dealer did not oblige, however, as the river brought the and sealed his fate in the tournament.
The prize pool information for this event has been officially released! An additional 18 players registered at the beginning of Day 2 which brings the total entrants to 351. All of these entries account for the total prize pool of $526,500. Thirty-six players will cash with a min-cash netting $2,722. While that would be a nice payday, everyone has their sights set on the top prize of $121,095.
We came upon the table to find the board reading . Matt Glantz cut out a bet of 7,700 and his opponent came over the top by making it 20,000 to go.
Glantz shuffled chips for a moment before announcing that he was all in for 55,900 total. After a moment his opponent let it go and Glantz took down the pot. He's now sitting on roughly 100,000 in chips.
We arrived to see three players table their cards before the flop with two shorter stacks called by Matthew Weber.
Weber:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
The board ran out and Weber's nines were able to hold, ensuring that he would reduce the field by two runners. He scooped up the pot and is now sporting a stack of about 78,000.
We caught up to find a late position player open the action to 2,800. Beverly Cheney moved all in for 17,700 more on top of that and it folded back around to the original raiser who called.
Cheney showed and was racing with her opponent's . Cheney vaulted farther into the lead when the flop brought and gave her middle set. The turned and ensured her a double up. The meaningless finished off the board and Cheney was pushed the pot of about 42,000 in chips.
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and was now crushing the short stacked player's 
. The board ran out 
and Prasetyo's queens were able to hold, allowing him to reduce the field by one. Interestingly enough, if Korotki would have stayed in he would have won the pot and become the overwhelming chip leader of the field. Instead, he's now sitting around 80,000.
. With well over 9,000 already in the middle, Silberstein's opponent shot out 5,300. Silberstein sat thinking for a moment before deciding to flat call.
and Silberstein was suddenly looking at a bet of 11,000. He flung out a call and his opponent meekly tabled 
for just a pair of fours. Silberstein showed 
for top pair and was able to scoop up the pot. Last year's runner-up is now sitting on about 115,000.
. A check prompted Voccia to bet 4,500 and the next player to act called. Two hands hit the muck and we were heads up heading to the turn which brought the 
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and Weber's nines were able to hold, ensuring that he would reduce the field by two runners. He scooped up the pot and is now sporting a stack of about 78,000.
. Cheney vaulted farther into the lead when the flop brought 