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Welcome back to our continuing coverage of Event #10, the $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha mixed. We're not quite as far along as we hoped to be at this point, as eighteen (rather than nine) players will return to fight it out for the grand prize.
Daniel Makowsky will un-bag the most chips this afternoon, riding his midday surge to the top of the leader board on Day 2. Rami Boukai is close behind though, those two men enjoying about a two-to-one chip lead over the other sixteen stacks.
The bags are out on the tables, and the players should be in their seats shortly. The tentative plan is to play down to the final nine, take a little break, and then make the run for the bracelet. We expect to get underway promptly at 1:00pm, in just about fifteen minutes time.
Shamus
On the first hand dealt on Table #150, a couple of the players were still stacking their chips, including Ben Grundy. The piles of chips didn't leave a lot of room on the table for cards, and while it wasn't clear what happened exactly, apparently in the process of dealing and during the preflop action the dealer accidentally killed Grundy's hand.
Grundy objected, saying he hadn't time to protect his cards. The floor was called, and indeed the hand was declared dead.
"You got me steaming already!" said Grundy, half-joking. The table laughed. The hand was folded preflop and now everyone has their chips neatly stacked and play continues.
With the board showing and 22,000 in the pot, Najib Bennani checked, Jonas Entin bet the pot, and after some thought Bennani called. The river was the . Bennani checked again. Entin paused, and said "I ought to bet" before checking, too.
"Got the ten?" asked Bennani. "Yeah, I turned the straight," answered Entin, showing . Entin takes the pot. He's up to 210,000, while Benanni slips to 174,000.
Tony Cousineau opened with a raise to 18,000 from middle position, then John Kabbaj called from the cutoff, Jonas Entin called from the small blind, and a short-stacked Hevad Khan also called from the big blind.
"What the hell's going on here?" Cousineau cracked, responding to the crowd that had joined him in the hand.
The flop came . Entin checked, and Khan pushed in his last 35,000. The others all folded, and Khan is now back up to 110,000.
John Kabbaj opened with a pot raise to 18,000. Action passed back to Najib Bennani in the big blind, and he called to see a flop.
It showed up . Bennani quickly announced, "Pot," sliding a big tower of chips forward. Just as quickly, Kabbaj made the call, putting himself all in for 35,000 in the process.
Showdown
Kabbaj:
Bennani:
Kabbaj was leading but at risk for his tournament life. The turn and river would come safe though, as the and filled out the board. Kabbaj's trip nines are the winner, and he has earned himself an early double up.
"All right, pot-limit hold'em," said the dealer as he tossed the cards around the table for the first hand of the second orbit.
It folded to John Kabbaj in middle position. "Pot," he said quietly, the upturn at the end of the word indicating his questioning how much that would be. "28 dimes," called Tony Cousineau from the other end of the table, helping out. Kabbaj pushed a stack of 28,000 before him.
All folded to Daniel Makowsky in the big blind, who sat back in his chair and stretched his arms. Finally he announced a pot-sized reraise. Kabbaj reraised all in, and Makowsky called.
Makowsky showed and Kabbaj . The board came . Kabbaj gave a little affirmative nod of the head there when the last community card was dealt, clearly glad that he'd survived. He's now up to about 230,000, while Makowsky now has 445,000.
With the action folded around to the blinds, Tony Cousineau opened with a raise from the small blind. Paul Parker moved him all-in from the big, and Cousineau called off his remaining 44,000 chips.
Showdown
Cousineau:
Parker:
The board was a big dry desert for the at-risk Cousineau, coming down . Paul Parker adds 44,000 chips to his stack, sending Tony Cousineau to the payout desk in 18th place.
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and 22,000 in the pot, Najib Bennani checked, Jonas Entin bet the pot, and after some thought Bennani called. The river was the 
. Bennani checked again. Entin paused, and said "I ought to bet" before checking, too.
. Entin takes the pot. He's up to 210,000, while Benanni slips to 174,000.
. Entin checked, and Khan pushed in his last 35,000. The others all folded, and Khan is now back up to 110,000.
