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Defending champion Jason Mercier's day has been up and down thus far, but he recently took a pot down against John "Tex" Barch to jump back up to 33,000 chips.
Steve "pikappraider" Burkholder is still alive as well with 27,000 chips.
We are on a 20 minute break.
Cya in a few!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
136,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
133,000
38,900
|
38,900 |
|
||
|
98,000
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
96,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
39,600
|
39,600 |
|
84,000
37,100
|
37,100 |
|
||
|
83,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
75,000
50,100
|
50,100 |
|
68,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
65,000
35,900
|
35,900 |
|
62,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
|
|
62,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
61,000
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
58,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
||
|
57,000
35,200
|
35,200 |
|
|
52,000
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
48,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
46,000
-24,400
|
-24,400 |
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
45,000
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
|
38,000
500
|
500 |
|
33,000
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
|
31,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
30,000
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
|
|
30,000
5,800
|
5,800 |
Seat 1: Mike Puskarich - 2,400
Seat 2: Eric Haber - 26,500
Seat 3: Young Phan - 30,000
Seat 4: Jonathan Little - 136,000
Seat 5: Dan Kelly - 65,000
Seat 6: Nicholas Verkaik - 13,500
Seat 7:Timothy Flanders - 62,000
Seat 8: Thomas Redfern - 45,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 0
Despite nurturing a short stack like a newborn baby, Mike Puskarich has finally bit the dust on the very first hand back after the break. He achieved his primary objective, however, and goes home with $3,357, which, considering he had just 2,000 at the bubble, isn't a bad day's work.
Klinghammer Thibaut was all in against Khalil Abujawdeh in a battle for the longest name ever.
Not really, they were actually all in for a 63,000-chip pot with the board reading 
.
After the turn Abujawdeh bet 8,000 and Thibaut moved all in for 27,000 more. Abujawdeh called:
Showdown
Thibaut: 
Abujawdeh: 
The river was the 
giving Thibaut a winning flush and doubling him to 63,000 chips. Abujawdeh now sits with 73,000 chips.
Fireworks on the turn of a 
board as Ryan Byrne open shoved with 
. With little hesitation, Peter Costsa made the call with 
for the bigger straight, and after an uneventful 
on the river, picked up both the pot and the scalp. The "Silver Fox" now has 77,000.
"DJ misclicked," groaned Eric 'Sheets' Haber to Matt Stout upon his exit.
Movement on the feature table lured me over, but although I rocketed over there like a jet-propelled whippet, we were already amid the aftermath. "I didn't meant to call preflop," confessed Dan "djk123" Kelly apologetically as the chips sailed across the felt.
As they shook hands, I scribbled the board and hole cards frantically onto my notepad:
Haber: 
Kelly: 
Board: 
The bottom line is that Kelly hit his set of nines, and Haber his the deck.
Dan "djk123" Kelly was all in against Jonathan Little after a series of preflop raises here at the feature table.
Kelly didn't misclick this time, he had a very strong hand with 
. Little had aces as well; 
The flop brought 
with two diamonds and after another turned, Little was freeroling for a monster pot. The river brought a diamond, the , and Kelly's stack was moved one seat over as he hit the rail.
"When I saw the 
in the window I knew it was trouble!" Young Phan exclaimed.
Little is still our chip leader, but now he's got a massive lead with 215,000 chips.
