Joining the action on a 
flop, Aaron Schaff checked to Mayu Roca Uribe in a heads up pot. Uribe bet 8,500 only to see Schaff check-raise to 21,500. Despite this highly aggressive move, Uribe called.
The dealer burned a card before placing the 
onto the felt. Schaff checked its arrival and Uribe checked behind. Schaff checked again on the 
river, only to fold when Uribe bet a chunky 39,500 chips.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
William Stevenson has been eliminated in 22nd place after clashing with Michael DeGilio.
Stevenson was all in for 42,000 preflop with 
and DeGilio called with 
. No nine or ace appeared on the 
board and Stevenson's tournament ended.
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Jon "PearlJammer" Turner and Brandon Shane have both hit the rail in the last few minutes, with Turner exiting in 24th place, and Shane notching a 23rd place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Two consecutive hands saw Ivan Demidov's stack shattered and rebuilt in short order.
First, Demidov opened for 7,000 and then called Stephen Chidwick's three-bet of 17,500 to take a flop of 
. Both players checked the baby card board, but when the 
turned, Demidov check-called a bet of 25,000. The 
then completed the board on the river, and Demidov checked for a third time.
When Chidwick fired a bet of 75,000 forward, the Russian pro flatted and turned over his 
for top two pair. Unfortunately for Demidov, Chidwick held the 
for trips on the flop, and he strung Demidov along the whole way.
On the very next deal, however, the Demidov managed to get his last 157,000 into the middle holding 
. Day 1 chip leader Nick Schwarmann looked him up with 
. When the board ran out a clean 
for Demidov, the Russian's snowmen had survived, giving him a crucial double to more than rebound from his previous loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
324,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
||
|
36,500
-98,500
|
-98,500 |
Antonio Lafosse has just helped himself to a decent sized put much to the frustration of Jon Turner.
Lafosse checked from the small blind with the board reading 
and saw Turner bet 9,500 from his seat in the big blind. Lafosse called and quickly checked when the 
completed the community cards. Turner pushed out a tower of chips totaling 26,500 and Lafosse called.
Turner:
Lafosse: 
When Turner saw Lafosse's hand he angrily slammed his cards onto the felt.
Finally hit a draw for the first time all day vs the guy I've battled b vs b, 97hh on Q32hh5x2h board, he yank calls w T5hh lol, 40k leftFollow @PearlJammed
After being crippled with pocket aces on an earlier hand, David "The Dragon" Pham moved his last 37,800 into the middle with 
, but he was quickly called by Glynn Beebe and his 
.
When the flop fell 
, Pham's luck appeared to have run out, but the on the turn provided him with a lifeline.
River: 
After using a miracle suckout to end Day 1 with a big stack, and losing those chips to another brutal beat here today, Pham has rode the roller coaster known as shorthanded NLH play to stabilize himself.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,100
-89,900
|
-89,900 |
|
98,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
||
Maria Ho and Michael Benvenuti have both lost their stacks and finished in 26th and 25th place respectively.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Donnie Peters just told us a hand that saw Jamie Rosen double up through David Pham, again.
Earlier today Rosen got very lucky on the river again Pham. Well that 
just came good again.
Pham opened to 7,000 on the button, Rosen three-bet to 20,000 and Pham four-bet to 47,000. Rosen shoved for 126,300 and Pham instantly called.
Pham opened a pair of aces to Rosen's and Rosen looked dead and buried. That was until th eboard ran out 
to double Rosen up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
