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Andrew Pantling opened to 200, and Billy Jordanou raised to 600. Pantling called.
Flop: 
- Jordanou checked, and Pantling bet 500. Jordanou called.
Turn: 
- Same action. Jordanou check-called 500.
River: 
- Jordanou checked a third time, and when Pantling moved all in, Billy folded. He's now down to 2,000 in the first game of the second round.
After much back-and-forth, Darren Woods won the third game to eliminate Nick Wong. Woods rivered a straight with 
on a 
board and got Wong to call all in with 
. Woods will play the winner of the Nielson v. Smith match.
Dan Smith had a 2:1 chip lead over Daniel Nielson when Smith shoved the button with 
. Nielson called with 
. The board fell 
, and Smith won the match two games to zero. He his now getting set to play Darren Woods.
Daniel Alaei and Mark Everett are the only two players still on the first round. David Steike is waiting to play the winner of that match.
Two second-round matches are running at the moment, and both tables are on their first game in best-of-three matches.
Andrew Pantling - 6,300
Billy Jordanou - 3,700
Barry Woods - 6,900
Nikolay Evdakov - 3,100
The Dan Smith v. Darren Woods match is supposed to start at 5:45.
Barry Woods raised the button to 600, and Nikolay Evdakov moved all in. Woods called all in to put himself at risk.
Woods: 
Evdakov: 
The board ran out clean, and Woods doubled up to 8,600. Evdakov got his chips in a few minutes later with 
. Woods was flipping with . Evdakov tapped the table as soon as he saw the in the door. But he had to apologize as the flop also held the 
. His set turned into a boat on the 
board, and Evdakov doubled to 2,700.
Daniel Alaei and Mark Everett both refuse to capitulate. In the latest big hand, Everett raised to 300, and Alaei called. After the 
flop, Daniel bet out 300, and Everett called. Both checked the turn. The river put four to a straight on the board. Alaei bet 725. Everett raised him to 1,900. That was enough to force Alaei to fold. He's down to 3,200. Everett is on 6,800.
Barry Woods raised to 400, and Nikolay Evdakov called to see the 
flop. Evdakov open-shoved the flop for 2,400, and Woods looked him up.
Evdakov: 
for ten-high and an open-ended straight draw
Woods: 
for a better open-ender
The 
turn was a blank, but the river gave Woods an eight-high straight to win the hand and the game.
Billy Jordanou, wearing more Ed Hardy than we've ever seen, came back from a chip deficit to take a 1:0 lead over Andrew Pantling.
Darren Woods has arrived and the Woods v. Dan Smith match is underway.
Four hours into the Alaei v. Everett match, Mark Everett managed to go from hurting to the chip lead. Daniel Alaei flatted, and Everett shoved . Alaei called with 
. The board came , and Everett doubled up. Alaei was left with only 1,600.
