We are keeping an eye out for Tom Dwan and so far he keeps losing the bigger pots. After a raise to 5,200 from early position Dwan called af the first player next to the raiser. The big blind also called giving us three way action on the flop.
The flop came down and the big blind checked right away. The initial raiser bet 8,500 and Dwan started counting out a raise. He put together 22,000 and threw it into the pot. The big blind snap-folded and the initial raiser took his time. He ending up making the call and the turn was the . Both players took there time as the action went check-check.
On the river the hit and we saw two checks again. Dwan's opponent showed , and the former online superstar flashed an expression of disgust as he showed the . Dwan is knocked further down and looking for a double up even more now.
Well, it's been quite a hard fall for James Dempsey here in the after-dinner session.
A few hands after his crippling at the hands of Jason Koon, we watched James Dempsey drop the rest of his stack and fall by the wayside. There was a aise to 5,000 and a call in front of Dempsey when he squeezed to 31,000 on the button. The gent in the small blind asked how much he was playing, then announced an all in reraise. That folded the other two out of the way, but Dempsey put his remaining ~22,000 into the pot to put himself at risk.
"I probably have three outs," he correctly surmised.
Showdown
Dempsey:
Opponent:
The board was dry and blank for Flushy, coming , and with that, Dempsey has been reduced to the felt here in the waning stages of Day 2.
With about 25,000 in the pot and a board reading , an early-position player checked to Tino Lechich, who bet 20,200. The EP player thought for about 90 seconds before check-raising all in, and Lechich snap-called.
Showdown
Lechich
EP
Lechich was ahead with a straight but needed to dodge a heart, which is exactly what he did when the appeared on the river. With that, Lechich is back up to the average chip stack.
It's been awhile since we've seen Jay "SEABEAST" Kinkade, which inspired us to check his Twitter. Just as we had feared, Kinkade had been eliminated from the Main Event. As he explained:
"Busto. Zany Japanese guy limps sb I jam 20bb in the big with 98s, he fistpump snapcalls QTo. I flop a flush draw on bricks and miss it all!"
It's been an up-and-down day for Dominik Nitsche, but the latest trend is not a good one for the German pro. We didn't see much of the betting action, only hustling over when we heard the call that a player was all in on the turn of a board. Nitsche was the one with the covering stack and the , but he was drawing dead to the at-risk player. Mr. Opponent tabled the unbeatable , doubling up for the 35,300 chips he had left on fourth street.
After paying off his debt, Nitsche has been reduced all the way back down to about 38,000.
We didn't witness the hand, but Josh Barrett was kind enough to let us know how he managed to now be sitting behind the largest stack in the room.
The action started with Barrett opening the pot to 5,200. Andrew Hinrichsen then made the call on his direct left. The dealer button then came along for the ride before the player in the big blind popped it to 15,000. All three players made the call.
On the flop, the big blind checked and Barrett led for 25,000. Hinrichsen then threw in a raise to 75,000. The other two players got out of the way and Barrett shoved his stack all in. It was around 300,00 to Hinrichsen and he snap called.
Hinrichsen turned over his for a flopped straight, and unlucky hand for Barrett to run into as he held for a flopped set. The on the turn changed everything as the paired board meant Barrett made a full house. A bricked river sent Barrett the pot and he now sits as the chip leader.
The word on the street is that we're going to go ahead and play the seven scheduled levels today despite some early rumors of a shortened Day 2. With 114 players left right now and a full three hours of play in front of us, we could conceivably get very near the money bubble at 72.
We saw Peter Aristidou walking the tournament floor and a quick glance at his former table suggested that he had been eliminated. We asked Aristidou what happened and he explained that he had raised to 5,200 from middle position with and received a call from the player on the button. The big blind then three-bet to 17,500, Aristidou four-bet 45,000, the button folded, and the big blind shipped. Aristidou had about 105,000 behind and called off.
The big blind ended up holding , the same hand as Aristidou, so given the fact that the Australian veteran was eliminated, you just knew it was going to be something nasty. The flop came down with two diamonds, and you can surely guess what happened next.
If you guessed runner-runner diamonds to give the big blind a winning flush, you're right. Aristidou seemed to take it in stride as he went to check on his friends still alive in the tournament.
Michael Tureniec and Jamie Rosen are very active players, willing to play cards from any position. It came as no surprise to see the Swede open to 5,100 from second position and Rosen three-bet him to 12,700 from the next seat.
Tureniec wasn't done though and four-bet up to 28,600. Rosen called to see the flop and here he did give up, after Tureniec c-bet for 22,500.
Dominik Nitsche failed to find the help needed to recover his tournament and was eliminated by Michael Tureniec. The talented young German came over and told us that he got his last 40,000 in with ace-king and was looked up by Tureniec who held pocket jacks.
and the big blind checked right away. The initial raiser bet 8,500 and Dwan started counting out a raise. He put together 22,000 and threw it into the pot. The big blind snap-folded and the initial raiser took his time. He ending up making the call and the turn was the 
. Both players took there time as the action went check-check.
hit and we saw two checks again. Dwan's opponent showed 
, and the former online superstar flashed an expression of disgust as he showed the 
. Dwan is knocked further down and looking for a double up even more now.
, an early-position player checked to Tino Lechich, who bet 20,200. The EP player thought for about 90 seconds before check-raising all in, and Lechich snap-called.
appeared on the river. With that, Lechich is back up to the average chip stack.
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board. Nitsche was the one with the covering stack and the 
, but he was drawing dead to the at-risk player. Mr. Opponent tabled the unbeatable 
, doubling up for the 35,300 chips he had left on fourth street.
flop, the big blind checked and Barrett led for 25,000. Hinrichsen then threw in a raise to 75,000. The other two players got out of the way and Barrett shoved his stack all in. It was around 300,00 to Hinrichsen and he snap called.
for a flopped straight, and unlucky hand for Barrett to run into as he held 
and received a call from the player on the button. The big blind then three-bet to 17,500, Aristidou four-bet 45,000, the button folded, and the big blind shipped. Aristidou had about 105,000 behind and called off.
, the same hand as Aristidou, so given the fact that the Australian veteran was eliminated, you just knew it was going to be something nasty. The flop came down 
with two diamonds, and you can surely guess what happened next.
flop and here he did give up, after Tureniec c-bet for 22,500.
