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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 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000 | 478,000 |
|
110,000 | -280,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | -17,000 |
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!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 87,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 | -9,000 |
Table 25 has been a happy hunting ground for Jason Koon. The same cannot be said for James Dempsey. The two just clashed in a pot where a third player was all-in, and it didn't end well for the Brit.
We reached the action after the flop had fallen as 
and the small blind had moved all-in for 23,100. Dempsey was in early position and raised up to 49,300. Koon called from the button and the action passed to the 
turn. Dempsey slowed to a check and called when the American bet 30,000.
The river brought another queen in the 
and Dempsey checked. Koon bet 55,000 and this bet really got under Dempsey's skin. He went into the tank for a few minutes and tried to reason (sometime mumbling thoughts) what was going on. His instincts seemed to tell him to fold but he threw in the calling chips.
Koon opened 
, beating Dempsey's 
.
"How did you get there?" asked Dempsey. "I fold if it doesn't come a queen."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
84,000 | -181,000 |
Brian 'flawless_victory' Roberts is no longer in the tournament. We missed his bustout but had the information relayed to us.
Apparently Roberts got his stack all in holding and ran into 
. The flop then fell 
, giving Roberts a sweat. The 
on the turn gave Roberts' opponent the straight and when the hit the river, it was all over for Roberts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We're not sure when the eliminations happened, but it just came to our attention that both Raymond Rahme and William Haughey are missing from the field. Rahme, of course, is most famous for finishing third in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2007, while Haughey is known as the man who purchased Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event gold bracelet, which he recently told PokerNews he would like to return to the WSOP if they're willing to work with him on hosting a charity event in an effort to raise $2 million!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
