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Brian Hewitt will be playing in the sweet sixteen, after he made quick work of Dan Wach in their second-round contest.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
The last match of the first round is finally in the books, and it is Josh Templeton who prevailed over Lyle Diamond.
Templeton will take on Chad Eveslage - who has been waiting in the wings for his opponent to be determined - in the Round of 32.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
Poker played between one man and another, without the distractions caused by a table ringed with opponents, is said to be among the most intense formats the game has to offer.
Every street of betting matters and every move made bears import as the match wears on, each man hoping to figure the other out and get inside their head.
For Matt Stout, however, the real game is being played in Madison Square Garden, where the New York Rangers square off against the St. Louis Blues in a National Hockey League contest. Stout, a feared tournament professional who has played heads-up for a World Series of Poker bracelet already in his young career, came to today's Heads-Up event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open proudly sporting a throwback Rangers jersey. With his beloved Blueshirts matched up against the Blues as he faces off against Joe Tracy, Stout has broken out the iPad to watch his team in action.
Despite making decisions on every single deal, Stout has decided to soak in the scenes on the ice while mixing it up on the felt. With flops and folds going on all around him, Stout can be seen turning his head to take in the hockey game, but with his Rangers already down a goal, Stout will try to keep his focus on the goal here today.
With the final board reading 
, Michael Shklover was faced with a large bet of 7,100, and he studied Alex Queen across the table before announcing the call.
"If you have a straight, you have a straight," said Shklover as his chips were committed.
"I have two pair..." announced Queen, his voice suggesting that he knew his hand to be no good.
"I have a better one," said Shklover as his tabled 
, his top two pair enough to take the sizable pot.
James Routos is the latest player to advance, as he just took the last of Alex Rocha's chips for the second time today.
Routos will play Eric Fields in his next contest.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
William Punzo just finished off Michael Vela to advance into the Round of 32.
Punzo will square off against Andy Hwang, the only man in the room with his name etched on the World Poker Tour Champions Cup, a trophy which just so happens to be in Hwang's line of sight as this heads-up event rolls on.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
After a lengthy match in which both sides claimed an early game, Ernie Lewis just beat Ian Davis to move into the Round of 32.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
After splitting the first two games of their second-round match, Tai Yuen and Raffi Nahabedian both flopped pairs in the deciding hand.
According to Yuen, the flop came down 
and he led out for a bet, having flopped top pair with his 
. Nahabedian was not a believer though, and with 
in the hole he figured middle pair with the best kicker to be basically the nuts. He soon found out that his read was wrong, however, when Yuen tabled the best of it, and when the board bricked out out on the turn and river the match was over.
Yuen is the first player to advance to the sweet sixteen.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
Ronald Lemkin pushed all in on a flop of 
. Paul Cheung thought for a bit, then he called.
Cheung: 
Lemkin: 
Cheung held the lead, but the turn came 
, leaving the pot chopped if an eight or a jack didn't hit the board. Unfortunately for Lemkin, the river was the , and Cheung advanced to round two.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
James Anderson is the next man to make the Round of 32, after he dispatched hedge fund manager and poker enthusiast David Einhorn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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20,000 | |
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Busted |