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Adam Friedman just walked over to Nick Guagenti and announced that he's out of the tournament.
Joe Wurtz did the deed, and he will play in the Round of 32 against the winner of the match between Mike Malinconico and Sean Winter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | |
|
Busted |
Joseph Stiers just won the first match against Nick Guagenti when his 
beat Guagenti's 
on a board of 
.
The details are but dust in the wind, but with John Holley's former seat now empty it is clear that Steve Sarmientio has advanced to the second round.
Sarmiento will play either Greg Fishberg or Corrie Wunstel in the Round of 32.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |
The crew is joined by Nick Guagenti, who was second in chips in the Borgata Winter Poker Open $2 Million Guarantee when it was cancelled. He talks about the atmosphere on property, what he knows about the situation, and tries to forecast some sort of conclusion.
Both Ronald Lemkin and Paul Cheung checked the 
flop and the 
hit the table on the turn.
After checking a second time, Lemkin called Cheung's 1,000 feeler bet and the 
came on the river.
This time Lemkin opted to bet out and made it 1,700 to go. Cheung thought it over for thirty seconds or so, but he eventually made the crying call, only to muck when Lemkin rolled over 
.
Torrey Korsog just took a 1-0 lead on Christian Harder when his 
held up all in preflop against the 
of Harder. The two are now taking a short break.
Adam Shulman just finished off the first match against Charlie Hook in a hand we didn't catch.
Adam Friedman just walked over to Nick Guagenti and announced that he's out of the tournament.
James Ruszkiewicz just defeated Jared Jaffee, and two have started another match.
Usually when we pass by a table with an all-in pot being contested while two players have tabled identical hands, there's nothing noteworthy to report.
Unfortunately for James Anderson, the board rolled out with the dreaded four-flush, nullifying the predictable chop and sending a match-saving pot to David Einhorn.
Both players held the same hand with 
and 
, but the hand with the highest diamond belonged to Einhorn. After a final runout of 
was dealt, Einhorn's diamond flush gave him the double and kept him from falling into a 0-1 hole early in the tournament.