Here are the chip counts after the first two levels, and we have an unlikely chip leader in the shape of Loykia Lypraioy. Lypraioy is the female foe described by Homer in the hand he wrote earlier entitled The Tide is Not Mat-terning
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | |
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
51,000 | |
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
40,000 | |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000 | |
|
26,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
25,000
1,875
|
1,875 |
|
24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
23,000 | |
|
|
||
|
19,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
17,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
16,000
675
|
675 |
|
|
||
|
16,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
15,000 | |
|
12,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
7,000
750
|
750 |
|
|
||
board, only for Michael Benvenuti to check-raise him all in. Jorgensen spent a few minutes fiddling with his chips but eventually released his hand.
board. His Greek opponent called both bets before both players checked the 
river.
but he couldn't beat his opponent's 
and Kaverman made a c-bet to 800 and two players called. The turn was the 
(putting a back door heart draw on the board) and the play checked to the button who bet 1,700. The small blind folded but Kaverman made the call. The final card was the 
and Kaverman decided to just check-call. The bet sizing on the river was 3,500 and Kaverman turned over 
turn before Elyashar also checked the 
river, Rousso now bet 2,200 and Elyashar made the call but could only muck when Rousso showed 
for the double gutshot that turned into a flush.
and Lypraioy checks to Mattern who bets 1,700 and the player on the button moves all-in. Lypraioy folded and Mattern tank-called for his tournament life.
