Main Event Day 2 | 2013 GuangDong Ltd. Asia Millions

06-06-2013 15:43 UTC+8

First Three Down, Tsang Moving Up

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Level 8 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante

The first three eliminations of the day have flown in, with Jonathan Godfrey, Tom Hu and Fenglei Qian hitting the rail. Qian started the day with a top-five chip stack, but apparently lost some small pots early before sending the majority of his chips to Anson Tsang, who is now one of the chip leaders. There are now 48 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	7,000,000

Jonathan Godfrey	Busted
Fenglei Qian	Busted
Tom Hu	Busted

06-06-2013 15:50 UTC+8

Smith Wins a Small One off Cheong

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Level 8 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante

Ever the active player, Joseph Cheong has lost a fair chunk of his stack early here on Day 2 of the GDAM Main Event. Some of those chips went straight to Dan Smith during a recent hand which played out as follows.

Cheong was in early position when he opened it up to 125,000. Folded around to David Steicke on the button and he put out 150,000. Steicke didn't realise Cheong had opened and was trying do so himself. The dealer corrected the mistake and Steicke was forced to call. Smith also called out of the big blind and the dealer flipped over a flop. Smith checked here and Cheong bet 180,000. Stecike quickly folded, while Smith made the call.

The turn would see checks from both Cheong and Smith, which would again be the case on the river. At showdown, Smith tabled and that was enough to see Cheong's cards hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	4,200,000 582,000	582,000

Joseph Cheong	2,900,000 -1,152,000	-1,152,000

Tags: Dan Smith Joseph Cheong

06-06-2013 15:56 UTC+8

Another One Bites the Dust

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Level 8 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante

One more player has hit the rail, this time Wei Seng Phua. We are now down to 47 players and one step closer to our final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Seng Phua	Busted

06-06-2013 16:01 UTC+8

Unlucky River for Powell, Lucky One for Tang

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Level 8 : 30,000/60,000, 7,000 ante

Devan Tang and Brian Powell recently got all their chips in preflop, with Tang at-risk holding against the of Powell. Up to the turn on the board, things were looking good for Powell and bleak for Tang. Then the river was slammed onto the felt and the tables had turned.

Tang is now back up over 20 big blinds, while Powell will need some help soon with around 15 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	1,300,000 410,000	410,000
Brian Powell	900,000 -466,000	-466,000

Tags: Brian Powell

Level: 9

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

06-06-2013 16:14 UTC+8

Three Way All-in Sees Gruissem Bust

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Level 9 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

We recently arrived at Table 3 to find three players all in preflop. We didn't see how the chips went in, but Keith Gipson was all in for 284,000 from under the gun, Philipp Gruissem was in late position and was all in for just over 1 million in chips and Greg Merson was all in from the small blind, having both his opponents well covered. Below is how the cards looked.

Merson:
Gruissem:
Gipson:

Gipson was looking good to double up and Gruissem was needing some help to stay alive. By the time the dealer spread out a board, Gipson had picked up 284,000 from both Gruissem and Merson’s stack, while Merson had taken Gruissem’s last 1 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	3,500,000 1,933,000	1,933,000

Keith Gipson	900,000 600,000	600,000
Phillip Gruissem	Busted

Tags: Greg Merson Philipp Gruissem

06-06-2013 16:22 UTC+8

Lessons in Running it Twice

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Level 9 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

"Wait, wait, wait," said Ying Wu, dead seriously. "I wanted to run it twice."

The hand in question saw Joseph Cheong all in preflop holding against the of Wu. Cheong was all in for just 580,000 after losing the majority of his stack during the first level. Wu said he wanted to run it twice after the turn card had been dealt on a and was seriously asking Cheong if he was interested.

Before Cheong could answer, the dealer had flipped over the river and Wu was not happy. Wu even called the floor over, at which point it was explained to Wu that you can't run it twice in a tournament, only in a cash game.

Following the safe river, Cheong had doubled up to around 1 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	1,000,000 -1,900,000	-1,900,000

Tags: Joseph Cheong

06-06-2013 16:32 UTC+8

Few More Gone, Ike Building

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Level 9 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

A quick walk around the tournament floor tells us that Kejing Tang, Fabian Quoss, Ying Wu, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Guanfei Zhu have recently been eliminated. We also noticed that Isaac Haxton is now clearly the chip leader with over 9 million in chips. There are now 41 players remaining in the GDAM Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	9,200,000 3,542,000	3,542,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted
Ying Wu	Busted
Fabian Quoss	Busted
Kejing Tang	Busted
Guanfei Zhu	Busted

06-06-2013 16:38 UTC+8

Counts From Table Three

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Level 9 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Below is the approximate chip stacks of the players currently seated at Table three.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	4,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

Keith Gipson	3,000,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Greg Merson	2,700,000 -800,000	-800,000

Liang Yu	2,600,000 -395,000	-395,000
David Steicke	2,000,000 -62,000	-62,000
Joseph Cheong	1,300,000 750,000	750,000

06-06-2013 16:47 UTC+8

Counts From One and Four

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Level 9 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Below are the approximate updated chip counts from the current players at Table One and Table Four.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	5,200,000 -449,000	-449,000
Anson Tsang	5,000,000 -2,000,000	-2,000,000

Thomas McDonald	4,600,000 1,024,000	1,024,000
Anthony Gregg	3,500,000 959,000	959,000

Ping San Chan	3,400,000 -100,000	-100,000
Nick Wong	3,200,000 1,732,000	1,732,000
Gus Hansen	3,100,000 1,344,000	1,344,000

Richard Yong	3,000,000 403,000	403,000
JC Alvarado	2,800,000 -987,000	-987,000
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier	2,600,000 863,000	863,000

Pratyush Buddiga	2,500,000 88,000	88,000
Di Dang	1,500,000 -2,604,000	-2,604,000
Niklas Heinecker	1,400,000 -150,000	-150,000
Yat Wai Cheng	1,100,000 494,000	494,000