$250,000 Guaranteed | 2016 iNinja World Championship at Planet Hollywood

06-15-2016 13:38 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of iNinja World Championship (full)

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Four grueling Day 1 flights are in the books and it's time for everyone who made it through to combine for a chance at some serious money. It's time for Day 2 of iNinja World Championship, which takes place at Planet Hollywood and will see 211 players out of 1,140 return for a chance at the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool that has ballooned to around $400,000.

Official payout numbers should be available almost immediately at the start of Day 2 play, and the money bubble should be hit pretty early in the day.

Matt Lushin will be coming in with the most chips at 439,000, trailed by Jeremy Kerbel (418,500), Jeff Sluzinski (346,000), and Praveen Lokam (315,000). Some others to watch for include Jason Smith (223,500), Michael Sanders (190,000), Matt Reed (161,000), Ryan Phan (160,500), and iNinja Pros Aaron Johnson (137,000), John Reading (136,500), and Vlad Revniaga (131,000).

Things get underway in Level 16 (2,000/4,000/500) and go until a winner is determined according to the schedule, but that may prove to be impossible with such a large field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Lushin	439,000
Jeremy Kerbel	418,500
Jeffrey Sluzinski	346,000
Praveen Lokam	315,000
Samuel Pierce III	301,000
Jewook Oh	300,000
Bob Dixon	284,500
Jesse Mills	281,000
Gary Bertram	262,000
Stephen Dees	243,000
Ricky Kroegen	239,500
Kai Yang	232,500
Patrick Roy	228,500
Ricky Lim	228,000
Mason Rosenberg	228,000
Tony Robertson	224,500
Jason Smith	223,500
Ahmed Karrim	222,500
Dhanesh Chainani	222,500
Fred Jones	221,000
Arlen Yun	214,500
Rafael Rodriguez	214,000
James Krause	212,500
Victor Ayala	211,000
Alan Casas	205,500

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06-15-2016 16:40 UTC-7

Reading Gets Lucky

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

John Reading was in the big blind and check-raised a bet from the player on the button to about 45,000. Reading's opponent, who had bet 18,000 on the flop, shoved all in for around 150,000. Reading quickly called.

Reading:
Opponent:

Both players were drawing but Reading was behind. The turn gave him what he needed though, and the river was a brick.

Reading is up to about 495,000. Players are now on break.

06-15-2016 19:29 UTC-7

Lazar Coolers Oh

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Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jewook Oh and Tony Lazar got in a raising war that resulted in Oh being all in on a board of with for a boat. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead as Lazar held for queens full.

Lazar is hot early this summer, coming off a fifth-place finish at the World Series of Poker in the $1,500 8-Game event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Lazar	900,000	600,000
Jewook Oh	Busted

06-15-2016 22:44 UTC-7

Steiner Busts Two

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Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

We found Joshua Steiner in the small blind, calling the all-in shove of a player with 230,000 on the button. A player under the gun who initially raised to 60,000 then jammed for 1 million total. After getting the count and thinking for a bit, Steiner pushed in the calling chips.

Steiner:
Button:
Early position:

The flop improved nobody, but an turn gave Steiner a hammerlock on things. The river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Steiner	2,400,000	950,000

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06-16-2016 01:50 UTC-7

Final Table Bubble for Nagasako

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Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Junichi Nagasako defended his big blind from a cutoff open by John Mann, and flopped. Nagasako shoved all in for about 550,000 and Mann shrugged and flicked in a chip to call.

Mann:
Nagasako:

Mann needed a seven, and the missed him but the was what he needed. Nagasako shot out of his seat in disgust, and the remaining players are drawing for the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junichi Nagasako	Busted

06-16-2016 02:25 UTC-7

Ahmed Karrim Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,199)

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Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Ahmed Karrim pushed all in from middle position with and got snap-called by big blind John Mann, who had . A board of spelled doom for Karrim.

06-16-2016 04:00 UTC-7

Linh Le Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,399)

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Level 31 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Linh Le shoved from the hijack for 1.265 million. Munehiro Kurozumi jammed on the button and chased the blinds away.

Le:
Kurozumi:

Kurozumi's kings stayed best on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Munehiro Kurozumi	3,350,000	600,000
Linh Le	Busted

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06-16-2016 04:17 UTC-7

James Millman Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,039)

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Level 31 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Carlos Chang opened to 240,000 in middle position and called the shove of James Millman, who had about 1.6 million in the next seat.

Chang:
Millman:

The flop came , giving Millman some more outs after pairing his five. The was a brick though, and it was followed by another blank: .

Chip counts
Carlos Chang, 6.1 million

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06-16-2016 04:58 UTC-7

Joshua Steiner Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,301)

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Level 32 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante

After a limp, Carlos Chang made it 560,000 in the small blind. Joshua Steiner shipped it for 745,000 in the big, and Chang called after the limper tank-folded.

Chang:
Steiner:

Steiner asked for one time, but a flop was little help. He picked up a straight draw on the turn but Chang added a flush draw. The helped neither player, eliminating Steiner.