| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
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Erick Wright was in the hijack and raised to 500 to open the action. He received calls from Jeff Petronack, who was on the button, and Jesse Rockowitz in the big blind. The three saw a flop of 
and everybody checked.
Rockowitz led out for 800 on the turn 
and got called by Wright. Petronack got out of the way and action went heads up to the river 
, where both players checked to take the hand to showdown.
Rockowitz tabled [9s98h] for two pair, queens and eights, prompting a muck from Wright to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,800
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
|
29,200
-800
|
-800 |
|
|
||
|
26,200
-3,800
|
-3,800 |
There was over 10,000 in the middle in a heads-up pot between Michael Williams in the hijack and Daniel Schmidtknecht, who was on the button. The board read 
and Williams checked to Schmidtknecht, who put out a bet of 11,000.
Williams thought for about 30 seconds and then sent his cards to the muck.
Furthermore, Ian Matakis has reentered the tournament to bring the total number of entries to 15 midway through Level 2 with 13 of them having chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,600
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
|
33,400
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
24,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
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Kou Vang opened the action with a raise to 500 from under the gun and was called by Joseph Beasy, who was in the hijack. Action folded around to Dennis Stevermer, who was in the big blind and three-bet to 1,600. Vang thought for a few moments and called to put action on Beasy, who quickly called behind.
The flop came 
and action checked to Beasy, who threw out a bet of 1,000. Stevermer called and Vang went into the tank for about a half-minute before sending his cards to the muck.
Action proceeded heads up to the turn 
and both players checked, bringing the river . Stevermer fired out 2,000 and Beasy quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,400
4,400
|
4,400 |
|
27,600
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
|
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Nathan Peterson has just reentered the tournament to bring the total number of entries to 16 with just a couple minutes left in Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Daniel Schmidtknecht opened to 500 from under the gun and was three-bet to 1,400 from Jeff Maas, who was in middle position. Action folded back to Schmidtknecht and he made the call to bring a flop of 
. Schmidtknecht checked to Maas, who made a continuation-bet of 1,700. Schmidtknecht called.
The turn came 
and Schmidtknecht checked again. Maas fired a second barrel for 2,300 and received another call. The river fell and Schmidtknecht checked once more. Maas checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
Upon checking back, Maas tabled 
for two pair, kings and tens. Schmidtknecht showed for trip kings and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,500
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Dennis Stevermer raised to 500 from under the gun and action folded around to Jeff Petronack, who called from the button. Both Jon Hanner and newly-entered Mark Sandness called from the small- and big blinds, respectively, and action went four ways to the flop 
.
Hanner was first to act and led out with a bet of 800. Sandness folded, Stevermer called, and Petronack folded to take action heads up to the turn 
. Hanner led out again for another 1,800 and Stevermer stuck around, making the call.
The river came 
and Hanner fired a third time for 3,500. Stevermer let his cards go in less than 10 seconds and Hanner took down the pot
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,400
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
29,300
29,300
|
29,300 |
|
|
26,200
-8,200
|
-8,200 |
|
24,200
-7,800
|
-7,800 |
Dennis Stevermer was in the cutoff and saw action folded to him. He threw in a raise to 500 and was three-bet by Erick Wright, who was in the small blind. Stevermer called and the two saw a flop of 
.
Wright made a continuation-bet of 2,000 and Stevermer called. The turn came 
and Wright checked. Stevermer fired 3,100 forward and Wright thought for a bit before making the call. Both players checked the river to take the hand to showdown.
Wright tabled 
with an accompanying shrug to go along with his two pair, queens and fours. Stevermer showed for a better two pair and Wright tapped the table to wish him a nice hand as the dealer sent the pot his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,500
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
|
16,000
-10,200
|
-10,200 |
There was over 35,000 in the middle on a board of 
with action heads up between Jeff Petronack in the small blind and Joseph Beasy, who was on the button.
Petronack had a bet of 13,100 on the felt in front of him and action was on Beasy, who thought for over a minute. Eventually, he folded face-up, exclaiming with a tablemate that everything had gotten there and that his kings couldn't have been good as Petronack raked in his newly-acquired chips, bringing him near two-and-a-half starting stacks with just over 10 minutes before the first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,900
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
|
29,600
2,600
|
2,600 |