Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
A few fantastical photos from the first level of Day 2 action, courtesy of Joe Giron.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
229,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
150,000
91,600
|
91,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
142,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
128,000
38,200
|
38,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
99,000
8,100
|
8,100 |
|
|
75,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,000
1,100
|
1,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
56,000
86,700
|
86,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
52,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
50,000
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
|
47,000
17,400
|
17,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000
25,200
|
25,200 |
|
|
33,000
19,900
|
19,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
22,000
27,700
|
27,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
49,900
|
49,900 |
After a series of preflop raises, Tommy Vedes was heads up with an opponent with the board reading 

. Both players checked.
Vedes check-called a 7,600-chip bet after the
turned, and the
completed the board. Vedes checked, his opponent fired 12,500, and Vedes tank-called. The player chose not to show his hand, and Vedes tabled 
for a pair of tens.
"This is how we do, kid," Vedes told the player as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
93,600
|
93,600 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
180,000
2,900
|
2,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
176,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
119,000
48,100
|
48,100 |
|
|
113,000
47,900
|
47,900 |
|
|
103,000
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
72,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000
29,400
|
29,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
43,000
4,200
|
4,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
33,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,000
30,800
|
30,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
16,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Harrison Gimbel (button) and the small blind tangled up in a preflop raising war that left the opponent all in for 79,100 total. Gimbel had that covered, and his
was far the best hand. His opponent showed up
, and the sweat was on.
There was no funny stuff on the
board, and the knockout pot moves Gimbel all the way up to about 180,000 chips.
If, for some reason, you're having trouble placing the name Harrison Gimbel, have a read about this little tournament he won in this building two years ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
224,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
200,000
20,100
|
20,100 |
|
|
177,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
152,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
135,000
50,900
|
50,900 |
|
|
112,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
100,000
61,300
|
61,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
94,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
85,000
15,200
|
15,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
78,000
26,200
|
26,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
63,000
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
49,000
600
|
600 |
|
|
47,000
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
|
40,000
55,200
|
55,200 |
|
|
32,000
21,100
|
21,100 |
|
|
28,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
24,000
40,100
|
40,100 |
|
|
||
A player in middle position opened with a standard raise, and JC Alvarado three-bet to 8,100 in the blinds. Mr. Raiser called, and off they went heads-up.
The dealer spread out
, and Alvarado continued out with 8,600. His bet was called, and the two men checked through the
turn. On the river, the
paired the board, and Alvardo fired back out with 12,800. Mr. Opponent spent a few long minutes in the tank before plunking the call into the pot.
Alvarado tabled
for queens up, and a muck from his opponent shipped him the pot to increase his count to about 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
32,800
|
32,800 |
A player moved all in for 18,900 from under the gun, Marcio Cid Holanda re-shoved on the button, and the action was on Will Reynolds in the small blind.
"The only thing I know about him," Reynolds said pointing at Holanda. "Is that you're not Andrew Feldman."
The table broke into laughter, and Reynolds continued to tank for another half of a minute. He finally folded, and the hands were opened.
Showdown
Holanda: 

Shover: 

"I had jacks," Reynolds announced.
The flop: 

. Bingo!
The turn and river came
,
respectively, giving the player under the gun a winning flush. Reynolds continued to bemoan the fact that he just folded quads, while Holanda wasn't too happy after having his aces cracked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
184,000
81,600
|
81,600 |
|
|
151,000
11,700
|
11,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
133,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
97,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
77,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
59,000
23,200
|
23,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,000
22,900
|
22,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
56,000
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
|
46,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
43,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
38,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
37,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
26,000
10,100
|
10,100 |
|
|
Busted | |
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