Blanco and Moorman Eliminate Opponents
At one table, Sergio Cabrera pushed his short stack into the middle on a flop reading ![]()
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. He was quickly called by Lucas Blanco and the cards were tabled. Blanco was out front with ![]()
against Cabrera's ![]()
.
The
on the turn and the
on the river were no help to Cabrera as he was eliminated. Blanco has got himself off to a quick start on Day 2, launching himself into the current chip lead with over 300,000 chips.
Meanwhile, at the table next door, Chris Moorman opened to 5,200 from the cutoff and was called by Damien Steel on the button. Said Nadjem pushed all in for 40,200 out of the big blind and the action was back on Moorman. He thought for a minute and then announced all in himself, forcing Steel out of the pot.
Nadjem turned over ![]()
and was well ahead of Moorman's ![]()
. The ![]()
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did not look promising for Moorman, but the
on the turn quickly caught his attention as he picked up a flush draw. The dealer burned and turned the
on the river, completing Moorman's flush and sending Nadjem home with nothing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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315,000
158,200
|
158,200 |
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|
141,000
20,900
|
20,900 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |