Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Maruti Cherakupally opened for a raise, Charles Lehman shoved his short stack behind him and Cherakupally called.
Lehman: ![]()
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Cherakupally: ![]()
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The board ran ![]()
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, Lehman's kings were best and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
100,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Chris Battaglia and Papa Karn went to a raised flop of ![]()
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, Karn bet 12,000 from the big blind and Battaglia raised all in. Karn sat for a moment, called and turned up ![]()
. Battaglia rolled over ![]()
and the board finished his way with ![]()
, giving Battaglia trips and sending Karn to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
87,500
|
87,500 |
|
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Busted |
Mason Hinkle had the shortest stack returning for Day 2 - just a small blind more than the starting stack at this point. He pushed in late position holding ![]()
and Mike McAdams woke up with pocket kings in the small blind. The board ran ![]()
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, Hinkle never improved and was eliminated.
Hinkle plays in the toughest $40 home game in the country here in Kansas City, which boasts four bracelets. Many of the players turned out and seven of them returned for Day 2. The other six still in action are:
Cash Carpenter
Chris Juul
Craig Dick
Kelly Johnson
Alex Marler
Nick Burris
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted |
Tournament officials reviewed the day's schedule - they'll play 45 minute levels and take a 15 minute break every three levels. Once the final table is reached, levels extend to an hour.
The field will redraw at 27, 18 and ten players when they hit the money.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The final day of the final installment of RunGood's End of Summer series wraps up in Harrah's North Kansas City. The Main Event featured a $100,000 guarantee and blew it out of the water with over $150,000 in the prize pool. Jonathan Nye leads a Day 2 of 52 players with 27 making the money.
The field will play down to a winner tonight where the winner walks with $36,288 for their efforts. A trip to the final table locks up $3,932 and min-cash comes in at $1,664.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
261,500 | |
|
|
246,000 | |
|
|
235,500 | |
|
|
229,500 | |
|
|
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|
|
214,000 | |
|
|
201,000 | |
|
|
194,500 | |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
|
165,500 | |
|
|
160,500 | |
|
|
137,000 | |
|
|
131,500 | |
|
|
122,000 | |
|
|
116,500 | |
|
|
115,500 | |
|
|
106,000 | |
|
|
103,000 | |
|
|
97,500 | |
|
|
97,000 | |
|
|
94,500 | |
|
|
92,500 | |
|
|
92,000 | |
|
|
91,500 | |
|
|
87,500 | |
|
|
86,500 | |
Main Event
Day 2 Started