Huy Nguyen is starting to pull away from the field as he is now above 1,000,000 chips for the tournament.
There are now 36 players left, with the next elimination taking home $2,668.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,075,000
177,000
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177,000 |
Players are now on their first 10-minute break of Day 2.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
While PokerNews is covering the $1,110 Main Event, several players took down preliminary events throughout the Showdown Series at Sycuan Casino Resort.
A total of 59 runners turned out to compete in Event #3: $250 Pot-Limit Omaha and it was local tournament veteran Rip Fritzer who walked away with the trophy and the $4,424 top prize. Fritzer defeated Brian Nordin of San Diego heads-up. Other players finishing in the money were Stanley Solis, Tai Purpero, Mark Birdsall, and David Para.
| Place | Name | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rip Fritzer | El Cajon, CA | $4,424 |
| 2 | Brian Nordin | San Diego, CA | $2,738 |
| 3 | Stanley Solis | El Cajon, CA | $1,794 |
| 4 | Tai Purpero | Santee, CA | $1,239 |
| 5 | Mark Birdsall | Kihei, HI | $909 |
| 6 | David Para | Alpine, CA | $696 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anthony Pitesa shoved his 292,000 into the middle and Barbod Salimi jammed his short stack from the next seat over. Action folded to Ken Morey in late position, who made the call with both players covered.
Barbod Salimi: 
Anthony Pitesa: 
Ken Morey: 
"I nearly folded!" Salimi said as he say the disappointing news.
The board ran out 
and Pitesa's aces held to secure a giant pot on Day 2. Pitesa is marching up the leaderboard after starting the day with 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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660,000
520,000
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520,000 |
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80,000
-301,000
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-301,000 |
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Lena Evans is making moves up the leaderboard and putting pressure on her opponents.
With 75,000 in the pot and 
on the board, Evans shoved for 143,000 and Roni Moshe went into the tank.
After a few minutes, Moshe got away from it and awarded Evans the pot.
Moments later, Evans clashed with Rodger Johnson.
Johnson raised to 22,000 from middle position and action folded to Evans for a call from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Evans bet 28,000. Johnson called and the turn was .
Evans check-called on the turn when Rodgers bet 33,000. The river came .
Both players checked the river and Evans turned over 
. Johnson flashed 
and tossed the losing hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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332,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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261,000
132,000
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132,000 |
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127,000
-8,000
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-8,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | Christopher Skinner | 571,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Katerina Grishakova | 157,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Jose Araya | 200,000 |
| 17 | 4 | George Yutuc | 238,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Shane Murphy | 548,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Luke Nguyen | 329,000 |
| 17 | 7 | Lena Evans | 225,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Scott Subak | 782,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Rip Fritzer | 420,000 |
| 24 | 2 | Huy Nguyen | 1,100,000 |
| 24 | 3 | Steve Wendroff | 650,000 |
| 24 | 4 | Peter Edelman | 485,000 |
| 24 | 5 | D.J. Buckley | 268,000 |
| 24 | 6 | David Leese | 560,000 |
| 24 | 7 | Jason Hickey | 360,000 |
| 24 | 8 | Igor Keselman | 267,000 |
| 25 | 1 | Rodger Johnson | 200,000 |
| 25 | 2 | Tim Acker | 383,000 |
| 25 | 3 | Gianluca Pace | 1,600,000 |
| 25 | 4 | Rich Alsup | 210,000 |
| 25 | 5 | Anthony Pitesa | 800,000 |
| 26 | 6 | Roni Moshe | 193,000 |
| 26 | 7 | Jonthan Mantouk | 460,000 |
| 26 | 8 | Matthew Blagg | 650,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,600,000
815,000
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815,000 |
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1,100,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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800,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
782,000
367,000
|
367,000 |
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650,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
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650,000
-205,000
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-205,000 |
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571,000
96,000
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96,000 |
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560,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
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548,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
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485,000
332,000
|
332,000 |
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460,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
420,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
|
383,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
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360,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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329,000
-118,000
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-118,000 |
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268,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
267,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
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238,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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225,000
-107,000
|
-107,000 |
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210,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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200,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
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200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
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193,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
157,000
-23,000
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-23,000 |
