Upstairs Action
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
A last-minute effort from everybody involved has brought about the opening of the upstairs overflow area inside Bally's Black Hawk, where three tables are currently in action.
On one table, Kurt MacDonald opened to 700 in middle position and Scott Stewart called in the cutoff. Action went heads up to the flop 
and MacDonald continuation-bet 1,000. Stewart called.
The turn came 
and MacDonald fired a second barrel of 2,500, prompting Stewart to shoot his cards to the center of the table.
Moments later, Mike Vanier was seen vacating his seat at an adjacent table as his stack was pushed to Yohannes Ambaye. Vanier had shoved on the end of a board 
with 
for a pair of fives, only to run it into Ambaye's straight with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
22,400
22,400
|
22,400 |
|
21,200
-3,800
|
-3,800 |
|
Busted |
and the dealer was in the process of raking in another 1,300 from three players apiece to nearly double the size of the pot. The river came 
and Zach Soller bet 2,500, receiving a fold from an early-position player to put action on Nick Marchittin in middle position. Marchitti went into the tank for close to a minute and eventually found a call. 
for trip fours and Marchitti mucked, earning him the pot.
and action checked to the original raiser, who threw his last 5,000 into the middle. Only Brown called.
brought about some reaction from the table as Brown hit a backdoor flush to top the all-in player's queens and eliminate him from the tournament.
