$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 2 | 2014 PPC Aruba World Championship

10-20-2014 16:32 UTC-4

Final Three Tables (full)

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Table 1

Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	Jimmy Pashaj	170,000
2	Parry Shaw	105,000
3	John Auville	85,000
4	Ryan Franklin	170,000
5	Pamela Wilson	60,000
6	Michael Baize	150,000
7	Aristoteles Neto	265,000
8	Mark Kroon	110,000
9	Cong Le	70,000

Table 2

Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	Ted Ely	102,000
2	Jon Ferraro	128,000
3	Adam Macmillan	105,000
4	EMPTY
5	John Ott	127,000
6	Tim Shortell	170,000
7	Tom Rutland	155,000
8	Kai Hills	46,000
9	Richard Bowers	75,000

Table 4

Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	Jesse Chinni	35,500
2	Roman Bartko	90,000
3	Todd Boghosian	33,000
4	Joe Ebanks	282,000
5	Josh Kay	258,000
6	Steve Karp	230,000
7	Aftab Shakoor	160,000
8	Monty Schmidt	115,000
9	Jamie Strickland	95,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ebanks	282,000	87,000
Aristoteles Neto	265,000	20,000
Josh Kay	258,000	123,000
Steve Karp	230,000	5,000
Ryan Franklin	170,000	50,000
Jimmy Pashaj	170,000	39,000
Tim Shortell	170,000	55,000
Aftab Shakoor	160,000	-35,000
Tom Rutland	155,000	54,000
Michael Baize	150,000	65,000
Jon Ferraro	128,000	18,000
John Ott	127,000	102,000
Monty Schmidt	115,000	70,900
Mark Kroon	110,000	-60,000
Parry Shaw	105,000	-18,000
Adam Macmillan	105,000	52,300
Ted Ely	102,000	-100,000
Jamie Strickland	95,000	35,000
Roman Bartko	90,000	47,500
John Auville	85,000	-85,000
Richard Bowers	75,000	50,300
Cong Le	70,000	-20,000
Pamela Wilson	60,000	-10,000
Kai Hills	46,000	-23,500
Jesse Chinni	35,500	-38,500

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

10-20-2014 15:53 UTC-4

Le Doubles, Neto Takes Chip Lead, Mann and Bolek Bust

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

A flurry of action over the past 15 minutes. Aristoteles Neto has taken the chip lead with 245,000 in chips. He is sitting at the same table as Parry Shaw and Cong Le who tangled in a pot that saw Le double up with against Shaw's . A queen would come on the flop to remove any sweat.

We didn't witness the hands but both Nick Mann, the 2014 PPC North American Main Event winner, and Chris Bolek, PPC Pro, have been eliminated. There are 29 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aristoteles Neto	245,000	144,800
Parry Shaw	123,000	-17,000
Cong Le	90,000	15,000
Nick Mann	Busted
Chris Bolek	Busted

10-20-2014 15:43 UTC-4

No Third Deep Run For Serock

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Joe Ebanks opened and a short-stacked Joe Serock moved all in for a little more than 10 big blinds. Ebanks made the call with and was racing against Serock's . According to Ebanks, Serock stood up and said "good game" before the flop came. It was a psychic premonition as the flop came with a queen and gave Ebanks a flush draw as well. Serock was drawing to one out and it wouldn't come. All in all though Aruba has treated Serock nicely as he won this event in 2012 and took third in last year's Main Event.

Ebanks is looking to replicate the success he had last year when he was the eventual runner-up. He currently sits with one of the bigger stacks in the room with 195,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ebanks	195,000	43,000
Joe Serock	Busted

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10-20-2014 15:34 UTC-4

Ely Tops 200,000

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Ted Ely started the day with just a little more than 60,000 in chips. He's bumped that up considerably as he becomes one of the first players to top the 200,000 chip mark.

Also at Ely's table is Tim Shortell who has the distinction of winning a PPC Aruba package in 2013 when he finished second at the PPT Fort Pierce Poker Open and this year when he finished third at the PPT Fort Piece Spring Poker Classic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Ely	202,000	141,600
Tim Shortell	115,000	39,500

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

10-20-2014 15:10 UTC-4

First Break of the Day

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Players are on a 10-minute break.

10-20-2014 14:56 UTC-4

Down to Four Tables

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

The tournament has just seen another player hit the rail bringing us down to four tables of nine players each or 36 total remaining.

10-20-2014 14:48 UTC-4

Chip Counts

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Parry Shaw just won a big pot with a set of kings over a set of nines to move to 140,000. Here are some other chip counts from around the room:

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Karp	225,000	72,300
Aftab Shakoor	195,000	102,000
Joe Ebanks	152,000	39,400
Parry Shaw	140,000	82,700
Josh Kay	135,000	59,600
Ryan Franklin	120,000	42,500
Jon Ferraro	110,000	25,000
Jeff Hartwick	105,000	-43,500
Anthony Brammer	95,000	35,200
Nick Mann	92,000	15,600
Cong Le	75,000	6,500
Jesse Chinni	74,000	-1,300
Todd Boghosian	65,000
Jamie Strickland	60,000	-67,000
Joe Serock	27,000	-49,100
John Ott	25,000	-89,500

10-20-2014 14:24 UTC-4

Kroon Takes Down a Big Pot

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

It's thumbs up for Kroon so far on Day 2

A player in middle position opened for 5,400 and it was folded to Mark Kroon in the small blind who made it 16,700 to go. The big blind released and the original raiser put in a minimum reraise which Kroon called while stating "I check dark."

The flop came and Kroon's opponent put out a bet of 17,000. Kroon looked away and then casually tossed in the call. The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the and Kroon led out for 32,000. His opponent tanked, his head resting on his hand lightly. It would be for most of his stack as he had approximately 50,000 behind. He decided against making the call and released his hand. Kroon moved up to approximately 170,000 with that pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Kroon	170,000	42,000

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