Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
Buy-in
$535
Prize Pool
$223,400
Entries
420
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Dugan Flops the World but Hits the Rail
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Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
"All in and a call" said the dealer at table 2-7. We got to the table and Bobby Dugan was all in and at risk on a flop of 
against Arri Stone. Dugan turned over the nuts with the nut redraw with 
. He wasn't out of the woods yet, however, as Stone had flopped a set with his 
.
The turn would give Stone a full house as it was the 
and now Dugan was drawing to two cards, the 
or the 
. The river was the 
though and that would be the end of the road for Dugan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000 | 199,900 |
|
|
Busted |
Bubble Burst, Players Are in the Money!
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The bubble was a quick one as Sunny Moroz was all in and at risk with 
and was unable to improve against the 
of Alec Bradlow. Every player remaining is now in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 218,300 |
|
|
Busted |
Fund Cracks Aces to Eliminater Trizis
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Steve Trizis opened for a raise and Gregg Fund called out of the big blind. All the chips would go in the middle on the 
flop and Trizis would be in trouble with his as Fund had flopped bottom two pair with 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Fund had Trizis just covered to send him out just short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
593,000 | 318,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Chris Swanson Wins Huge Pot to Take Chip Lead
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
We got to the table and all the chips were in the middle on a flop of 
with Chris Swanson being slightly covered by his opponent Song O. It was a 670,000 chip pot and the cards were turned face up:
Swanson: 
O: 
Song O had been coolered flopping two pair, kings and nines, only to run into a bigger two pair as Swanson had kings and queens. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and O was crippled down to 40,000 in chips while Swanson moved up to 670,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000 | 339,900 |
|
|
40,000 | -164,800 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
First Break of the Day
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Players are on a 10-minute break.
Falling Fast
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The tournament is down to 49 players as the eliminations are coming fast and furious. Sean Hampson would be eliminated at the hands of Robert Dugan when his was unable to improve against Dugan's . Others to hit the rail include John Pappas, Natasha Barbour, and Eddie Kofler.
Barbour had this to say on Twitter afterwards:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 75,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
You Can't Stop Him, You Can Only Hope to Contain Him
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Danny Lobato is continuing his late night rush as he has just cracked the pocket aces of Eugene Stone with kings when a king hit the flop. That would be the end of the day for Stone and Lobato added to his chip lead as he sits now with 650,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000 | 127,700 |
|
|
Busted |
Hernandez Cripples Harwell, Bolek Eliminated
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
We didn't catch the action but Alexi Hernandez was stacking a pile of chips sent to him courtesy of Robert Harwell. Harwell had 
and Hernandez 
with a board run out of 
. Harwell would be eliminated a few hands later while Hernandez moved up to 245,000 in chips.
At a nearby table, PPC Team Pro Chris Bolek was eliminated when his 
was unable to outdraw the 
of Bobby Dugan when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000 | 125,800 |
|
|
190,000 | 39,200 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |