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In middle position and first in the pot, Suju Abraham raises all in for about 55,000. To his left, Lou Esposito, the defending champion, makes the all-in call, putting his own tournament life at risk.
When the cards are shown, Abraham has and is up against the of Esposito.
The community cards come out: , and Esposito survives this battle. His tally is now back up to around 90,000, still well below average. Abraham is crippled, down to just 16,000.
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On a flop of , Timothy Miles bet 20,000 into a 45,000 pot. Mike Browne made the call. The river card of was checked around. The river fell the . Miles checked and Browne bet 50,000. Miles mucked.
After this pot, Browne moved up to approximately 220,000 and Miles dropped to about 280,000.
donpeters
Suju Abraham
After being crippled on the last hand, Suju Abraham found himself in the big blind with only 10,000 behind after he paid the blind and ante. He declared, "If you're playing for six, you're playing for 16 boys. I probably won't even look."
Gabe Costner opened up the action from early position with a raise to 18,000. Action folded back to Abraham and he stuck in his remaining 10,000 in chips before standing up. Costner's girlfriend blew him a kiss as he turned over the best hand with . Abraham showed the .
Abraham improved on a flop, but the turn was the and the river the to send Abraham to the rail. He finished in 16th place and received $9,573.
Costner continues to increase his stack and is now over 170,000.
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Big stack Ed Jatho is first into the pot on the button, and he turns up the heat with a raise to 22,000. Lou Esposito makes the call from the small blind, and we go heads-up to the flop.
The dealer deals out the for the first three community cards, and both players check.
The turn pairs the board, . Esposito wastes no time pushing 24,000 into the raiser. Jatho obliges him with the call.
The river is the , and again both players check. Jatho turns over 2-2, while Esposito smoothly shows his , and takes down another sizable pot.
Esposito was in the danger zone earlier, but has now climbed back up around average, with close to 150,000.
[user42991]
Fatolla Shahen raised preflop to 20,000 and Purvis made a re-raise to 140,000. Shahen called. The flop was and Shahen moved all in. Purvis made the call.
Shahen:
Purvis:
The turn and river helped neither player and Blake Purvis is our 14th-place finisher.
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Under the gun, Jason Brice puts in a raise to 18,000. The player on the button, Floyd Vanderford, is the sole caller. The two go heads-up and see the flop come out .
Brice checks, and that is the cue for Vanderford to take a stab. He puts in the same amount, another 18,000, and the decision is back on Brice. After a moment of debate, Brice asks for a count, and Vanderford indicates that he has 59,500 remaining.
Brice mishears the amount and says "Fifty thousand," mistakenly thinking he has raised enough to put his opponent all in. He tries to raise an additional amount, but the dealer informs him that he will be held to the original 50,000. It doesn't matter, as Vanderford concedes "Nice bet," and mucks his hand.
Floyd Vanderford, a local from New Orleans, still has that 59,500 in chips in front of him, and he is more than thrilled just to be playing deep into Day Two. Two weeks ago, after a nice day in the poker room here at Harrah's, Vanderford decided to enter a $65 super-satellite for this event, which he won. He then bested 68 players in the entry satellite on Sunday to earn his seat. This is his first tournament, and he is drawing ever closer to the final table.
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Matthew Stout
With the action folded around the table, Matthew Stout moves all in from the button for his tournament life. Big stack Ed Jatho makes the quick call, and tables the , while Stout has just . The board runs , and Stout is sent home early.
donpeters
Security Members Line the Rail
Ed Jatho raises to 23,000 from middle position. Gabe Costner re-raises all in for 79,000 more. Jatho thinks for a while and then counts out four big stacks of orange chips to make the call.
Jatho shows and Costner shows . The spectators bounce up off the rail and gather around the table.
The flop comes and Costner's girlfriend yells out, "Ace, ace!" as she gets as close as she can to the table.
Before the dealer can burn and turn, Jatho screams back, "I'd like you to be quiet please!" and Costner's girlfriend runs back over to the rail.
The turn is the and the river the and Costner successfully doubles through Jatho. Costner's girlfriend yells back to Jatho, "That was f***ing rude!" before security comes over to escort all spectators behind the rail.
Security members are now lining the rail of the tournament room in order to keep the spectators back from the action.
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and is up against the 
of Esposito.
, and Esposito survives this battle. His tally is now back up to around 90,000, still well below average. Abraham is crippled, down to just 16,000.
, Timothy Miles bet 20,000 into a 45,000 pot. Mike Browne made the call. The river card of 
was checked around. The river fell the 
. Abraham showed the 
.
flop, but the turn was the 
to send Abraham to the rail. He finished in 16th place and received $9,573.
. Esposito wastes no time pushing 24,000 into the raiser. Jatho obliges him with the call.
, and again both players check. Jatho turns over 2-2, while Esposito smoothly shows his 
, and takes down another sizable pot.
. The board runs 
and Costner's girlfriend yells out, "Ace, ace!" as she gets as close as she can to the table.
and the river the 
