Asheesh Boyapati's stack has blown away like smoke on the wind. Boyapati started the day with 109,000 chips, just less than the average. First, his kings were cracked by a player with who hit a gutshot straight on the river and got max value from a large river bet. That hand pushed Boyapati all the way down to 35,000. A few hands later he shoved from the cutoff position with . Ann Mong woked up with and sent Boyapati to the rail after the board bricked out.
Anthony Lazar raised from under the gun to 7,500. David Williams reraised from middle position to 18,000. Action then folded to Evan Lamprea in the cutoff seat. He moved all in for around 80,000 or so. Everyone folded, including Williams, and Lamprea won the pot. He showed the .
On the flop of , Rich Nunzio checked to Clifford Waite. He bet 15,000 and then Michael Chow raised to 34,500. Nunzio moved all in for about 100,000 and Nunzio called all in for 75,000 quickly. Chow got out of the way.
Nunzio tabled the , but was behind the for Waite as he had flopped two pair.
The turn was the and the river the . Both failed to improve Nunzio's hand and he was eliminated from the tournament.
On the flop of , Evan Lamprea bet 8,300 and Josh Prager made the call. The third player in the hand folded before the dealer placed the out on the turn. Lamprea checked and Prager also checked.
The river completed the board with the . Lamprea checked and Prager bet a tiny 3,000. Lamprea called, but mucked when Prager turned over the .
John Kulish has been involved in a lot of pots at Table 42 in the first hour of play. He was at it again, four-betting to 75,000 from the small blind after Steve Billirakis opened with a raise to 7,500 that Duy Tran re-raised on the button to 17,500. Billirakis quickly folded, leaving Tran alone against Kulish with similar-sized stacks of about 160,000. Tran opted to five-bet shove with and was snap-called by Kulish's . Tran flopped top pair, , but never improved. When the stacks were counted down, Kulish had Tran covered by about 5,000 chips.
"I love you man, but it's poker," said Kulish as he wrapped Tran in a bear hug. Tran nodded, smiled weakly, then trudged out of the tournament room. Kulish is up to about 325,000.
Lance Oliver got half of Steve Billirakis' stack early in the first level of the day. Now he has the rest of it. Oliver opened with a standard raise in front of Billirakis, who jammed all in for about 60,000 with . Oliver called with and the race was on. Billirakis was safe through the turn, , but a river gave Oliver the best hand and ended Billirakis' tournament.
Three players were involved on the flop of . Alex Santiago was first up and bet 11,600. Jeremy Heartberg was next to act and he made the call. Chad Brown was the third player involved on the flop and he also called.
The turn brought the and Santiago checked. Heartberg fired a bet of 16,500 and Brown made the call. Santiago also stuck around to see the river.
The river card was the and all three players checked their action. Santiago and Brown mucked after Heartberg tabled the for three aces.
David Williams and Brian England are new arrivals to Table 33 and already they've begun to clash. England raised the cutoff to 9,300 and was called by Williams in the big blind. Williams check-called another 8,500 on a paired flop, . Both players checked the turn. When the river came , Williams checked and called another 12,500, saying that he thought he had been rivered.
"Nope," replied England. "I'm playing the board." He pitched his cards into the muck, allowing Williams to open and collect the pot. Williams is up to about 225,000, while England is down to about 310,000.
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who hit a gutshot straight on the river and got max value from a large river bet. That hand pushed Boyapati all the way down to 35,000. A few hands later he shoved from the cutoff position with 
. Ann Mong woked up with 
and sent Boyapati to the rail after the board bricked out.
.
, Rich Nunzio checked to Clifford Waite. He bet 15,000 and then Michael Chow raised to 34,500. Nunzio moved all in for about 100,000 and Nunzio called all in for 75,000 quickly. Chow got out of the way.
, but was behind the 
for Waite as he had flopped two pair.
and the river the 
. Both failed to improve Nunzio's hand and he was eliminated from the tournament.
, Evan Lamprea bet 8,300 and Josh Prager made the call. The third player in the hand folded before the dealer placed the 
out on the turn. Lamprea checked and Prager also checked.
. Lamprea checked and Prager bet a tiny 3,000. Lamprea called, but mucked when Prager turned over the 
and was snap-called by Kulish's 
, but never improved. When the stacks were counted down, Kulish had Tran covered by about 5,000 chips.
. Alex Santiago was first up and bet 11,600. Jeremy Heartberg was next to act and he made the call. Chad Brown was the third player involved on the flop and he also called.
for three aces.
. Both players checked the 
turn. When the river came 
and collect the pot. Williams is up to about 225,000, while England is down to about 310,000.