Allen Kessler found a much needed double up as he three-bet shoved with . Adam Levy gave him action with and even though Levy flopped an open-ended straight draw, he found no help from the board.
From late position, Tony Prusac opened with a standard raise, and Lawrence Jacobs three-bet shoved. Prusac instantly called for his tournament life, showing up . Jacobs and his were flipping for the knockout.
Prusac flopped a king, but the was a disaster as it left him dead to runner-runner. "Motherf***er!" he yelled. "This happens every time!" The turn was no help, and the river is the last card Prusac will see today. He'd go on to spend the next few minutes pacing the floor on his phone, occasionally kicking the odd trash can or chair with light-footed frustration.
Matt Waxman opened to 3,200 from early position and was called by AJ Jejelowo in the cutoff, Maurice Hawkins in the small blind, and Brian Roberts in the big blind.
The flop came down and action was checked to Waxman. He bet 4,600, only getting called by Hawkins. The hit the turn and Hawkins shoved for 29,500, sending Waxman into the tank for a good three minutes. Ultimately, he opted to call. Hawkins showed , having grabbed the lead on the turn against Waxman's .
The river brought the , though, counterfeiting Hawkins' deuces and giving Waxman aces and eights to score the elimination.
We're one elimination away from the end of Day 2, but we've come to our scheduled dinner break. When the announcement was made, 18 of the players were shocked at the timing, and an impromptu town hall meeting broke out as everyone huddled to figure out a solution. The staff polled the players, and only one of them wanted to go to dinner. That's enough, though, and they've all be sent off until 9:30 P.M.
We'll see you in an hour to finish this thing out.
We've had a shove at all three tables within the first couple hands.
At Table 1, Kyle Bowker three-bet shoved after Brian Senie opened to 6,000. On the first hand back from the break. It was 61,500 total, and Senie tanked for a long while before surrendering.
At Table 3, Jeremy Gaubert opened to 4,800 before Kunal Patel reraised to 12,500. Gaubert four-bet all in for 52,700, and Patel made the call with . Gaubert was well in front with , and he faded the board to double up over the century mark.
Patel is right there with him now, both players sitting with 110,000, there or thereabouts.
Brandon Adams spent the day quietly absorbed in his own little iPad world. A game of chess, an audio book, a browse of the news. He quietly accumulated chips for the first half of the day, then quietly dribbled them away over the latter half. He's gone now.
In early position, Kunal Patel raised to 4,500, and he found three calls. Gary Friedlander (middle position), Brandon Adams (cutoff), and Adam Levy (small blind) all took a flop. It checked around to Friedlander, and he stuck out a bet of 9,000. Adams shoved all in for about 46,000 total, quickly folding the two monkeys in the middle. Friedlander called instantly, though, and his figured to be best. Adams' was almost drawing dead, and the turn and river have forced his exit in 19th place.
The good news for the pro is that he didn't need the points. Adams is already one of the 100-player field of next week's WSOP-C National Championship.