Claudia Crawford opened with a raise before Ravi Raghavan three-bet to 21,000 total. Crawford promptly reraised to 71,000, drawing an all in five-bet from her opponent. Crawford had most of her chips in the pot already, and she called to put herself at risk.
Showdown
Crawford:
Raghavan:
There was nothing useful for the lady on a board of , and her day is done.
Raghavan, on the other hand, is well in contention now with about 330,000 in front of him.
We were mistaken a few minutes ago when we reported that Bryan Devonshire had been eliminated. The floor staff handed us Devo's ID card that we use to track chip counts, and we therefore assumed that he had been sent packing. His table had just broken, and we didn't see him within eyeshot.
Ah, but he's still here! A second check up on the stage sees Devonshire still sitting comfortably behind a stack of ~160,000 chips. Hang on to your card for the rest of the day, Devo!
Ravi Raghavan fired out 10,000 on the flop of into Barry Fleming. Fleming tanked and then made the call before the fell on the river. Raghavan didn't slow down and fired 15,000 this time. Fleming though for another minute or so before folding and letting Raghavan scoop the pot.
"If you folded an ace it was a good fold," said Raghavan, who got himself back to about 185,000 with this pot.
David Baker moved all in from the button and Brett Richey reshipped from the small blind to get the two heads up. Richey held and Baker . Baker couldn't overcome Richey in the hand and was sent to the rail.
We missed the hand that sealed his fate, but Bryan Devonshire has just become the latest victim of Day 2 after a volatile level of action. We saw him drag a big pot, lose a big pot, and now he's lost the rest of his chips to mark an early end to his day.
We've moved into the second level of the day, and the clock shows 126 players remain. That's down 36 from the start of play, and the pace has certainly been steady.
One of the last casualties of the last level was one of our remaining pros, Darryll Fish.
Some controversy brewed up over on one of the tables in the back of the stage area after Nadezhda Magnus moved all in from the cutoff seat for 52,500 and action fell on Donald Norman in the big blind. Norman flashed the from his hand and said, "I hate this part of the tournament; all in, all in, all in." before tossing in his hand. The dealer thought Norman said all in and pushed his hand back to him. The floor was then called over and it was ruled that because Norman said, "all in" after he said, "I hate this part of the torunament," he had to move all in. Fortunately for him though, he did have Magnus covered so he couldn't be eliminated. Unfortunately, his was crushed by Magnus' .
The board ran out and Norman was forced to pay the bet on a technicality. He was left with about 100,000 chips.
Daniel Schacher opened to 8,000 from late position, and Eric Stocz moved all in for just less than 20,000 total. Schacher quickly called, and the cards were on their back with Stocz at risk:
Schacher:
Stocz:
The flop was a disaster for Stocz as it came to give Schacher the set and leave the at-risk player drawing dead to two running cards. The turn was a good start, but the river offered him no help and ushered him out the door.
Eric Stocz was formerly and NFL tight end, but he's now shifted his focus to the game of poker. He's already got a six-figure cash this year, but he'll have to wait for another tournament for his next paycheck.
Matt Brady just got moved to Nick Jivkov table and opened to 7,500 on one of his first hands. Jivkov made the call after asking how much Brady had behind and the two saw the flop come down . Brady checked and Jivkov fired 13,500. Brady paused before check-raising to 31,000. Jivkov thought for a minute or two. He eventually mucked his hand and Brady increased to 160,000 in chips, about four times what he came into Day 2 with.
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, and her day is done.
into Barry Fleming. Fleming tanked and then made the call before the 
fell on the river. Raghavan didn't slow down and fired 15,000 this time. Fleming though for another minute or so before folding and letting Raghavan scoop the pot.
and Baker 
. Baker couldn't overcome Richey in the hand and was sent to the rail.
was crushed by Magnus' 
and Norman was forced to pay the bet on a technicality. He was left with about 100,000 chips.
to give Schacher the set and leave the at-risk player drawing dead to two running cards. The 
river offered him no help and ushered him out the door.
. Brady checked and Jivkov fired 13,500. Brady paused before check-raising to 31,000. Jivkov thought for a minute or two. He eventually mucked his hand and Brady increased to 160,000 in chips, about four times what he came into Day 2 with.