Peter Lee was our chip leader at one point today, but after losing consecutive pots he is now eliminated.
In the first hand there was a raise to 22,000 and Lee three-bet to 67,000 on the button. Angelo Modica instantly moved all in from the big blind and the action folded back to Lee who called.
Showdown
Lee:
Modica:
Modica had Lee crushed and held when the board ran .
A few hands later Lee open-shoved 50,000 with and was called by Ellis Frazier with . The flop propelled Lee into the lead, but the on the turn pushed Frazier back out in front. The river was the and Lee was out in 21st place, earning $6,134.
Action folded to Dylan Drazen in the cutoff who open-shoved for 107,000. Patrick Houchins tank-folded on the button and Joe Caffrey re-shoved from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and the hands were tabled.
Showdown
Drazen:
Caffrey:
Caffrey had a commanding lead and held as the board ran . Drazen was out in 22nd and will have to settle with $5,235.
Jeff Zowland opened with a raise from under the gun, and Brian Ali, sitting to Zowland's left, called the raise. It folded back around to Jeffrey Vanchiro in the big blind who reraised all in for his last 135,000. Zowland called the reraise, and when Ali did, too, Vanchiro stood up, his expression showing he didn't like his chances of surviving.
Both Zowland and Ali checked the flop. When the turn brought the , Zowland checked again, but Ali reached for chips, adding to Vanchiro's pessimism. Ali bet 80,000, and when Zowland folded Vanchiro surprisingly tossed his cards in the muck before the river could come.
Ali tabled his hand -- for a set of sevens. The river came the , and while Vanchiro had already left an attempt was made to retrieve his cards, as the floor insisted they needed to be shown. It appeared for a moment that he might've tossed a pair of aces, but the players left behind soon decided he could have only had one ace, as he would have been drawing live otherwise.
Zanchiro is out in 23rd place, good for $5,235. Now Ali looks to be our chip leader, the only one in the room at the moment with more than 900,000.
John Andress opened to 24,000 from early position and Russell Crane three-bet jammed from middle position. Scott Carpenter iso-shoved near the button, the blinds released and so too did Andress.
Showdown
Crane:
Carpenter:
The flop came down and Carpenter took a commanding lead. Neither the turn () nor the river () brought a queen and Crane was eliminated.
Lynne Mitchnick has long been the last woman standing in the event, having successfully preserved a below-average stack as players continue to be eliminated. "Short-stack ninja," she said smilingly when reporting her status to one of the other local players still in the event.
Just Mitchnick open-raised all in for her last 116,000 from the small blind and got one caller in Adam Lippert in the BB. Mitchnick had and needed help versus Lippert's if she hoped to survive.
The flop brought Mitchnick a needed pair, coming , and after the turn and river she retained her seat, now with about 250,000 in front of her. Lippert has about 480,000 at the moment.
Roland Israelashvili opened in late position and Mukul Pahuja moved all in for 134,000. Israelashvili called and had Pahuja crushed.
Showdown
Pahuja:
Israelashvili:
The flop changed nothing, but the spiked on the turn, giving Pahuja a big lead. The on the river gave Pahuja trips for kicks and giggle, and he doubled to 275,000 chips.
When we reached Table 83, the board read and Dylan Drazen led out for 25,000. Tim Begley opted to raise to 57,000 and Drazen called.
The river was the and Drazen quickly checked to Begley who fired 123,000. Drazen thought for a good two minutes before calling, and mucked when Begley opened for a turned straight.
Drazen dipped to 120,000 chips while Begley boosted his stack to 475,000.
Preflop action between Brian Ali and Frank Argano had left the latter with a little more than 100,000 when the flop came . Ali was first to act, and did so by setting out a stack of gray (5,000) chips for a bet of 100,000. "I'm all in," Argano said with a wave of his hands, and Ali quickly called.
"I have a jack," Argano said, tabling . Ali had a pair, too, with , and when the spiked on the turn the table reacted with a gasp. Argano quickly stood up, and when the river brought the he was on his way to the cashier's table.
Chip leader to start Day 2, Argano collects $4,526 for his 25th-place finish. Ali, meanwhile, looks to be nearing the 600,000-chip mark.
Misread your hand? Don't worry, you can just turn the nuts.
Action folded to David Zeitlin who open-shoved his last 150,000 from late position. The button and small blind released before Mike Kosowski sweated his cards and proceeded to snap it off from the big blind.
Showdown
Zeitlin:
Kosowski: (Wait...what?)
"I thought I had pocket sixes!" Kosowski exclaimed.
The flop fell giving Kosowski a gut-shot straight draw to go along with his two live cards. The spiked on the turn, giving him the straight and ending the hand. The on the river was but a formality, and Zeitlin was eliminated from the tournament in 26th-place ($4,526).
No one is quite certain what really happened there, but what is certain is that Kosowski is sitting with over 800,000 chips.
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river she retained her seat, now with about 250,000 in front of her. Lippert has about 480,000 at the moment.
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giving Kosowski a gut-shot straight draw to go along with his two live cards. The