From the hijack seat, Ali Eslami raised to 2,500. Dwyte Pilgrim three-bet from the big blind to 8,200 and Eslami called to see the flop come down Pilgrim bet 12,000 and Eslami folded.
After the hand, Pilgrim asked Eslami if they could each get a "one time" to see each other's cards. Eslami thought it over for a minute and then said yes.
We missed the preflop action, catching up as the dealer ran out a flop. Gregory Brooks checked, and he called a bet of 2,500 from Daniel Negreanu, heads up to the turn.
It was the , and Negreanu fired another 6,200 at the pot. Brooks called again, and he check-called another 15,000 after the river.
Negreanu tabled for the flush-draw-turned-Broadway, and Brooks sent his cards to the muck.
On a flop, Dwyte Pilgrim checked to Jonathan Little who continued out with a bet of 6,000. Pilgrim then check-raised to 15,000 total, and Little shoved all in over the top. Both men had between 60-70,000 chips left, and Pilgrim made the call to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Pilgrim:
Little:
Pilgrim was drawing, and the turn gave him a few more outs to try and track down. He was looking for any seven, eight, nine, or heart, and the river met those criteria nicely. When the chips were counted down, Little was left with just 8,000, doubling Pilgrim up to about 130,000.
On the next hand, Little managed to double up with against Ali Eslami's on a board. He dragged one small pot after three-bet shoving as well, and he's back up to 21,000 and in contention.
Our goal for the day is to play down to the final 27 players, easy enough.
The chip math says that should take at least five more levels after this one. The numbers rarely lie, but things are progressing rather more quickly than usual here in this Regional Championship. We've already gone from 66 starting players down to just 39 today, and we only need to wave goodbye to 12 more before bagging up for the night.
At the current pace, Day 2 could be over in just a couple levels, but it's really hard to imagine this rush continuing. With the chip leaders holding more than 150 big blinds, and an average stack more than 60 bigs deep, there's potentially a ton of play left in the day.
We'll have to see if this torrid pace can continue.
A player in early position opened to 3,500, but that's as far as he'd get in this hand. When the bet came to Tim West in middle position, he made the call before a third player squeezed in a reraise to 15,000 straight. When the initial raiser folded, West reraised to 32,600, precisely the amount required to put his opponent all in. The other player obliged, putting himself all in and turning over . West showed down , needing to improve to win the pot.
the flop was a good sweat, but the turn and river were ultimately blanks. West is forced to grant a good-sized double, slipping back to the 200,000-chip mark.
From middle position, Conrad Monica raised to 3,300. Action moved to Romik Vartzar in the hijack seat and he reraised to 8,300. Play folded back around to Monica and he moved all in for approximately 45,000. Vartzar quickly called and tabled the . Monica held the .
The flop came down to give Monica the lead with top pair. Vartzar still held the for a flush draw.
The turn brought in that draw with the landing on the felt and that left Monica drawing dead. The river completed the board with the . Vartzar imporved to 160,000 in chips with this win.
Under the gun, Audley Harrison limped into the pot for 1,200, and Brian Green raised to 3,100 next door. Daniel Negreanu called in position, and Harrison called as well, and it was three-handed to the flop.
It came , and Harrison checked. Green continued out with 5,000 more chips, and Negreanu studied for a minute before folding. Harrison quickly grabbed his last 14,900 chips, though, check-raising all in.
Green asked for the count as he added, "Well, I can't call if I'm beat." When he learned the number, he mucked, and Harrison has climbed back over his starting stack to 32,900.
Dwyte Pilgrim raised to 2,600 from early position and Jonathan Little flat-called from middle position. Action folded to Miller Dao on the button and he reraised to 7,600. Action folded through the blinds back over to Pilgrim. He released his hand and then Little moved all in for 30,000 straight. Dao got the count and then made the call.
Dao:
Little:
The flop was and Dao picked up a lot more outs to a flush having the only diamond in his hand. Little was still in front though.
The turn brought the and the river the . Both of those were red, but they were of the heart variety which kept Little's hand in front. He doubled up while Dao was left with 185,000 in chips.
David Peters bet 6,000 on the board and Ali Eslami made the call. The river was the to pair the board and Peters bet 11,100. Eslami thought it over and then made the call.
"Nice call," said Peters, who mucked his hand. Eslami was required to show and showed the to win the pot and move to 205,000 in chips. Peters was kicked back to 77,000.
It's important to note that this is not the young David Peters we cover a lot of times here at PokerNews. That David Peters, from Toledo, Ohio, is not here in this event.
Pilgrim bet 12,000 and Eslami folded.
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flop. Gregory Brooks checked, and he called a bet of 2,500 from Daniel Negreanu, heads up to the turn.
, and Negreanu fired another 6,200 at the pot. Brooks called again, and he check-called another 15,000 after the 
river.
for the flush-draw-turned-Broadway, and Brooks sent his cards to the muck.
flop, Dwyte Pilgrim checked to Jonathan Little who continued out with a bet of 6,000. Pilgrim then check-raised to 15,000 total, and Little shoved all in over the top. Both men had between 60-70,000 chips left, and Pilgrim made the call to put himself at risk.
against Ali Eslami's 
and river 
. Monica held the 
. Vartzar imporved to 160,000 in chips with this win.
, and Harrison checked. Green continued out with 5,000 more chips, and Negreanu studied for a minute before folding. Harrison quickly grabbed his last 14,900 chips, though, check-raising all in.
and Dao picked up a lot more outs to a flush having the only diamond in his hand. Little was still in front though.
and the river the 
. Both of those were red, but they were of the heart variety which kept Little's hand in front. He doubled up while Dao was left with 185,000 in chips.
board and Ali Eslami made the call. The river was the 
to win the pot and move to 205,000 in chips. Peters was kicked back to 77,000.