The end of Level 12 marked the end of registration for today's flight, and for the tournament itself. The final tally was 306 players, down from the 332 this venue saw in March. 33 players will be walking away with some added money in their wallets. The first payout is $2,740, and the grand prize for this event will be $107,862. We will post a full list of the payouts shortly.
The starting field of 170 players has been whittled down to the final 54 today. Combined with the 18 players from yesterday, that leaves 72 players in this tournament. It is unlike we will make the money tonight, as that would mean that we would have to get down to 15 players tonight, but it is possible.
We just saw Allan Le, brother of famous poker pro Nam Le, pull off quite the impressive bluff to balloon his stack to almost 150,000.
We didn't catch much of the action, but here's what we saw. The flop read 
, and Le and his opponent were at the end of a raising war. There was 42,000 in front of his opponent, and Le had already moved in for 27,000 on top.
Despite the math indicating it was an easy call, his opponent was deep in the tank. He eventually said "well I guess you made me believe you," as he laid his hand down, giving the monster pot to Le. Le couldn't help but let out an immediate chuckle after the fold, as he tabled 
for queen high.
Le epitomized the concept of playing the man, not the cards in that hand, and as a result, he is one of our chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Arthur Hahn has quickly emerged as the biggest stack in the room with six tables left. He has a massive stack of 180,000, which is more then all but five of the 18 players who made it through yesterday's Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Joseph Kuether has steadily been building his stack up in the latter half of the day, and he is starting to look like a real threat here tonight. We just caught him in a pot that pushed him over the 100k mark.
There was already 9,000 in the pot when the flop came down 
. Kuether's lone opponent bet out 7,100, but Kuether refused to back down, raising to 17,500. His opponent tanked for about a minute before showing the 
and mucking his hand.
After that pot, Kuether is now sitting on 105,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Allan Le must have read that someone overtook him as the chip leader, because he is playing like there is a fire under him. After shoving earlier on a four high flop with queen high, Le was back at his aggressive ways shortly after.
We saw Le and one other player take a flop of 
. With about 11,000 in the middle, Le's opponent fired out 9,200. Le only took a few moments to put in a raise to 24,400, and his opponent tanked for about 30 seconds before releasing his hand.
Le's table mates tried to get him to show his hand, and while Le looked tempted, he stuck it face down into the muck. After that pot, Lee is flirting with 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
196,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
|
||
|
141,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
140,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
111,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
84,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
72,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
|
50,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
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18,200
-22,800
|
-22,800 |
|
Busted | |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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125,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
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56,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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|
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36,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
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29,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
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Busted | |
