$1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas

02-24-2020 17:20 UTC-7

In the Money Eliminations

Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Varnell	Busted

Matthew Leecy	Busted
Matas Cimbolas	Busted

Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted
Patrick Truong	Busted
Michelle Maynard	Busted
Justin Sharpe	Busted
Andrew Rose	Busted
Paul Murphy	Busted
Jeffrey Zigulis	Busted

Bobby Sanoubane	Busted
James Agate	Busted
David Larson	Busted

Thomas Winters	Busted
Craig Mason	Busted
James Fricker	Busted
Jonathan Wang	Busted
Anthony Farrell	Busted
Shawn Daniels	Busted

Matthew Cosentino	Busted
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Bangalore Subbarao	Busted
Paul Balzano	Busted
William Donovan	Busted
Ronald Keren	Busted

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02-24-2020 17:14 UTC-7

Rossitto Takes Out Varnell With Rivered Two Pair

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Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The flop was showing 60% of a royal flush with on the flop. Craig Varnell bet 36,000 which Michael Rossitto called quickly.

The turn was the . Varnell moved all in for his remaining 106,000. Rossitto went into the tank to consider the shove. After about 30 seconds he called.

Varnell was ahead with two pair holding the , while Rossitto had the . The river would send Varnell home in rough fashion as the board paired when the rolled off to give Rossitto the better two pair and move his stack higher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rossitto	720,000 285,000	285,000
Craig Varnell	Busted

Tags: Michael Rossitto Craig Varnell

02-24-2020 17:03 UTC-7

Levi Collects After Shove

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Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The board read . Peter Vitantonio bet 28,000. David Levi quickly announced all in, which prompted Vitantonio to get rid of his hand pretty swiftly and move up in chips in the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Vitantonio	525,000 299,500	299,500
Asher Conniff	340,000 175,000	175,000

Trung Pham	320,000 150,000	150,000

David Levi	225,000 145,000	145,000
David Pham	210,000 15,000	15,000

John Gorsuch	125,000 12,000	12,000

02-24-2020 16:54 UTC-7

Mizzi Three-Bet Jams on Hughes

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Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The flop read . Sorel Mizzi bet 43,000. Gregory Hughes was contemplating the bet for several moments. After a while he stuck out a stack of chips for a raised to 102,000.

Mizzi quickly announced all in. Hughes threw his head back and started to think about the decision for his remaining stack of about 170,000. After about 30 seconds he folded and Mizzi collected the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	485,000 265,000	265,000
Gregory Hughes	170,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Gregory Hughes Sorel Mizzi

02-24-2020 16:43 UTC-7

Rossitto Bombs River

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Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The board read with a pot of about 130,000 in the middle. Michael Rossitto made a big oversized bet of 150,000 over to Katie Lindsay.

Lindsay questioned the size of the bet as she contemplated the decision. Eventually she folded with some trepidation to allow Rossitto to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rossitto	435,000 306,000	306,000
Katie Lindsay	320,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Katie Lindsay Michael Rossitto

02-24-2020 16:34 UTC-7

Baldwin Busts Opponent With Two Pair Drama

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Jeff McMillan

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Eric Baldwin was ahead of his shorter stacked opponent in a preflop all in holding the against the .

The flop showed a ten in the window as it came but the ace in the middle sent Baldwin ahead. The turn was the to shoot his opponent back into the lead but the roller coaster ended with Baldwin on top as the came off to give him the better two pair and eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	205,000 153,000	153,000

Tags: Eric Baldwin

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

02-24-2020 16:21 UTC-7

Tan Eliminates Song on Bombastic Last Hand Before Break

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Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

After every other table had gone off to break a big hand was developing on the middle table.

Action was retold after the hand was over. From the cutoff, Stephen Song raised, Longsheng Tan three-bet from the button, Song then four-bet and Tan flat called.

The flop came . Song bet and Tan called.

The turn was the . Song slowed down and checked. Tan jammed all in, to which Song called after a few moments.

Song had while Tan had the best of if with the . The river came the and just like that Song was gone and Tan continued to suck all the chips in the room into his vortex.

Player	Chips	Progress
Longsheng Tan	1,240,000 320,000	320,000

Stephen Song	Busted

Tags: Longsheng Tan Stephen Song

02-24-2020 16:14 UTC-7

Break Time

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Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players are on their first break of the day after just over two hours of high level action. Longsheng Tan was the biggest story of the first two levels by surging his stack from 60,000 to close to a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Longsheng Tan	920,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Longsheng Tan

02-24-2020 16:09 UTC-7

Leary More than Doubles With Kings

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Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a preflop all in, Matthew Leary held with a chance to more than double up as Michael Pearson was the largest stack hplding the while a shorter stacked player was at risk with the .