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Dean Schalkin opened from early position, and John Tolbert flatted. Big blind Jason Dong then shipped it in for 162,000. Schalkin folded, but Tolbert called with 
. Dong needed help with 
. The 
flop took away his ace outs but gave him a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. The 
kept the sweat alive, but alas, the 
on the river made a boat for Tolbert and sent Dong home early for the night. Tolbert added Dong's chips to his stack, which now sits at 440,000.
Jim Jeffrey open-shoved from the small blind, and Andras Kovacs called from the big with a much larger stack. Jeffrey's 
was racing Kovacs' 
. The pocket pair held as the board came 
. Jeffrey moved up to 240,000, just passing Kovacs who was left with 230,000.
Grayson Ramage raised to 17,000 before Greg Pohler popped it up an additional 50,000. Ramage moved all in for another 229,000 and Pohler made the call.
Ramage: 
Pohler:
The board bricked out 
and Pohler takes it down to jump up to 650,000 and eliminate Ramage from the tournament.
Finally, a bit of action. Laura Cantero was all in with 
against Carlson Le's 
. She was still in trouble after the 
flop gave her top pair with an inferior kicker. The on the turn didn't come to her rescue, but the 
on the river arrived right on time. Cantero jumped up to 190,000, dropping Le down to 26,000.
Action has slowed way down since the break. All the players are pretty tired, and everyone seems determined to get a shot at Day 3. There's a whole lot of raise and take it poker happening out there, and not much else.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are now taking their final twenty-minute break of the day.
Jaymes Rosenthal has actually lost a hand! Perhaps his first of the day. He was taking on two short stackers in a preflop clash.
Rosenthal:
Karga Holt:
Short Stack: 
The board fell 
and Holt maintains the lead the whole way to eliminate the shorty and move up to 230,000 chips.
On a 
board, Edgar de la Torre bet 52,000. The button spent long enough in the tank for another player to call the clock on him. De la Torre told him he'd show no matter what, and the button folded in agony. As is the case so often when they offer to show, de la Torre showed for just ace-king high. He moved up to 350,000 and left his opponent with some tilt to work off during the break.
