Gavin Smith had slipped down to 12,000 in his match against Raymond Dandrea. He had chipped back a little to 14,500 when he found himself all in following a flop of 
against Dandrea.
Smith held 
for two pair, while Dandrea had 
. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Smith has doubled back to nearly even with Dandrea.
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Justin 'Booster J' Smith is through to the next round. Travis Klein isn't.
Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
With the board showing 
and already about 18,000 in the middle, Ryan Young pushed all in for his last 18,800, and Sung made the call.
Young flipped over 
for quads, and Sung mucked. Young has Sung on the ropes now, with about 55,000 to Sung's 5,000.
Phil Gordon has advanced two Round 2, his stepping stone being Gregory Brooks who pushed in his final couple of thousand with 
. Gordon had 
which held up on a subsequent 
board.
Some more winners to report. And losers. That's the way it has to be.
Josh Arieh defeated John Patgorski.
Jamie Brown defeated Jeff Madsen.
Amit Makhija defeated J.J. Liu.
Julian Herold has also defeated Eric Cajelais. Cajelais had all his chips in following a 
flop holding 
, but Herold had him pipped with 
. The turn was the and river the 
, and Herold moves through to round 2.
Jason Rosenkrantz raised to 2,000 from the button and got a call from his opponent, Jayme Parro. The flop came 
. Parro checked, Rosenkrantz bet 2,000, then Parro shoved all in. Rosenkrantz quickly called, showing 
, well ahead of Parro's 
.
The turn and river both brought jacks, and Rosenkrantz moves on to the next round.
Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
Joe Cada (42,000) vs. Alexander Venovski (18,000)
Sandra Naujoks (41,000) vs. Per Ummer (19,000)
Barny Boatman (33,000) vs. Evan Roberts (27,000)
Nikolay Evdakov (12,000) vs. Ernst Schmejkal (48,000)
Vanessa Rousso (38,000) vs. Johannes Strassmann (22,000)
Terrence Chan (41,000) vs. Jonathan Karamalikis (19,000)
Annette Obrestad (40,000) vs. Pietro Conti (20,000)
Vivek Rajkumar (13,000) vs. Russel Rosenblum (47,000)
Faraz Jaka (29,000) vs. Olivier Busquet (31,000)
Scott Seiver (7,000) vs. Brian Rast (53,000)
Gavin Smith (12,000) vs. Raymond Dandrea (48,000)
David Benyamine (28,000) vs. Amritraj Singh (32,000)
