Barny Boatman raised it up to 2,200 from the button before his opponent in the big blind dropped a single 5,000-denomination chip into the middle to go with his 1,000-denomination chip that was sitting in the big blind. His intention was to raise but because he didn't verbalize it, the dealer ruled it just a call.
The big blind wasn't happy and the floor was called to verify that it was indeed a call. Boatman remained silent and was able to see a flop of .
The big blind fired 4,300 and in rather anti-climactic fashion, Boatman folded. He's at 168,000.
David Williams opened with a raise to 2,000 from middle position, and the table folded around to the player in the big blind who made the call.
The flop came . Williams' opponent checked, he continued with a bet of 3,000, his opponent check-min.-raised to 6,000, and Williams called. The turn was the . Williams' opponent led for 9,000 this time, and Williams promptly raised to 27,000. His opponent thought about 30 seconds, then called.
The river was a , a card that potentially completed a couple of draws. Williams' opponent checked, and Williams shrugged as he checked as well.
His opponent tossed his cards face up toward the center of the table. "Tens," said the dealer at the sight of his . Williams flipped over his . "Jacks," came the call, and the chips were slid Williams' way.
Williams would follow that hand by winning another small pot off the same player, and now has 132,000.
With three and a half of today's four scheduled levels complete, over 1,000 of today's 2,412 starters have already been eliminated. Dennis Phillips, Matt Glantz, Lee Markholt, Greg "FBT" Mueller, Brock Parker, David Bach, Quinn Do, and Playboy model Sarah Underwood all ended their tournament in the last level and approximately 1,400 players remain in the Day 2A field.
Lex Veldhuis was cruising with close to 100,000 in chips but fell all the way to 42,000 after losing a few unfortunate hands, including a coinflip where his pocket sixes fell to ace-jack. Michael Mizrachi, however, took his stack up to 142,000 in a hand that you're sure to see on television later this summer. Mizrachi was all-in against two players, his pocket aces holding up against pocket kings AND pocket queens! Allie Prescott is also climbing the leaderboard-- he's up to 155,000 after eliminating Soren Kongsgaard.
The plan is to play one more hour, finishing off half of Level 9 before we bag and tag for the night.
Ralph Perry just had the ultimate doomswitch pulled on him when he woke up with two kings and got them all in against two aces. The board didn't pan out in favor of Perry and he was left with just 11,000 in chips.
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What is a Sandra Naujoks post without a Sandra Naujoks photo?
On the flop of , Sandra Naujoks fired 2,500 after her opponent checked. The player made the call and the two were off to a turn of the . The player check-called a bet of 4,200 from Naujoks before the river completed the board with the . The player checked again. This time, Naujoks didn't bet and just checked behind.
Naujoks tabled the and her opponent mucked. She's now up to 105,000 in chips.
Chris Moneymaker just had an opponent all in before the flop, with Moneymaker holding to his opponent's .
The flop came , putting Moneymaker behind. The turn was the , giving Moneymaker's opponent a full house.
"Ace!" yelled a Moneymaker fan from the rail as the river was dealt. The table chuckled in response. "Ace doesn't do much good," said Moneymaker with a weary grin at the too-little-too-late show of support as the meaningless fell.
Antonio Esfandiari was all in for 26,500 preflop holding , and he was racing for double or nothing against an opponent with .
Things were not so good for The Magician on the flop, but he smoke-and-mirrored an on the turn to pull him into a big lead. The river was safe and sound, and Esfandiari has pulled in a double up to 55,000.
There was about 7,000 in the pot with a flop reading when the small blind bet 5,000. David Grey was the only other player in the hand and he seemed perplexed by the bet. He thought about it before tossing his cards into the mucking, accidently flipping over .
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. Williams' opponent checked, he continued with a bet of 3,000, his opponent check-min.-raised to 6,000, and Williams called. The turn was the 
. Williams' opponent led for 9,000 this time, and Williams promptly raised to 27,000. His opponent thought about 30 seconds, then called.
, a card that potentially completed a couple of draws. Williams' opponent checked, and Williams shrugged as he checked as well.
. Williams flipped over his 
. "Jacks," came the call, and the chips were slid Williams' way.
to pair his kicker to eliminate his opponent and climb up to 205,000.
, Sandra Naujoks fired 2,500 after her opponent checked. The player made the call and the two were off to a turn of the 
. The player check-called a bet of 4,200 from Naujoks before the river completed the board with the 
. The player checked again. This time, Naujoks didn't bet and just checked behind.
and her opponent mucked. She's now up to 105,000 in chips.
to his opponent's 
, putting Moneymaker behind. The turn was the 
, giving Moneymaker's opponent a full house.
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river was safe and sound, and Esfandiari has pulled in a double up to 55,000.
