Erion Islamay had battled his way back into his heads up match with Erik Cajelais, but Cajelais took a big pot off Islamay, then won the rest of his chips on the next hand. Most of the damage was done in a hand where the board read . There was about 100,000 in the pot, and Cajelais put Islamay all in. Islamay went deep into the tank before folding, leaving him with alittle under 100,000.
That went in preflop on the next hand, and Cajelais called with and had Islamay, who showed , dominated. The board ran out , and Cajelais is our next winner.
Frank Kassela had a slight chip lead on Maxwell Greenwood in their heads-up match and took down a huge pot to win the table and move on to Day 3.
The two got it all in preflop, Kassela holding and Greenwood holding . The board ran out to give Kassela the river of dreams and take down the table. He is the third bracelet winner to win their table so far (Eric Cajelais, Dan Kelly, Kassela) and we still have a few left in the field. The final 16 is shaping up to be a stacked group.
Andrew Badecker is heads up on his table with about a 4-to-1 chip lead over his opponent, Kenneth Auker. Badecker has been dominating his table for the most part, knocking out at least the last three players, including Eric Baldwin earlier.
Andy Badecker has just finished off Kenneth Auker with holding against all in preflop on a board to become the latest player to make it through to Day 3.
Vitaly Lunkin already had a sizeable lead over Frank Rusnak, but after this last hand, he has Rusnak down to 10 big blinds. There was 35,000 in the pot before the flop of . Rusnak bet 22,000, and Lunkin called in position. The turn brought the , and Rusnak bet out 23,500. Lunkin calmly said all in, and Rusnak folded his hand rather quickly. Lunkin now has around 420,000.
Amit Makhija has just knocked out Noah Sandler to leave him heads up with Canadian Andrew Pantling for the place in the last sixteen. It looks like a tough battle between two seasoned veterans but Pantling has the early advantage in the chip counts.
Andrew Pantling had a slight chip lead over Amit Mahkija when the two players got in a raising war preflop. All of the chips went in, and it was once again your classic coinflip deciding the difference between a $5,000 payday and a $13,000 payday.
Pantling:
Mahkija:
Pantling stayed ahead on the flop of . The turn was the , giving Pantling a set but Mahkija outs to a flush. The river brought the , and Pantling survived the river to knock out Mahkija and advance on to tomorrow.
Joe Webber had a dominating chip stack for most of his heads up battle with Ken Weiner, and Webber was finally able to put him away moments ago. The two players got it all in prelop, and Weiner was slightly ahead.
Webber:
Weiner:
The board ran a queen high stragiht, coming , and Webber's king play, giving him the higher straight and the victory.
. There was about 100,000 in the pot, and Cajelais put Islamay all in. Islamay went deep into the tank before folding, leaving him with alittle under 100,000.
and had Islamay, who showed 
, dominated. The board ran out 
, and Cajelais is our next winner.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. The board ran out 
to give Kassela the river of dreams and take down the table. He is the third bracelet winner to win their table so far (Eric Cajelais, Dan Kelly, Kassela) and we still have a few left in the field. The final 16 is shaping up to be a stacked group.
all in preflop on a 
board to become the latest player to make it through to Day 3.
. The turn was the 
, and Webber's king play, giving him the higher straight and the victory.