John Juanda completed from the button and Kenny Tran made it 15,000. Juanda shot right back at Tran, making it 33,000 to go. Kenny Tran made the call and we saw a flop of 
. Kenny Tran moved in his remaining 43,500 and Juanda made the call.
Tran: 
Juanda: 
The turn and river were no help to John Juanda and Kenny Tran doubled up to 153,000.
Level: 11
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
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Kunimaro Kojo and Eugene Katchalov saw a flop of 
and quickly had all of their chips in the middle. Katchalov showed the 
for top pair and a strong kicker, but found himself trailing the two pair of Kojo, who held 
. The turn was the 
and Katchalov was down to five outs to stay alive. The on the river was a blank and Kojo advanced to Round 3.
With a flurry of bustouts in the last few minutes we found Dani Stern and Michael Pesek getting it all in preflop. Stern tabled pocket sevens and Pesek had two overs with 
.
The flop cemented Stern's lead when it ran 
giving Stern a set. Pesek needed runner, runner to stay alive, but missed when the board completed 
.
On a flop of 
, Bryn Kenney checked and Tom Dwan checked behind to see a turn card. The fell and Kenney led out for 14,500, which Dwan eventually called. The river came 
and Kenney again fired out, this time for 33,000 and change. Dwan thought things over for several minutes before announcing he was all in. Kenney called off the remainder of his chips and Dwan revealed the 
for the rivered straight.
"Nice one," Kenney said before mucking his hand.
Perhaps motivated by the recent increase in blinds to 3,000/6,000 Benjamin Tollerance shoved his remaining stack with 
and was quickly called by Steve Billirakis, who held 
. The final board of 
gave Billirakis the winning flush and the former youngest bracelet winner in history moved on to the Round of 32.
Raj Singh got it all in before the flop with Alex Kravchenko.
Singh: 
Kravchenko: 
The board fell 
and Kravchenko was eliminated.
Level: 12
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Eric Froehlich made it 12,000 to go from the button, and Scott Clements three-bet shoved with something like 45,000 chips left. Froelich made the call with , and Clements' was an underdog to keep him alive.
The 
board kept Froehlich in front, and that pot gives him Clements' bounty and a ticket to Round 3 tomorrow.
John Juanda and Kenny Tran have been battling it out for a long while with Tran dangerously short on chips. He's held on strong level after level, though, and Juanda is getting squirmy in his chair as he tries to finish off this match here in the first wee-morning-hour session of the 2011 World Series of Poker.
