Antonio Esfandiari just beat Isaac Haxton heads up. In the 400/800 level we caught a hand in which Haxton raised the button to 1,600 and Esfandiari called. The flop came down and Esfandiari check-called a 2,100 chip bet. The turn was the and Esfandiari check-called 5,200. The river was the and both players checked. Esfandiari showed and took down the pot.
We ran over to the table as both players got up from their seats and Esfandiari told us what happened in the final hand. "I raised the button to 2,200 and he called," Esfandiari started his explanation. The flop came down and Esfandiari's 3,400 continuation bet got raised to 6,400. Esfandiari put Haxton all in for 10,000 more and he called with . Esfandiari showed and the turn, the , and river, the , didn't change the outcome.
"See one of you fish cakes soon!" Esfandiari said laughingly to Mercier and Godshall. One of these players will be his next opponent.
On the button, Jacob Godshall raised to 2,000. Jason Mercier reraised all in to put the pressure on Godshall. After a minute of tanking, Godshall called with the . Mercier held the .
Godshall was all in for 20,000 even and got the double after the board ran out to give him a wheel.
Shortly after that, Mercier and Godshall got it all in again. Mercier held the and Godshall the . The board ran out and Mercier doubled up. He was all in for 15,400 and now has 30,800 plus his two add-on lammers.
Victor Ramdin was just eliminated by Dimitar Danchev to be sent home from the tournament while on another table, Scott Baumstein finished off Vojtech Ruzicka to advance to the third round.
On a third table, Steve O'Dwyer defeated Yevgeniy Timoshenko to move on. According to O'Dwyer, Timoshenko raised to 2,000 on the button and O'Dwyer reraised to 5,100 from the big blind. Timoshenko called and the flop came down . On the flop, O'Dwyer bet 7,400 and Timoshenko called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the land on the river. After O'Dwyer checked, Timoshenko fired all in for 36,100. O'Dwyer made the call and Timoshenko turned over the . O'Dwyer held the and his flush was the winner to eliminate Timoshenko.
Peter Jetten just busted Barry Woods. We caught up with him right after the match was done. Jetten told us he he was up 80,000 to 40,000 when the final hand played out. In the 400/800 level he raised to 2,000 from the button and Woods called.
The flop came down and Woods lead out for 2,000, Jetten called. The turn was a bringing a flush draw and Woods bet 6,000. Jetten made it 17,000 and his opponent moved all in. Jetten called with a set of nines and Woods was drawing dead with . The river was a and Jetten moves on.
We didn't catch the action, but after we noticed Josh Brikis heading for the doors we talked to Richard Lyndaker to try and find out what had happened.
According to Lyndaker, after series of raises preflop both players witnessed a flop. It was here that Lyndaker check-shoved and Brikis called. Cards were turned over and it appeared as if Brikis' were set to win against Lyndaker's . A on the turn and a on the river proved to be disaster for Brikis though as he was eliminated due to a straight hit by Lyndaker.
From the button, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom raised to 1,600 in the last level. Tommy Chen called and the flop came down . Chen led for 2,300 and Blom called.
On the turn, Chen checked and Blom bet 4,200. Chen folded and Blom won the pot.
A few hands later in the current level, Chen was all in preflop with the versus Blom's . The flop, turn and river ran out and Blom forced Chen to use one of his add-on lammers.
Russell Rosenblum and Cristiano Guerra have just won their matches and will move on to the third round. Guerra beat Shaun Deeb and Russell Rosenblum managed to shake Vladimir Shchmelev.
On a board we found Scott Clements check-raising a bet from Vanessa Selbst and making it 2,100. When action was back on Selbst she took her time before placing 5,900 in the middle. A call was made by Clements and both players were awarded a on the river. Clements then quickly checked, only to find himself facing an all in bet from Selbst. Clements made the fold and now sits around 15,000 with one add-on left.
and Esfandiari check-called a 2,100 chip bet. The turn was the 
and Esfandiari check-called 5,200. The river was the 
and both players checked. Esfandiari showed 
and took down the pot.
and Esfandiari's 3,400 continuation bet got raised to 6,400. Esfandiari put Haxton all in for 10,000 more and he called with 
. Esfandiari showed 
and the turn, the 
, and river, the 
, didn't change the outcome.
. Mercier held the 
.
to give him a wheel.
and Mercier doubled up. He was all in for 15,400 and now has 30,800 plus his two add-on lammers.![[user198174]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. On the flop, O'Dwyer bet 7,400 and Timoshenko called.
and both players checked to see the 
. O'Dwyer held the 
and Woods lead out for 2,000, Jetten called. The turn was a 
bringing a flush draw and Woods bet 6,000. Jetten made it 17,000 and his opponent moved all in. Jetten called with a set of nines and Woods was drawing dead with 
and Jetten moves on.
. A 
turn, Chen checked and Blom bet 4,200. Chen folded and Blom won the pot.
and Blom forced Chen to use one of his add-on lammers.
