Daniel Negreanu just busted Faraz Jaka's first 20,000 stack in a pre flop all in. Jaka held against and the board ran out . Jaka gave the dealer one of his lammers bringing his stack back up to 20,000. Negreanu now has 60,000 chips with one lammer behind, Jaka also has another lammer.
A short stacked Erik Seidel moved all in for around 7,900 on the button. Seidel's opponent Sam Stein took a few moments deciding what the right move, he even pump faked calling a few times, before eventually depositing the right amount of chips in the pot.
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The dealer then spread a board and Seidel was eliminated. Sam Stein will now go on to face winner of the Steven Greenberg vs. Jason Mo match.
"He was down to 14 big blinds and shoved and I called," Emil Patel said about the final hand of their heads up match. Patel showed and he was up against Matt Stout's . The board ran out giving Patel the victory in this match.
Patel will play against the winner of the match between Brian Hastings and James Rumptz.
Tom Marchese has just moved on to the third round beating Todd Barlow. Marchese was kind enough to share with us the details of the biggest pot and the final hand.
On the 400/800 level Marchese raised to 1,600 from the button and Barlow called. The flop came down with two spades and Barlow check-called 2,000. The turn was an and Barlow checked to Marchese who bet 3,500 and his opponent moved all in for around 16,000 chips. Marchese called with and Barlow was drawing dead with .
In the final hand Barlow had just 8,600 chips remaining and was put all in by Marchese. Barlow called with and Marchese spiked a king with his . Marchese will play the winner of the match between Kevin Saul and Ryan Fee.
Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom has just been eliminated from the tournament by the hands of Tommy Chen. Today marked the debut on the World Series of Poker for the online super stars who had already made his mark on the live tournament circuit when he won the PCA Super High Roller banking just over $1.2 million. Blom had beat Andy Bloch in the first round but couldn't continue his run as he just busted.
Chen told us he put Blom all in from the button and the Swede snap-called for his final 26,000 chips in the 1,000/2,000 level with . "I guess it's an unexploitable call, but I would never make it," Chen said about the move. Chen had and his hand held up.
With a board exposed we found Faraz Jaka bet out 2,000. Jaka's opponent, Daniel Negreanu raised and made it 5,000. After a few moments of contemplation Jaka three-bet and Negreanu moved all in and was called. Jaka had less chips and was the one at risk.
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Jaka had flopped a flush, but wasn't out of the woods yet, any other diamond to land would steal the pot away from Jaka and into the pile of Negreanu's. A on the turn and a on the river allowed for Jaka to maintain his lead and double up to around 70,000.
The 2009 November Nine finalist James Akenhead just lost his heads up match against two time World Poker Tour winner Tommy Vedes. Vedes also finished 19th in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, the year Akenhead made it to the final table.
Vedes told us the biggest pot was played in the 800/1,600 level when he got it in with against Akenhead's . That 70,000 chip pot went to Vedes who took a commanding chip lead. Just now Vedes put Akenhead all in for his final 20,000 chips and the Brit called with . Vedes had and his hand held up. Tommy Vedes is playing the third round against Melanie Weisner.
Faraz Jaka was just all in with against Daniel Negreanu's . The board ran out and Jaka had to cash in his final lammer. Negreanu now has a commanding chip lead with 100,000 against Jaka's 20,000 chips.