Maria Ho checked with the board reading 


. Jonathan Duhamel bet, and Ho called. The river was the
, and Ho quickly checked again. Duhamel tossed out a bet, and Ho thought for a bit before calling.
Duhamel tabled 
, and Ho mucked.
Maria Ho checked with the board reading 


. Jonathan Duhamel bet, and Ho called. The river was the
, and Ho quickly checked again. Duhamel tossed out a bet, and Ho thought for a bit before calling.
Duhamel tabled 
, and Ho mucked.
Jeff Shulman opened the action with a late position raise. Chad Brown peered down at his cards on the button and tossed out a three-bet. John Virtue four-bet from the big blind and action was back to Shulman.
Shulman threw away his hand with a sour look on his face and Brown called. The two heads up players saw a 

flop fall. Virtue continued out only to find a raise from Brown. Virtue called and the turn was the
.
Virtue opted to check-call a bet from Brown on this street and the
completed the board. Both players checked and Virtue flipped up 
for top pair and top kicker. Brown threw his cards and the muck and Virtue was able to grab the pot from our chip leader.
Chad Brown was in the blinds, and called a pre-flop raise from Jonathan Duhamel. The dealer fanned 

, and Brown checked. Duhamel tossed out a bet, and Brown called.
The turn was the
, both players checked, and the
completed the board. Brown led out, and Duhamel tank-called.
Brown tabled 
for a full house, and Duhamel mucked his hand.
Paul Berende has chipped up nicely thus far on Day 2 of Event 48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em, and is one of the few players with over 100,000 chips.
After being crippled by Jonathan Duhamel, Jerrod Ankenman has been eliminated.
Dutch Boyd was all in and at risk against Robert Hwang with the board reading 

. Boyd's 
was trailing Hwang's 
, and the turn and river came
.
respectively, eliminating Boyd from the tournament.
Jonathan Duhamel and Jerrod Ankenman were heads up with the board reading 

. Duhamel checked, Ankenman bet, and Duhamel raised. Ankenman called.
The turn was the
, Duhamel led, and Ankenman called. The
completed the board, and Duhamel led again. Ankenman threw his hands in the air, unhappy with the river card, but still called.
Duhamel rolled over 
for trip nines, and Ankenman released his hand.
Level: 14
Limits: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0