The cutoff just shoved allin for about 8,000 and the player on the button followed his lead and shoved for 2,200. Joseph Elpayaa in the small blind announced all in and had both players, and the big blind, easily covered. The big blind folded and we had the first three way all in of the day. Elpaya brought to battle while the cutoff had and the button .
Elpayaa was the mathematical favorite to win the hand but wouldn't come out on top: | | . The cutoff almost trippled, the button departed and Elpayaa lost some chips but still has plenty left.
Its a beautiful afternoon as the remaining 226 players have taken their seat and the cards are in the air. Stay alert as only 10 players are left until we hit the money.
We started out with 2,105 players yesterday in this star packed $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. After eleven levels of play there's just 226 remaining. 216 players will cash at a minimum of $2,898. On this second day of play we have 10 levels on the schedule. All the players still in the tournament try to secure a seat at the final table which will guarantee a $38,178 pay day. The winner, which we'll be crowning tomorrow on day 3, will take home more than half a million; $518,755.
Levon Khachatryan leads with 176,100 in chips. If you think about the fact that everyone started out with just 4,500 in chips, you can imagine the day he had yesterday. There's a couple of players more with more than 100,000 in chips. Amongst them Matt Jarvis, the former November Niner bagged 101,300.
There's are more than enough other recognizable faces left in the tournament. Matt Matros will try to win another bracelet this year and make it four in a row. Barry Greenstein looks due for another wristband and his team members Joe Cada and Vanessa Selbst are also still in contention.
At 1 p.m. local time we're taking off with blind level 12 (600/1,200 with a 200 ante). Are you ready for another full day of updates?
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. The cutoff almost trippled, the button departed and Elpayaa lost some chips but still has plenty left.![[user217354]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
