Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante:
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante:
With 14,000 in the pot and a flop of ![]()
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, Eddie Blumenthal bet 7,800 from middle position after Young Ji had checked from the big blind. A call was made and then both players checked the
turn. When the
completed the board on the river, Ji led out for 7,300 and Blumenthal called.
Ji tabled the ![]()
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for a set of tens, and it was good as Blumenthal simply mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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138,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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122,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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With another online super-stakes player receiving much of the Day 1 coverage yesterday, after Ben Tollerene's stack went missing during a dinner break, Alexander Kostritsyn just lost all of his chips in equally perplexing fashion.
We caught the action before the flop, with a player opening to 4,000 from the cutoff. Tue Phan called from the button, as did the small blind, but Kostritsyn decided to put the squeeze on with a three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind.
The original raiser got out of the way, but Phan called to see a flop of ![]()
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rain down. Kostritysn then led out for a bet of 14,500, and Phan deliberated for a minute or so before cutting out two stacks and sliding them forward, raising to 34,000. Faced with a strong sign that Phan held a queen, Kostritsyn persevered nonetheless, reraising all-in for his last 90,000 or so chips.
Phan stood while making the call, showing down his ![]()
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for trip queens and an ace kicker. Kostritsyn could only muster the ![]()
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for a bluff that, while courageously bold, had been busted.
The turn brought the
to the table, and the river fell
, giving Phan a full house, and a massive pile of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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245,000
72,000
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72,000 |
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Busted |

Busted in 60th place in uneventful fashion. Back to NLH tmrw at 5pm. I already miss the two extra cards.Follow @NickBinger
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Alan Keating had a good night last night as he ranked second in chips among the surviving 117 players. Unfortunately for him, Keating's luck turned on him here on Day 2 and he has been eliminated from the tournament.
It happened when a preflop raising war resulted in Keating and a late-position player being all in for 84,000 and 22,000 respectively. Eddie Blumenthal, who was in middle position, had them both covered.
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flop made things interesting as it gave Keating a flush draw and the other two players straight draws, but as it was Blumenthal's aces were still best. That changed when the dealer burned and turned the
, which gave the late-position player trips. With that said, Blumenthal's aces still had him out in front of Keating in the sizable side pot.
There were plenty of cards that could change things on the river, but the
that peeled off was not one of them. The late-position player tripled while Blumenthal took down the side pot and eliminated Keating from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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178,000
128,200
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128,200 |
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Busted |
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| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 64th | Cameron McKinley | $3,863 |
| 65th | Evan Yanoshik | $3,863 |
| 66th | Lawrence Lazar | $3,863 |
| 67th | Jim Karambinis | $3,863 |
| 68th | Scott Eskenazi | $3,863 |
| 69th | Dash Dudley | $3,863 |
| 70th | Miguel Candelario | $3,863 |
| 71st | Raffi Nahabedian | $3,863 |
| 72nd | Lance Wilber | $3,863 |
| 73rd | Keven Stammen | $3,435 |
| 74th | Artem Metalidi | $3,435 |
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We caught the tail end of a preflop raising war between Ben Yu and Hoyt Corkins, as Yo made a pot-sized raise, Corkins re-potted, and Yu returned the favor to put the Alabama Cowboy all-in.
Corkins called with his ![]()
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tabled by Yu.
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, and Corkins aces were best, giving him a much needed double to move above the average chip stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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81,000
12,500
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12,500 |
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28,000
50,300
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50,300 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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307,000
181,600
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181,600 |
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185,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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173,000
139,400
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139,400 |
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165,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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163,000
73,000
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73,000 |
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113,000
44,700
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44,700 |
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104,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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99,000
42,200
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42,200 |
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98,000
29,500
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29,500 |
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83,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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80,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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78,300
11,200
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11,200 |
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73,200
2,200
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2,200 |
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72,000
4,700
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4,700 |
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68,500
13,500
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13,500 |
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61,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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48,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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34,000
66,000
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66,000 |
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33,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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23,400
200
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200 |
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Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: