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Australian Gary Benson has surged up the chip counts here early on Day 2, and with a Seven Card Stud bracelet back in 1996, he is surely one of the ones to watch out for as the day progresses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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53,500
20,500
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20,500 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Jesse Martin: 
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Calvin Anderson: / 
A player brought it in with the 
, Martin completed on his direct left, and Anderson called. The rest of the players folded, including the player who brought it in, and Anderson called bets on fourth and fifth. On sixth, Anderson folded to a bet facing Martin's queens on board, and Martin dragged in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
-3,400
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-3,400 |
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9,000
2,300
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2,300 |
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Three players saw fourth street but it would be Adam Friedman raising an opponent's bet to push out Shawn Buchanan. Friedman's opponent made it three bets to go and Friedman just called before calling a bet on fifth. Both players checked sixth and seventh with each player's boards as follows.
Friedman: / 
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Opponent: / 
/
Friedman announced two pair and tabled his 
/ 
and after his opponent mucked his two pair with 
/ 
, Friedman was stacking the pot to move to just on 65,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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64,000
15,700
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15,700 |
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Michael Mizrachi: / 
/
Farshad Ben Cohen: / 
/
Ashly Butler: / 
(FOLD)
We caught the action on fourth street, where Cohen bet double the limit with a pair showing, and unbeknownst to Cohen's pair on board, Butler tossed out a bet. Butler's bet was ruled a call, and Mizrachi opted to call as well. Cohen bet again on fifth, Butler folded, and Mizrachi raised. Cohen called.
Cohen check-called bets on sixth and seventh, then folded when Mizrachi showed 
for a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
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10,500
-2,300
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-2,300 |
|
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7,000
-9,400
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-9,400 |
David Bach had the bring-in and Perry Friedman completed all-in for his last 300. Dutch Boyd made it 600 and Bach made the call before calling on fourth and betting out on fifth and sixth. Boyd called each time before both players checked seventh.
Bach: / 
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Friedman: / 
/
Boyd: / /
Boyd tabled his 
and captured the pot after Bach flashed the 
and Friedman just mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
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12,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
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|
||
|
Busted | |
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Level: 10
Limits: 200/800
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | |
|
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33,000
21,800
|
21,800 |
|
31,000
11,900
|
11,900 |
|
||
|
26,000
-7,400
|
-7,400 |
|
23,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
22,000
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
||
|
21,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
20,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
||
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19,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
-3,200
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-3,200 |
|
|
||
|
13,000
-8,900
|
-8,900 |
|
9,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
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8,000
-8,700
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-8,700 |
|
|
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3,600
-8,700
|
-8,700 |
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|
|
Busted | |
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Jesse Martin: / 
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Opponent: / 
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Martin led out on sixth street, and a gentleman who did not report his name last night raised. Martin tanked for quite some time, then made the call.
On seventh, Martin checked, and the player quickly checked behind. Martin revealed the for trip aces, which his player couldn't beat with kings-up.
"I knew if I bet you wouldn't call unless you got it," the player told Martin.
It wasn't the most elaborate explanation of showdown value, but it was certainly on point. It also saved the unknown player a bet in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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14,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,000
-8,500
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-8,500 |
|
|
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|
47,000
16,100
|
16,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
41,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
34,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
21,200
|
21,200 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
-5,400
|
-5,400 |
|
|
||
|
18,000
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
17,000
10,200
|
10,200 |
|
|
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|
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14,000 | |
|
|
||
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
6,000
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
|
|
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|
3,000
-19,200
|
-19,200 |
Joseph Esposito: / 
/
Freddie Ellis: / 
/
Scott Seiver: / 
/
Esposito led out for a bet on fourth street, and both Ellis and Seiver called.
"Not our best street," Seiver joked to Ellis.
Both players called a second bet on fifth street, and only Seiver called Esposito's bet on sixth when he paired his ace.
"This is probably the last bet I'm calling," he told him.
True enough, Seiver folded to Esposito's bet on seventh, and the Brooklynite pulled in the pot.
"See," Seiver said, smiling.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
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23,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
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17,700
-2,300
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-2,300 |
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