With the board reading , Daniel Cascado checked to Barry Hutter, who elected to apply the pressure by moving his big stack all in.
Put to a test for his last 34,200, and his tournament life, Cascado went deep into the tank, thinking for more than three minutes while Hutter tried his best to affect a poker face. Eventually, a crack in Hutter's armor must have appeared, because Cascado suddenly announced a call.
"Call?," asked Hutter. "Ace high..."
Cascado revealed his for just middle pair on a dangerous board, and with this hero call he has doubled his stack back to the realm of respectability.
Dario Sammartino opened from the button, before Chris Moorman raised to 5,700 from the small blind. Sammartino then reached for some chips, and placed 14,600 into the middle. The action didn't stop there, with Moorman opting to four-bet for an additonal 11,900 in chips. Facing a bet of 26,500, Sammartino looked like raising a stack of chips again, but instead announced all in, covering Moorman. It was enough to take down the pot, as he now moves up to 130,000 as Moorman drops down to 68,000.
We heard the dealer announce "all in... and a call, show me a hand," and headed over in time to catch John Miner rolling over with the board reading .
Although he had made his flush on the river, Miner was already counting out 31,200 from his stack to ship across the table, with Elton Beebe the recipient of a double up.
Beebe's for a full house had Miner's flush crushed, and he doubled his stack to just under the average.
Dan Smith has had a productive start to Day 2, adding considerably to his stack during Level 11, then picking up a few more here at the start of Level 12.
Just now Smith enjoyed another bump up in a hand that saw him open from the hijack seat, get a caller in Dan O'Brien from a set over, then a short-stacked player push all in for about 25,000. Smith reraised all in to force out O'Brien, then turned over to his opponent's .
The board rolled out , and Smith is now challenging for the chip lead.
With a board of separating Jonathan Little and his opponent, the Day 1 chip leader bet out for 4,500, and watched the other player calmly splash out a raise to 16,700.
Little asked for a count of the raise, and eventually opted to flat and see the fall on the river.
When his opponent moved a stack of nearly 40,000 forward, Little shot his cards into the muck, his stack dented but not depleted.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier started today with just 19,300, and after missing most of the first level arrived to find his stack down to less than half that amount. He sat through a few hands in Level 12, then a hand arose in which a player opened from under the gun, Max Steinberg reraised to 8,000 from the cutoff, then Kory Kilpatrick reraised again to 19,400 from the button.
With a shrug, Grospellier tossed his last couple of thousand in the middle from the small blind, and after the big blind and original raiser both folded, Steinberg called. The flop came , and Steinberg checked. Kilpatrick pushed out a bet of 18,500, and when Steinberg came back with a check-raise to more than 40,000, Kilpatrick stepped aside.
Steinberg turned over and Grospellier showed his . The on the turn gave ElkY a chance to survive, but the river was the and Grospellier is out.
The hand started with Jackie Glazier opening to 2,400 from the cut-off, and getting called by Randy Lew and Steve Sung in the blinds. The flop came down as the action checked over to Glazier who threw in a continuation bet of 3,200. Only Lew made the call, as the fell on the turn. Bother players opted to check and watch as the completed the board. This time Lew reached for some chips, and placed out 7,200, resulting in a quick fold from Glazier.
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, Daniel Cascado checked to Barry Hutter, who elected to apply the pressure by moving his big stack all in.
for just middle pair on a dangerous board, and with this hero call he has doubled his stack back to the realm of respectability.
, to see Papadelias river his ace, and double-up through the chip leader.
with the board reading 
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to his opponent's 
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, and Smith is now challenging for the chip lead.
fall on the river.
, and Steinberg checked. Kilpatrick pushed out a bet of 18,500, and when Steinberg came back with a check-raise to more than 40,000, Kilpatrick stepped aside.
. The 
on the turn gave ElkY a chance to survive, but the river was the 
and Grospellier is out.
fell on the turn. Bother players opted to check and watch as the 
completed the board. This time Lew reached for some chips, and placed out 7,200, resulting in a quick fold from Glazier.
