Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-22-2018 16:00 UTC-8

A "Flip-ament" For $30K!

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

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06-22-2018 16:00 UTC-8

Babayev Spikes a Jack to Double Through Palma

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

It folded around to Nick Palma on the button who raised to 7,000 and Jake Schwartz folded his small blind. With the action on Emin Babayev in the big blind he moved all-in for 72,000 and Palma called.

Emin Babayev:
Nick Palma:

Palma had Babayev dominated and was in great shape to score the knockout but there was a jack in the window for Babayev on the . "There's a river card for a reason" said Palma but the turn and river sealed the deal for Babayev who doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emin Babayev	150,000 120,200	120,200
Nick Palma	64,500 2,500	2,500

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06-22-2018 16:00 UTC-8

Sarin Four-Bets to Take It

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Ashwin Sarin opened the button to 7,000 and was three-bet to 24,000. Sarin wasn't done yet though and upped it again to the tune of his all-in. It was good enough to take it down and he adds a decent amount to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashwin Sarin	120,000 34,000	34,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-22-2018 15:34 UTC-8

Break

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em players are now on a 15 minute color-up break. We will pick right back up on all the live action when play resumes.

06-22-2018 15:33 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Picks Off Another

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski has chipped up some more after winning an all-in with against the of Stefan Ivanov. That saw him move up to over double the average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	220,000 146,700	146,700

Stefan Ivanov	Busted

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06-22-2018 15:32 UTC-8

Burns Gets a Shove Through

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

A player in early position raised to 4,500 and Kahle Burns moved all in for 36,200 from middle position. It folded back to the player who took his time to think it over and he eventually folded. Burns took the pot without showdown and added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kahle Burns	47,300 22,700	22,700

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06-22-2018 15:22 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Ivanov	Busted
Roy Thung	Busted
Samuel Stein	Busted
Sean Maher	Busted
Christopher Roth	Busted
Elizabeth Myers	Busted
Ryan Hohner	Busted
Norberto Santamaria	Busted
Corey Hochman	Busted
Renato Kaneoya	Busted
Scott Haze	Busted
Eric Rabl	Busted
Ba Dinh	Busted
Thiago Nishijima	Busted

Luis Pinho	Busted
Eduardo Della	Busted
John Gravagna	Busted
Emrah Cakmak	Busted
Sergio Olmos	Busted
Barry Hutter	Busted

Vishal Marocha	Busted
Marton Czuczor	Busted
Brian Horan	Busted
Ryan Olsen	Busted
Rex Clinkscales	Busted

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06-22-2018 15:22 UTC-8

Kornuth's Ascent Continues

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

More chips have come into Chance Kornuth's possession and it was the result of pocket rockets.

Kornuth opened from under the gun and Brent Francia three-bet all in. With everyone else out of the way, Kornuth called.

Chance Kornuth:
Brent Francia:

The runout kept the aces ahead to the end and Francia had to make his way to the payouts desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	162,000 42,000	42,000

Brent Francia	Busted

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06-22-2018 15:17 UTC-8

Mccue-Unciano Adds to His Stack

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The action folded to Mark Dube in the cutoff and he raised to 5,500. Justin Young folded his button and Kainalu Mccue-Unciano reraised to 18,000 from the small blind.

Dube called and they went heads-up to the flop. Mccue-Unciano fired out a bet of 13,500 and that was enough to get Dube to release his hand.