Lazaro Hernandez is challenging for the chip lead after adding another pot to his already substantial stack. Hernandez told PokerNewswhat happened - he got it in preflop with king-jack against a short stack's pocket-eights and he won the flip when a king landed on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,335,000 | 575,000 |
Chris Ferguson pushed all in for 815,000 first to act and Truong Nguyen called in the hijack. The small blind reluctantly folded, Paulo Villena quickly released his cards in the big blind.
"Do you have tens or ace-king?" Nguyen asked and Ferguson confirmed he had tens, tabling the 
.
Nguyen was ahead with 
and the board came 
to provide no help for Ferguson, who departed in 313st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,000,000 | 950,000 |
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Busted |
Peter Vitantonio, Robert March and Guofeng Wang have all added chunks to their stack in the first couple of levels of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,450,000 | 2,515,000 |
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2,400,000 | 1,265,000 |
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1,750,000 | 280,000 |
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1,750,000 | -385,000 |
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1,745,000 | 950,000 |
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1,700,000 | 1,095,000 |
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1,470,000 | 795,000 |
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1,150,000 | 100,000 |
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850,000 | -40,000 |
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815,000 | 90,000 |
In a three-way all in, Truong Nguyen prevailed when his 
held up against the of short stack Leonardo Martinez and the 
of Victor Nicolato. The board came 
and Martinez headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000 | 349,500 |
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800,000 | 240,000 |
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Busted |
It's the stuff dreams are made of, returning with less than 7 big blinds at the start of day 2, Villena has essentially multiplied his stack by ten and is now sat on twice the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,000,000 | 1,720,000 |
Daling Li was forced all in from the big blind and faced a raise from a player in middle position and the shove of Joel Verbeck for 325,000. The initial raiser called with 
and Verbeck had 
for the superior pair.
Li had a live card with 
but found no help on the board 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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825,000 | 575,000 |
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These are the unfortunate souls who have busted in places 415th through 477th, meaning they have collected $2,216 in prize money.
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Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Ming Li has had an extremely productive day so far, adding more than 1 million to her stack already. That was in spite of her laying down a hand just now. Li had opened to 120,000 under the gun and Brandon Noe three-bet all in for another 400,000 on top. Li confirmed how much it was and laid it down. "I had a pair" she told Noe, who shrugged as he collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,800,000 | 1,100,000 |
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740,000 | 340,000 |
Lula Taylor's stack is growing by the minute as it appears, with different sizings for each tower, that should amount to more than 3.8 million.
Joseph Weinberger knocked out an opponent with ace-king versus ace-jack to boost his stack while Duff Charette, Marvin Karlins and Barry Greenstein were among the latest casualties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,800,000 | 1,105,000 |
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1,900,000 | 950,000 |
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1,500,000 | 355,000 |
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930,000 | 590,000 |
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900,000 | 410,000 |
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800,000 | 100,000 |
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