Badugi
On the tail end of a hand between Ryan Goindoo and Christopher Claasen, both had three bets in after the final draw on which the former had patted. Goindoo tabled the 4♥3♣2♦A♠ for the nuts and Claassen mucked his cards. Goindoo had entered not long ago and received a boost to his stack right away.
Razz
Jordan Zucker: XxXx / 3xQx10x folded on fifth
Yuval Bronshtein: XxXx / 7x8x5x
Jordan Zucker completed and was called by Yuval Bronshtein, who then bet fourth when he improved. Zucker called despite picking up a queen but instantly folded to another bet on fifth when Bronshtein's board improved further.
There are now up to 41 players in the field mid-way through the second level with the following contenders all seated.
Badugi
Picking action up on the second draw, Kevin Gerhart bet and got raised by Jordan Zucker, who had recently defeated Gerhart in a sizeable 5 Card Draw pot. Gerhart reraised and Zucker called.
Both players patted their hands, Gerhart bet and Zucker called.
Gerhart showed 6♣3♥2♠A♦ for a six-perfect. Zucker flashed a nine-six and tossed it into the muck.
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Yuval Bronshtein sorted through the game plaques and declared "all right, it's time for someone to go home," as he selected the game known as "Blood" for it's tendency to create large messy pots and potentially send people home.
In the first hand of the orbit, Jordan Zucker opened to 700 and got raised by Bronshtein to 1,500. Kevin Gerhart then said, "you heard the man, time for someone to go home," and raised to 5,500.
Zucker quickly folded, as did Bronshtein to send the pot to Gerhart who showed 7♥6♣3♥2♦Xx as he collected the chips.
Stud Hi-Lo Regular
Michael McKenna: XxXx / 7♦J♠J♥8♦ / Xx
Clayton Mozdzen: Q♥9♥2♣ / 8♣Q♠6♥6♣
Chad Eveslage: 6♠4♥3♣ / Q♦A♥7♣A♠
Chad Eveslage bet sixth street with a pair of aces showing and earned calls from Michael McKenna as well as Clayton Mozdzen. Seventh saw Eveslage check-call when McKenna bet and Mozdzen also came along for McKenna to announce two pair. He mucked when Mozdzen showed queens up as Eveslage won the low portion of the pot.
Level: 2
Limit Flop/Draw: 300-600, 600-1,200 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 600 Completion 600-1,200 Limits,
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 300-500 Ante, 200-300 Blinds
No-Limit 5 Card Draw
Jordan Zucker raised to 700 on the button and got a call from Kevin Gerhart in the big blind. Gerhart drew two while Zucker drew three.
After the draw, Gerhart checked and Zucker bet 1,600, which Gerhart check-raised to 5,500. Zucker came back with another raise to 15,000.
Gerhart begrudgingly tossed in a call to see Zucker's 4♣4♠4♥J♦J♣ for a full house. Gerhart tossed his 8♠8♦8♥ face up toward the muck along with his other two cards.
Near the end of the first level, the tournament clocks show 34 entries and below are some of those who took a seat recently.
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Christopher Lindner raised to 500 on the button and got a call from Brian Brunner in the small blind. Each player drew two cards.
Brunner check-called a bet of 1,200 and then each player drew one.
Brunner checked again and Lindner bet 3,000. Brunner check-raised to 7,500 and Lindner called.
After Brunner patted and Lindner drew one card, Brunner led for 11,000 and got a fold from Lindner to earn a decent-sized early pot.
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