Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000-30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000-30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000
Heather Alcorn raised first-to-act and was three-bet by Lawrence Brandt in the cutoff. Action folded back to Alcorn, who called.
Alcorn drew two and Brandt drew one on the first draw and then both players checked.
On the second draw, both players took one off and Brandt called a bet from Alcorn.
Alcorn stood pat on the final draw and Brandt drew one. Action checked down again and Alcorn revealed 9x7x4x3x2x. Brandt mucked and was left with just 50,000 following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
390,000
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390,000 |
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50,000
480,000
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480,000 |
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Lawrence Brandt opened the cutoff and then called when James Williams three-bet from the small blind.
Williams drew two and Brandt drew one. The action went check-check.
Williams took two again, Brandt stood pat and bet all in for 65,000, and Williams called.
Both stood pat on the final draw.
Lawrence Brandt: 9x7x6x4x2x
James Williams: 8x6x5x3x2x
Williams made an eight to eliminate Brandt in 16th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,220,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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Busted | |
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Frederic Moss raised on the button and was called by Alexander Wilkinson in the small blind and Aaron Cummings in the big blind.
Each player drew two and then checked on the first draw.
On the second draw, Wilkinson and Cummings drew one and Moss drew two. Wilkinson led out for a bet and both Cummings and Moss folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,150,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
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685,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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550,000
320,000
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320,000 |
Frederic Moss raised from under the gun and was three-bet by Danny Wong in the small blind. Moss called.
Wong stood pat the entire way, while Moss drew two, then one, then one again on the final draw. Moss called bets from Wong on the first and second draw and then action checked down on the final draw.
Wong tabled 8x6x4x3x2x and Moss sent his hand into the muck — conceding the pot to Wong.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,100,000
240,000
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240,000 |
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375,000
175,000
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175,000 |
Action was picked up on the first draw in a hand between Jon Turner in the small blind and Ilija Savevski in the big blind.
Turner drew one and Savevski drew three. Turner bet and Savevski called.
On the second draw, Turner took one and Savevski took two and called another bet from Turner.
Both players drew one on the final draw. Turner checked to Savevski who bet.
Turner thought it over for a while and winced as he tossed in calling chips. He was instantly rewarded as Savevski declared, "You're good," and Turner revealed 6x4x4x3x2x for a pair of fours, which were good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,270,000
185,000
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185,000 |
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525,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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Danny Wong raised on the button and Frederic Moss called in the big blind.
Moss drew one and Wong drew two on the first draw. Moss led out for a bet and Wong raised. Moss called.
Moss drew one again on the second draw and Wong stood pat. Moss then check-called a bet from Wong.
On the final draw, Moss drew one again and Wong remained pat. Moss mucked his hand and said that he had drawn to a straight — awarding the pot to Wong.
On the very next hand, Wong raised from the cutoff and Moss called all in from the small blind. Alexander Wilkinson called from the big blind.
Moss and Wilkinson each drew two and Wong drew one on the first draw. Wilkinson then check-called a bet from Wong.
On the second draw, Moss drew one, Wilkinson drew two and Wong stood pat. This time Wilkinson check-folded facing a bet from Wong.
Moss drew one on the final draw and Wong remained pat. Wong fanned out 8x7x6x4x3x and Moss showed he drew to a queen, eliminating him in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,450,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
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900,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Busted | |
Ilija Savevski opened the cutoff, and he received calls from Alex Ferrari in the small blind and Amnon Filippi in the big blind.
Ferrari drew one, Filippi drew three, and Savevski drew two. Action checked to Savevski who bet. Ferrari called and Filippi called all-in.
All players took one on the second draw. Ferrari led with a bet and Savevski folded.
Ferrari pat and Filippi drew two.
Amnon Filippi: 8x7x7x4x4x
Alex Ferrari: 9x8x5x4x3x
Filippi double-paired on the end and was eliminated in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,470,000
420,000
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420,000 |
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Busted | |
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The final 13 players are now bagging and tagging for the evening.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 2.
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe | 1 | 1 | James Williams | United States | 1,190,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 2 | Amir Nematinia | United States | 300,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 3 | Heather Alcorn | United States | 1,325,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 4 | Yuichi Kanai | Japan | 1,825,000 |
| Horseshoe | 1 | 6 | Steven Gray | United States | 1,325,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 1 | Ilija Savevski | Austria | 885,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 2 | Sean Yu | United States | 1,555,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 3 | Alex Ferrari | United States | 1,475,000 |
| Horseshoe | 2 | 5 | Jon Turner | United States | 600,000 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 1 | Danny Wong | United States | 1,145,000 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 2 | Anthony Lazar | United States | 560,000 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 5 | Alexander Wilkinson | United States | 965,000 |
| Horseshoe | 3 | 6 | Aaron Cummings | United States | 1,325,000 |