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With the large number of payouts, the tournament staff has paused play to ensure everyone gets paid out in the correct spots and that players do not lose any time in the level. Play will resume shortly.
With the large number of payouts, the tournament staff has paused play to ensure everyone gets paid out in the correct spots and that players do not lose any time in the level. Play will resume shortly.
The cards are back in the air and the clock is running again. Play has resumed in this first level of Day 2.
Jessica Dawley raised to 2,500 from early position, and Almedin Imsirovic moved all in for his remaining 23,100 from middle position. The player on the button announced "Call," and Dawley folded.
Imsirovic was at risk with , but was well ahead of his opponent's . The flop came and Imsirovic was still ahead with two kings. The turn, however, was the and Imsirovic was ready to hit the rail. The river was the miracle , however, and Imsirovic's tournament life was saved, giving him a bigger boat to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Almedin Imsirovic |
55,000
9,900
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9,900 |
Table 14 started off as what could be called the "Table of Death" with three big names all sitting among each other. Antonio Esfandiari, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and Jason Koon were all given the same table when the day began. However, with eliminations coming so quickly, Table 14 has been broken and everyone has been split up throughout the Amazon Room now.
The tournament board now reads 1,052 players remaining, but that number is dropping every minute.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Bust outs have been fast and furious, and exactly 1,000 players remain.
Some of the notables who have been eliminated recently, pocketing $2,249 for a min-cash, include Allen Cunningham, Kevin Beaudin, Anthony Spinella, Andrew Fawcett and Patrick Coughlin.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Ladowsky | Busted | |
Donis Agnelli | Busted | |
Chad Layne | Busted | |
Steve Moore | Busted | |
Venkata Tayi | Busted | |
Ronald Sewell | Busted | |
Mingyuan Xu | Busted | |
Scott Stanley | Busted | |
Jeffrey Schneider | Busted | |
Jason Gardner | Busted | |
Patrick Coughlin | Busted | |
Jack Jacoby | Busted | |
Michael Newman | Busted | |
Chad Mizner | Busted | |
He Zhenfeng | Busted | |
Alexis Gilbard | Busted | |
Joshua Field | Busted | |
Andrew Fawcett | Busted | |
Matthew Schultz | Busted | |
Anthony Spinella | Busted | |
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Kevin Beaudin | Busted | |
Jeff Papola | Busted | |
Richard Mcdonald | Busted | |
Thomas Pettersson | Busted | |
Donald Eaken | Busted |
After moving to the other side of the Amazon Room, Yevgeniy Timoshenko found his lucky seat beside Tom Hall. The action was folded to Timoshenko and he piled his remaining 17,300 chips into the pot. He got calls in two different spots and when the hands were tabled Timoshenko was in a world of trouble. He showed but was up against one player with and another one with .
But the board ran out , meaning Timoshenko was able to hit a king on the turn to keep his tournament hopes alive. Said Hall to Timoshenko, "Oh Timmy, you run so good!"
There are plenty of big names still alive in search of that first-place prize of over $1.2 million. Here is a look at some of the notables in half of the Amazon Room:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kenny Hallaert |
171,000
22,500
|
22,500 |
Chris Moorman |
64,000
35,900
|
35,900 |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
53,000
27,900
|
27,900 |
Maria Ho |
49,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
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Kristen Bicknell |
48,400
8,700
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8,700 |
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Michael Addamo |
46,000
-10,100
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-10,100 |
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Bertrand Grospellier |
40,000
-20,200
|
-20,200 |
Antonio Esfandiari |
33,000
-40,900
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-40,900 |
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A player in early position moved all in for his last 10,000 in chips, and Vojtech Ruzicka moved all in for about 20,000 from the small blind.
The early-position player was at risk with and Vojtech was well ahead with .
The flop came , and Ruzicka remained ahead of his opponent, picking up a gut-shot straight draw as well.
The turn was the , giving Ruzicka's opponent some outs to make a smaller straight. The river was the and both players made a straight, but Ruzicka held the best of it, sending his opponent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vojtech Ruzicka |
35,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
The Millionaire Maker is down to 860 players already, and while a number of players have busted, many notables are still in the hunt for that massive $1,200,000-plus first-place prize.
Below is a look at some of the notable stacks around the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Peters |
210,000
36,800
|
36,800 |
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Patrick Serda |
165,000
500
|
500 |
Connor Drinan |
100,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Fredrick Mowatt |
90,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Erkut Yilmaz |
85,000
48,600
|
48,600 |
Michael Rocco |
84,000
-300
|
-300 |
Nacho Barbero |
80,000
-400
|
-400 |
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Yeping Shan |
75,000
55,600
|
55,600 |
Jessica Dawley |
72,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
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Joseph Elpayaa |
70,000
-21,800
|
-21,800 |
James Petzing |
40,000
-21,700
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-21,700 |
Tim West |
40,000
4,600
|
4,600 |
John Racener |
40,000
7,900
|
7,900 |
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Christian Soto |
35,000
5,100
|
5,100 |
Vojtech Ruzicka | 35,000 | |
Ravi Raghavan |
25,000
-83,000
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-83,000 |
Georgios Zisimopoulos |
25,000
-35,800
|
-35,800 |
Jaspal Brar |
20,000
-13,600
|
-13,600 |
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Kyle Hartree |
15,000
-13,500
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-13,500 |