Neither pair are really giving much away in terms of tells or chips. Both of them look the part and both look extremely comfortable and confident.
In the past fifteen minutes this was the only particular pot of any note in a very cautious encounter.
Hairabedian bet 16,000 and Powell made the call. Both players checked all the way to the river on a board of and Powell eeked out a 27,000 value bet holding .
The flop was a draw heavy and Dan Fleyshman decided to bet 10,000 into it. Noah Schwarts responded by raising to 28,000 and his opponent made the call. The on the turn was bet again by Fleyshman, this time 30,000 and Schwartz quickly called. A second seven, the showed up on the river and Fleyshman slowed right down and checked. Schwartz, possibly sensing weakness, bet a tower of blue and black chips worth a total of 100,000.
This was enough to force Fleyshman out of the pot and Schwartz won the hand.
Dan Fleyshman raised to 13,000 and Noah Schwartz made the call. We saw a flop of and Schwartz checked to Fleyshman who c-bet 14,000. Back to Schwartz and he check-raised to 31,000 and Fleyshman made a quick call. The turn was the and Schwartz checked to Fleyshman and after a 50,000 bet Schwartz folded his hand.
On flop reading , Anatolii Ozhenilok checked then called a 7,000 bet from Shawn Buchanan. The turn card was the and again Ozhenilok checked, but this time when Buchanan bet 13,000 Ozhenilok check-raised to 43,000. Buchanan did not need to much convincing to make the call. The innocuous looking on the river slowed both players down and they checked.
Brian Hastings has become the first casualty of the second round after Michael Mizrachi lived up to his nickname "The Grinder" and really ground down Hastings.
Down to less than 120,000, Hastings moved all in with and Mizrachi snapped him off with . The flop was a pretty final and Hastings was drawing dead when the landed on the turn. The inconsequential was the river card and with that we are down to three tables.
Brian Hastings raised to 12,000, and Michael Mizrachi called. On the flop, Mizrachi plunked out a big stack of chips to put Hastings to the decision. It was a couple more minutes of deliberation, but Hastings eventually decided not to risk it all in this spot.
The pot was a limped one and the flop was a low one - - and both players checked. The turn was the and Noah Schwartz bet 16,000 and Dan Fleyshman called. The river was the and Schwartz bet 36,000. Fleyschman must have thought for around 3-4 minutes before raising to 70,000. Schwartz kept muttering, "did you get lucky," to himself but made the call and Fleyshamn mucked instantly.
Brian Hastings opened to 13,000, and Michael Mizrachi defended. The dealer spread out , and Mizrachi led out with 12,000 himself. Hastings called that bet, and he called another 15,000 after the turn. The river brought the and another bullet from Mizrachi -- 40,000. Hastings spent the next several minutes in the tank, but he eventually resigned himself to the call for about 25% of his remaining chips.
Mizrachi said, "Nine," and tabled , and Hastings' cards hit the muck. He's now dangerously short on chips with only about 110,000.
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and Powell eeked out a 27,000 value bet holding 
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and Dan Fleyshman decided to bet 10,000 into it. Noah Schwarts responded by raising to 28,000 and his opponent made the call. The 
on the turn was bet again by Fleyshman, this time 30,000 and Schwartz quickly called. A second seven, the 
showed up on the river and Fleyshman slowed right down and checked. Schwartz, possibly sensing weakness, bet a tower of blue and black chips worth a total of 100,000.
and Schwartz checked to Fleyshman who c-bet 14,000. Back to Schwartz and he check-raised to 31,000 and Fleyshman made a quick call. The turn was the 
, Anatolii Ozhenilok checked then called a 7,000 bet from Shawn Buchanan. The turn card was the 
and again Ozhenilok checked, but this time when Buchanan bet 13,000 Ozhenilok check-raised to 43,000. Buchanan did not need to much convincing to make the call. The innocuous looking 
on the river slowed both players down and they checked.
landed on the turn. The inconsequential 
was the river card and with that we are down to three tables.
flop, Mizrachi plunked out a big stack of chips to put Hastings to the decision. It was a couple more minutes of deliberation, but Hastings eventually decided not to risk it all in this spot.
and Noah Schwartz bet 16,000 and Dan Fleyshman called. The river was the 
