Farhad Jamasi moved all in from the cutoff for 750,000 and got one caller, James Clarke in the hijack, who had Jamasi covered.
Farhad Jamasi:
James Clarke:
Jamasi was behind only briefly, as the flop paired his ace. The turn and river changed nothing, and Jamasi secured the double up and took a big chunk out of Clarke's stack
Keith Block opened for 105,000 from the cutoff and Edwin Chang called from the button. John Fones shoved his stack of 785,000 from the small blind. Block called and Chang agonizingly folded.
John Fones:
Keith Block:
Fones desperately begged to duck the aces and queens and did one better on the flop, making middle set.
The turn had Block drawing dead, with the completing the board.
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Charles Capobianco, who started the day with a hair under a million chips, shoved for 370,000 in early position after Mike Landers opened under the gun for 100,000. Landers called.
Mike Landers:
Charles Capobianco:
Capobianco was safe on the flop but was heartbroken by the turn.
The river meant his bracelet dream had come to an end.
Action was picked up with 320,000 in the pot and a flop of . Scott Manzi fired for 150,000 from the hijack before his opponent, Clifford Snuffer moved all in from late position. Manzi tanked for a few minutes, before reluctantly making the call with Snuffer covered.
Clifford Snuffer:
Scott Manzi:
Snuffer was ahead, and the turn and river did nothing to change that. He scooped the pot with the better two pair, doubling his stack.
Ben Sarnoff opened from under the gun to 85,000 and was called by Luca Dal Cerro in early position, Wilbern Hoffman in the hijack, and Miguel Capriles in the cutoff.
The flop came and Sarnoff continued for 200,000. Dal Cerro folded but Hoffman raised to 600,000. Capriles folded and Sarnoff over-bet jammed. Hoffman called off for over two million more.
Wilbern Hoffman:
Ben Sarnoff:
Hoffman let out an audible "fuck!" after Sarnoff tabled his two pair, with his planned trap with pocket queens having massively backfired.
The turn was no help and neither was the river, which meant Hoffman's massive stack was now in the hands of the Day 2 chip leader.
Robert Bichler opened from early position with a shove of 435,000. He got one caller, Noel Edwards in middle position, who had the effective stack of 430,000.
Noel Edwards:
Robert Bichler:
Bichler was behind, and when the flop provided just one club, he was drawing thin, but still had outs. The turn gave him a flush draw, but the river was a brick, and Edwards scooped the pot and doubled up, leaving Bichler with a single 5,000 chip.
On the very next hand, Bichler found himself under the gun and tossed his last chip into the pot. Deonarine Itwaru raised to 100,000. David Jones, the small blind, and Bruce Webb, the big blind, both made the call.
"You guys don't want to leave it alone? You want to intercept," Itwaru said as the blinds called, "This isn't football. These guys want to play football not poker."
The flop was checked through before Jones fired for 300,000 on the turn. Webb folded quickly before Itwaru tanked for a few minutes, counting out chips several times, before finally mucking, giving the side pot to Jones, and letting him showdown heads-up against Bichler.
Robert Bichler:
David Jones:
The river completed the board, and Jones' pair of aces were enough to send Bichler to the rail. Itwaru told Jones he had him beat, as he had folded .
Mark Pett opened from the cutoff for 110,000. Joseph O'Grady, on the button, moved all in with the effective stack of 650,000. Pett tanked for a minute before making the call.
Joseph O'Grady:
Mark Pett:
Pett was behind, but that changed quickly when the flop paired his ten. The turn improved him to trips before the river gave him a full boat, more than enough to best O'Grady's ace high and send him out of the tournament.