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Scott Davies:
Tom Cage:
Board:
The runout was more than enough for Cage to seal the elimination, with a full house coming in on the river. Davies finished in 17th place.
Elsewhere in the room, Scotty Yarnell was eliminated a few hands previously, going out in 18th place.
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Craig Disalvo, who started the day on 17 big blinds, is now sitting on an 80 big blind mountain after knocking out two opponents, including Day 1a chip leader Shawn Daniels.
Disalvo, Daniels and Rudy Wusstig went all in three-ways preflop, with Disalvo going into the hand with the biggest stack of the three.
Rudy Wusstig:
Shawn Daniels:
Craig Disalvo:
Already in great shape when the cards were turned over, Disalvo left his opponents drawing dead when the hit the board, giving him quad kings. The turn
and river
were just a formality, and Disalvo is now among the chip leaders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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460,000
365,000
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365,000 |
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Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Craig Disalvo and Valerie Hanley got all the chips in preflop, with Hanley having Disalvo well covered.
Craig Disalvo:
Valerie Hanley:
Board:
Disalvo had the better hand preflop and improved to a pair of jacks on the flop. The pair held through the river, and Disalvo still has life.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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345,000
-8,000
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-8,000 |
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95,000
6,500
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6,500 |
One hand after taking a sizable pot from Daoud Majid, Loren Klein got the rest of Majid's stack.
Klein opened to 11,500 in the hijack, and Majid called in the small blind. The flop came , and Majid check-called an 8,000 bet from Klein.
Majid checked and Klein continued for 25,000 on the turn, with Majid calling.
Majid checked again on the river, and Klein went all in, with Majid making the call for his remaining stack. Klein turned over
for trip kings, sealing Majid's elimination and sailing into the chip lead early in the first level of Day 2.
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660,000
136,000
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136,000 |
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Loren Klein has resumed his aggressive style from the end of Day 1b, adding to the stack in one of the first hands of the Day 2.
Klein opened from the cutoff and got called by Daoud Majid in the big blind. The flop came , Majid checked, and Klein bet 7,000 and got called.
Both players checked the turn, and Majid bet 22,000 on the
river. Klein called, showing
to beat out Majid's
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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524,000
64,500
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64,500 |
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136,000
-64,500
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-64,500 |
Day 2 of the Main Event is underway.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000