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As soon as the break was announced for this event, players immediately left their seats and made their way out of the Amazon room. After the bubble burst for this event, tournament staff had added additional time on to the clock, making these first two levels of play a very long two hours. Needless to say, players were anxious to get out and about.
However, it didn't take long for fans to spot Negreanu leaving the tournament area. Many of them disregarded the makeshift barriers dividing the spectators from the players, only to approach Negreanu with a bombardment of requests for photos and autographs.
Negreanu obliged and spent the first few minutes of this anticipated break shaking hands, posing, and signing autographs. When asked by one picture-taker if they could use a flash, he smiled and replied, "Sure, why not?"
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Just before the break Sam Simon got it all in with aces against Alex Balandin's jacks and Steve Gross' kings. Simon flopped a set to lock up the hand and he tripled up to 115,000.
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The bustouts are coming fast and furious, but one to report is Billy Baxter's elimination of Sorel Mizzi. Baxter turned a flush to crack Mizzi's kings and send him out in 68th place.
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With the board reading 10-A-4-K-8 Marco Johnson was staring down a 35,000 bet from Jonathan Aguiar. "That was a sick turn card," Johnson said before making the call. Aguiar rolled over pocket aces to Johnson's pocket kings. That left Johnson with 65,000 but he said, 'I'm glad I didn't get it all in preflop, now I feel like I'm on a freeroll."
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LaGarde was all in with against Jon van Fleet's , and he led all the way to the river, when van Fleet spiked a king and ended Lagarde's day.
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Keeping track of all the players in a poker tournament can be a wee bit confusing. Tables break, people move all over the room, and players whose names are famous in online circles aren't always instantly recognizable in person. That's no excuse for getting things wrong, but sometimes mistakes are made.
We are using a new system to track players so we can more accurately report hands and chip counts. According to our info the player who busted was Jason Gray. However, as I walked through the room, I thought I saw Jason Gray sitting in front of his chips. Confusion reigned, we did some rapid cross-checks, and one of our reporters spoke to Sam Simon who said that the guy who'd busted had been a really nice guy and that, yes, it was Jason Gray. We said that we thought we saw Gray still sitting with chips.
That's when Simon said, "Maybe you're thinking about his twin brother..."
Yes, Jason's brother Craig is also playing in today's event, and he's sitting with a very healthy stack. So apologies for the brief delay in reporting the hand, as you can see the situation was, ah, a bit confusing.
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Jon Eaton moved all in under the gun for his remaining 22,000 and was called by Jeff Williams. Williams showed pocket sevens, while Eaton held K-J. Eaton received no help and was eliminated in 70th place.
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John Juanda moved all in preflop for his remaining 29,600 and was called by David Baker. Juanda showed , while Baker held pocket deuces. Juanda managed to flop a seven, which was good enough by the river, and doubled up through Baker. After the hand, Juanda is up to 60,000.
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The bubble has burst, and here's how the hand went down. Jason Gray and Luke Staudenmaier got all the money in preflop, with Gray holding and Staudenmaier . "I knew he was restealing," Gray said about his call.
The flop came , and one of Gray's friends on the rail said, "That's a good flop." Silence fell over the crowd because of the possible karmic implications of that statement.
And on the turn...the .
Gray didn't catch his nine on the river, and he was eliminated in 73rd place, on the bubble, in today's event.
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against Jon van Fleet's 
, and he led all the way to the river, when van Fleet spiked a king and ended Lagarde's day.
, while Baker held pocket deuces. Juanda managed to flop a seven, which was good enough by the river, and doubled up through Baker. After the hand, Juanda is up to 60,000.
and Staudenmaier 
. "I knew he was restealing," Gray said about his call.
, and one of Gray's friends on the rail said, "That's a good flop." Silence fell over the crowd because of the possible karmic implications of that statement. 
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