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Wayne Boich, down to his last 19,000 or so, raised to 5,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Carl Gorham, who pushed all in from late position with his last 17,100.
"Wow, let me check my cards," said Brian Nieboer. Nieboer folded, as did everyone else. The action was back on Boich. He thought a moment, then pushed his remaining chips in.
Boich turned over , and Gorham . The board ran out , and Gorham doubled up.
"Now I can play some poker!" said Gorham.
As the river card was being dealt, Boich had already begun walking away from table. "Hold on! Hold on!" said his tablemates. He turned around. In fact, he had Gorham covered by 2,500 or so.
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With the board reading and with his opponent having checked, Allen Cunningham bet 10,000 and was immediately called. The other player showed and Cunningham mucked without showing his cards. He's now down to 14,300.
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Before the flop Emanuel Seal raised with and called when a short-stacked player moved all in. Seal was up against and the two saw an interesting flop-- . Seal needed an ace and that's just what the turn brought, the . The other player was already walking away from the table when, incredibly, the hit on the river to give both players quads with an ace kicker. "It's a chop, it's a chop!" Joe Hachem called after the player who thought his Main Event was over, and granted a reprieve he quickly returned to re-take his seat.
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Amnon Filippi - Day 1c
Amnon Filippi, who started the day with very few chips, just got the first of many much-needed double-ups when his outran his opponent's .
The chips went in before the flop and Filippi emerged the victor on a board of . After the hand, Filippi was working with a stack of about 11,800.
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The Real Phil Laak, during Event #13
After fooling everyone with a clever disguise on day one, the original Phil Laak is back today and he is in full flight as he lights up in the Tropical Room with the entertainment that we usually expect from this popular poker personality.
In early action a late-position raiser made it 1,300 to go before Laak popped it to 3,100 from the big blind. They took a flop of and Laak led out for 5,000, which forced a fold from his opponent.
Laak jumped out of his chair and exclaimed "Chemical Brothers is the best for good hands!" -- referring to the music he was listening to on his iPod. "For bad hands, it's Billy Joel!"
The very next hand Laak raised it up again and everyone folded. He flashed pocket aces and yelled, "Yes! Another Chemical Brothers hand! Chemical Brothers, baby!"
His voice is often the only noise you can hear in the Amazon Room and he now sits behind 53,000 chips.
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Bill Chen - Day 1c
On a flop of , Bill Chen check-raised all in and was called by a shorter-stacked player. Chen tabled and while he trailed his opponent's , he had plenty of outs.
Chen came up short when the turn and river blanked for him, coming the and respectively.
Chen was left with just about 15,000 chips after the hand.
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Tiffany Michelle - Day 1c
Team PokerNews member Tiffany Michelle started Day 2b off on the right foot. A player moved all in from the cutoff for about 13,000 and Michelle made the call from the button with . Her opponent showed , and off to the races they went.
A very non-threatening board of allowed Michelle to pick up the pot and knock out her opponent. She now has about 62,000 in chips.
, and Gorham 
. The board ran out 
, and Gorham doubled up.![[user67765]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and with his opponent having checked, Allen Cunningham bet 10,000 and was immediately called. The other player showed 
and Cunningham mucked without showing his cards. He's now down to 14,300.
and called when a short-stacked player moved all in. Seal was up against 
. Seal needed an ace and that's just what the turn brought, the 
. The other player was already walking away from the table when, incredibly, the 
hit on the river to give both players quads with an ace kicker. "It's a chop, it's a chop!" Joe Hachem called after the player who thought his Main Event was over, and granted a reprieve he quickly returned to re-take his seat.
and while he trailed his opponent's 
, he had plenty of outs.
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