On the flop of 
, Sandra Naujoks fired 2,500 after her opponent checked. The player made the call and the two were off to a turn of the 
. The player check-called a bet of 4,200 from Naujoks before the river completed the board with the 
. The player checked again. This time, Naujoks didn't bet and just checked behind.
Naujoks tabled the 
and her opponent mucked. She's now up to 105,000 in chips.
Ralph Perry just had the ultimate doomswitch pulled on him when he woke up with two kings and got them all in against two aces. The board didn't pan out in favor of Perry and he was left with just 11,000 in chips.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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With three and a half of today's four scheduled levels complete, over 1,000 of today's 2,412 starters have already been eliminated. Dennis Phillips, Matt Glantz, Lee Markholt, Greg "FBT" Mueller, Brock Parker, David Bach, Quinn Do, and Playboy model Sarah Underwood all ended their tournament in the last level and approximately 1,400 players remain in the Day 2A field.
Lex Veldhuis was cruising with close to 100,000 in chips but fell all the way to 42,000 after losing a few unfortunate hands, including a coinflip where his pocket sixes fell to ace-jack. Michael Mizrachi, however, took his stack up to 142,000 in a hand that you're sure to see on television later this summer. Mizrachi was all-in against two players, his pocket aces holding up against pocket kings AND pocket queens! Allie Prescott is also climbing the leaderboard-- he's up to 155,000 after eliminating Soren Kongsgaard.
The plan is to play one more hour, finishing off half of Level 9 before we bag and tag for the night.
With about 19,000 already in the pot, the opponent of Praz Bansi moved all in preflop for an additional 37,700 to send Bansi into the tank.
He eventually found a call and the cards were on their backs.
Bansi: 
Opponent: 
A gambling call by Bansi but it paid dividens when the board ran out 
to pair his kicker to eliminate his opponent and climb up to 205,000.
David Williams opened with a raise to 2,000 from middle position, and the table folded around to the player in the big blind who made the call.
The flop came 
. Williams' opponent checked, he continued with a bet of 3,000, his opponent check-min.-raised to 6,000, and Williams called. The turn was the 
. Williams' opponent led for 9,000 this time, and Williams promptly raised to 27,000. His opponent thought about 30 seconds, then called.
The river was a , a card that potentially completed a couple of draws. Williams' opponent checked, and Williams shrugged as he checked as well.
His opponent tossed his cards face up toward the center of the table. "Tens," said the dealer at the sight of his 
. Williams flipped over his 
. "Jacks," came the call, and the chips were slid Williams' way.
Williams would follow that hand by winning another small pot off the same player, and now has 132,000.
Barny Boatman raised it up to 2,200 from the button before his opponent in the big blind dropped a single 5,000-denomination chip into the middle to go with his 1,000-denomination chip that was sitting in the big blind. His intention was to raise but because he didn't verbalize it, the dealer ruled it just a call.
The big blind wasn't happy and the floor was called to verify that it was indeed a call. Boatman remained silent and was able to see a flop of 
.
The big blind fired 4,300 and in rather anti-climactic fashion, Boatman folded. He's at 168,000.
With about 28,000 already in the pot, Andrew Teng got himself all in for 20,500 after a flop of 
. His opponent called with , and Teng's was going to need to find a club to stay alive.
The turn was black but the 
was the wrong shade. The river 
was a bit better, though, much more in Teng's neighborhood. He located his flush, collecting the pot and doubling up close to 70,000.
We got to the table with the board reading 
. Erik Seidel was faced with a bet of 4,100 from Chad Batista and was in the tank. He tanked for several minutes before making the call. Batista turned over the and Seidel mucked his way down to 18,000. Batista improved to 118,000.
On a flop of 
, Sammy Farha bet 5,000 only to have Todd Terry move all in for 23,300 more. Farha called and showed 
and was ahead of Terry's 
.
The on the turn completed Terry's flush draw and left Farha drawing dead. The was put out on the river as a formality. Terry is up to 69,000 while Farha dropped to 110,000.
