From under the gun, Sean Drake made it 45,000 and was called by Jason Baker from the big blind. The flop fell . Baker checked to Drake who continued for 55,000 but was called by Baker. The turn brought a and it went check-check. Baker checked once again when the fell on the river and Drake threw out a 75,000 bet which Baker called. Drake flipped up for Broadway but was bested by the of Baker for queens full of kings.
This hand brought Baker back up to roughly 585,000 in chips.
Action folded to Daniel Quach on the button who pushed all in for his last 82,000. Sean Drake pondered for a bit before calling from the big blind.
Quach:
Drake:
The flop came keeping Quach in the lead but the fell on the turn to give Drake the advantage. The came on the river sealing Quach's fate and eliminating him in 5th place. He nets a $17,835 cash for his efforts.
Our current chipleader, Sean Drake, raised to 45,000 on the button and was called by Christopher Perez in the big blind. The flop came and Perez checked the action over to Drake who bet 67,000. Perez raised to 138,000 only to have Drake go all in. Perez went into the tank for quite awhile before reluctantly folding his hand.
Perez now has around 325,000 while Drake sits with 1,150,000.
Another 10 levels are in the books of Event #1, the $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em. Day 2 started with 77 players remaining from the initial field of 850. Though the event was scheduled to last two days, a third will be needed to determine who will capture the coveted gold bracelet.
Holding the overnight chip lead is Sean Drake with 1,058,000. For much of the day Drake kept quiet and stayed in the middle of the pack. However, that was not the case when the final table was reached as he won several key pots to vault to a sizable lead.
Here are the chip counts heading into Day 3:
Player
Chips
Sean Drake
1,058,000
Jason Baker
727,000
Claudio Falcaro
420,000
Christopher Perez
347,000
Day 3 will commence at 3:00pm on Thursday and we'll be back to bring you all of the action as it unfolds. Until then, goodnight from the Rio!
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. Baker checked to Drake who continued for 55,000 but was called by Baker. The turn brought a 
and it went check-check. Baker checked once again when the 
fell on the river and Drake threw out a 75,000 bet which Baker called. Drake flipped up 
for Broadway but was bested by the 
of Baker for queens full of kings.
keeping Quach in the lead but the 
fell on the turn to give Drake the advantage. The 
came on the river sealing Quach's fate and eliminating him in 5th place. He nets a $17,835 cash for his efforts.
