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Ray Romano opened to 600 from middle position and got a call from the cutoff and from the button. The flop came 
and Romano led out for 800. The cutoff folded and the button raised to 2,000.
Romano thinks for a moment and then folds pocket jacks face up. The player on the button showed his cards as he was dragging the pot -- 
.
A player in middle position raised to 450 preflop and the hijack called before Skender re-raised to 1,300 from the big blind. The other two players called, then Skender bet 1,300 after the flop of 
.
The middle position player called and the hijack folded, then Skender check-called the middle position's bet of 4,000 on the turn of the 
before leading out for 11,500 on the river of the 
. The middle position player went deep into the tank before making a crying call with 
, but was relieved to see that Skender also held 
!
Chop, choppity, chop chop chop!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 |
We picked up the action as Tyler Patterson checked to his opponent in middle position on a flop that read 
; the opponent opened for 2,100 and Patterson called before check-calling the player's bet of 4,725 on the turn of the 
.
Patterson then check-called his opponent's bet of 7,200 after the river of the 
and Patterson showed 
. This was enough to see the opponent tap the table and muck his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000
20,600
|
20,600 |
The player in the hijack raised to 600 only to have the cutoff immediately re-raise to 1,650. When action got to Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck in the big blind she wanted to see how much the cutoff had in his stack and politely asked him to move his arms that were covering it, but found that he didn't speak English and didn't understand her request. A couple others at the table eventually got him to understand what she was asking and he obliged her request. After seeing how many chips he had Maridu called the 1,650 while the hijack got out of the way.
The flop came 
and both players checked. When the 
came on the turn Maridu tossed out a bet of 1,700 and the other player opted to fold. After the hand was over someone pointed out to Maridu that the player spoke Spanish so she quickly explained to him in Spanish what she had been asking him during the hand. It seemed Maridu just wanted to make sure he understood that she had harmless intentions in asking how many chips he had behind.
After the conversation ended another player joked, "Now you have to say it in French!" to which Maridu replied, "I'll say it in braille if I have to!" which elicited a bit of laughter from her tablemates.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
3,200
|
3,200 |
Our PokerNews field reporter picked up the action on the river between the player on the big blind and Jameson Painter in early position on a board that read 
; the big blind had checked to Painter who moved all-in for 12,725 into a 16,000 pot.
The big blind called and showed down , but had run straight into Painter's flopped set as he held 
. Painter is now up to more than 40,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000
19,400
|
19,400 |
Jonathan Duhamel was stuck on about 20,000 for a while at the start of Level 2, but he's doing what he can to grab some momentum over on the main feature table.
Just now William Kassouf opened with a raise to 525 from early position and it folded to Duhamel on the button. He made it 1,375 to go, and Kassouf gave it up.
On the next hand Duhamel opened with a raise to 500 from the cutoff, and only Kassouf called from the big blind. Both checked the 
flop and 
turn. Kassouf checked again when the 
fell on the river, Duhamel bet 650, and Kassouf let it go once more.
It was another raise-and-take hand for Duhamel the next time around as well. After that three-hand sequence, Duhamel presently sits with about 23,000.
We're not sure of all the details, but we do know that Dan Shak flopped a set of eights in a three-way pot, which ended in the elimination of Steve Billirakis, who held . Shak is up to 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
48,700
18,700
|
18,700 |
|
||
|
|
42,000 | |
|
35,400
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
||
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
31,650 | |
|
29,700
-300
|
-300 |
|
|
||
|
28,500
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
||
|
|
28,400
100
|
100 |
|
|
27,400
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
|
27,300
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
|
26,300 | |
|
|
26,100 | |
|
19,000
-1,025
|
-1,025 |
|
||
|
17,300
-12,700
|
-12,700 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000 | |
|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
44,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
41,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
|
34,700
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
31,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
26,300
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
24,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
23,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
20,500 | |
|
8,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
It hasn't been the best of starts for Singapore's Bryan Huang, who's down to less than 22,000 after a recent hand on table 279.
The player in the UTG +1 position raised to 500 before the flop and the action folded to the cutoff who called, only to see Huang re-raise to 1,375 from the button. The UTG +1 player folded but the cutoff called, then led out for 2,000 after the flop of 
.
Huang called and then both players checked down both the turn of the 
and the river before the cutoff showed 
, which was enough to see Huang send his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,300
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
