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After a flop of 
the first player to act bet 2,300 and Pim de Goede raised to 6,200 and the other player called. Both players checked after the 
came on the turn and when the 
hit on the river the first player checked again and de Goede tossed out a bet of 28,400. The other player called but mucked his hand after de Goede showed his 
for a Broadway straight.
After the hand de Goede was up to 210,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Brad Garrett limped from early position and found another middle position player raise the action to 3,600. It folded back around to Garrett who made the call.
The flop came 
and both Garrett and his opponent checked. The turn brought the 
and Garrett checked once again. His opponent bet 3,900 and Garrett frowned a bit as he looked down at his cards. He announced a call and the two saw a river.
The 
struck fifth street and Garrett checked once more. His opponent pushed out 8,000 and Garrett quickly mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
From under the gun, Jason Alexander raised to 3,000 before the flop and the action folded around to the player on the button who called, before the small blind moved the all-in. Alexander snap-called and the button got out of the way before the cards were revealed:
Small Blind: 
Alexander: 
The small blind was in great shape to double up all the way to the turn on the board of 
, but Alexander spiked the 
on the river and another one bit the dust. Alexander is now up to more than 125,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
126,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
||
The player on the button opened to 2,200 and Filippo Candio called from the small blind. The flop came 
and Candio check-called 2,500. Both players checked the turn and the 
came on the river. Candio check-called 5,200 then mucked when his opponent tabled 
.
He's at 73,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
312,000 | |
|
|
307,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
240,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
215,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
195,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
|
|
195,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
185,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
180,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
171,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
165,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
163,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
144,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
|
133,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
130,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
115,000 | |
|
|
107,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
102,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
97,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
95,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
92,000 | |
|
|
92,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
91,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
||
|
|
83,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
80,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov returned from dinner break with 277,100 and within 30 minutes had that up to about 340,000. He's taken a hit down to about 320,000, but still appears to be the only player in the field with a stack of more than 300,000.
Most recently, he raised to 2,200 from middle position and was called by the player in the big blind. The 
flop was checked by both, leading to the 
on the turn. The big blind bet 3,000, quickly getting called by Mozhnyakov. When the hit the river, the big blind bet 17,700. Mozhnyakov called, but mucked when the big blind tabled for a straight.
Mozhnyakov took a small hit, but is still having a terrific Day 2a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Dan Shak fired out 6,000 on the turn of a 
board against the hijack who made the call. On the 
river Shak bet 10,000 only to be raised to 29,000 by his opponent. Shak made the call with 
finding his opponent had missed with a busted flush draw holding of .
Shak is over the 200,000 mark as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
From our desk a few tables away we heard a string of French expletives, which our French colleagues couldn't really translate into English, coming from Claire Renault as she made her way out of the Amazon Room. The typically collected and demure Renault took a bad beat to end her Main Event.
From what we gathered she had 
and was all in on a 
board. Her opponent called her holding . The river -- you guessed it, an .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Just as we were on our way out when the dinner break started, we noticed an empty seat with a big stack that we hadn’t accounted for yet. So once the players returned, we made sure to find out who this person one. Turns out it was Brian Powell who has increased his stack of a little more than 100,000 to start the day into quite a bit more so far.
We caught one hand with around 20,000 in the pot already where it was three handed on a 
flop and the small blind and Powell in middle position checked to the hijack who bet 11,700. The small blind folded but Powell made the call as the two remaining players saw the roll off on the turn. Powell checked again and his opponent bet 21,100. Powell came back with a check-raise with a large pile of orange T5000 chips that looked to be around 75,000 that were enough to put the hijack all in.
The hijack quickly tossed his hand into the muck and Powell showed . The hijack said, “It wasn’t a bluff” indicating that Powell’s pair was ahead and Powell responded with “I know it wasn’t (a bluff), if it wasn’t good I wouldn’t have shoved.” And just like that, Powell boosted his already large stack a bit more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
144,225
|
144,225 |
With the board reading 
and around 25,000 chips already in the pot, Barny Boatman had a bet of 16,600 in front of him and the other player in the hand moved all in for a total of 43,900. Boatman called but mucked his hand after his opponent showed the 
for a set of sixes.
After the hand Barny was left with 15,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000
-6,525
|
-6,525 |
