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Steve Burkholder and an opponent were heads up with the board reading 
. Burkholder checked, his opponent tossed out 3,200, and Burkholder check-raised to 6,700. His opponent tanked for the better part of two minutes, then re-raised to 17,000. Burkholder called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Burkholder led for just 14,000, and his opponent tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 |
Robert Kelepouris started the day with around 60,000 in chips, but has since seen that stack rise to almost 200,000. Most of those chips came courtesy of Daniel Strelitz and we were there to see how it all went down.
When we arrived at the table, the under the gun player had raised it up to 2,500 and five players had made the call until it was on Strelitz in the small blind. He raised it up to 9,200 and only Kelepuris would call the raise.
On the 
flop, Sterlitz led for 6,500 and Kelepuris raised it up to 13,100. Sterlitz made the call and an 
hit the turn. This time Sterlitz would check and then call when Kelepuris bet 16,500. The 
completed the board on the river, where Sterlitz checked and Kelepuris bet 24,500.
"Why so small?" Sterlitz said, more talking to himself than actually asking Kelepuris. Eventually Sterlitz made the call, at which point Kelepuris turned over 
for a flopped set - enough to sent Sterlitz's cards into the muck. Sterlitz informed the table that he was hoping someone would shove preflop, because he held pocket kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
160,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Hasan Habib, who placed 14th in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event and fourth in 2000, raised to 1,800 from middle position and was three-bet to 4,100 by Michael Wolf on the button. The blinds got out of the way, Habib made the call, and the flop came down 
.
Habib proceeded to check-call a bet of 4,400 before both players checked the 
turn. When the 
appeared on the river, Habib checked and Wolf fired out 9,900. Habib thought long and hard before making the call, only to muck when Wolf rolled over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,000 | |
|
60,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
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While most poker players complain about staying entertained at the tables, Isaac Haxton reveals there is always something to see.
Seven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Billy Baxter raised to 1,800 from early position and received a call from Yin Sun in middle position. When action reached the big blind, he put in a three-bet to 3,800, which prompted Baxter to move all in for 28,000.
Sun quickly got out of the way, while the big blind toiled a bit before doing the same.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
Ryan Laplante open-shoved his last 12,500 from late position, and the action folded to Eugene Katchalov, who called out of the big blind.
| Laplante |  |
| Katchalov |  |
Laplante took the lead when the flop fell 
, and the turn and river came 
, respectively, doubling Laplante.
NHL goaltender Roberto Luongo has just been moved over to the Purple Section in the Amazon Room. The Vancouver Canucks netminder is now seated only a few tables from his brother, Fabio Luongo, who is thriving here on Day 2. Fabio began the day with 77,000 and has nearly doubled his stack during the first three levels of the day.
Roberto, meanwhile, is holding steady with 48,000. He began with day with just under 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | |
|
48,000 |
Michael Gagliano opened for 2,000 and Rene Angelil raised to 3,6000. The player in the five seat put in another raise to 15,100, Gagliano folded and Angelil moved all in. His opponent called and the cards were tabled.
Angelil: 
Opponent:
The board ran 
and Angelil was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
180,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
180,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
170,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
115,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
90,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
85,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
85,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
70,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
||
|
45,000 | |
|
26,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
||
|
16,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
||
Bill Chen has been eliminated from the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. According to one of our good friends with the WSOP staff, he was all in with 
against an opponent's 
. The kings held, and Chen hit the rail.
Over at another table, Scott Seiver was all in with 
on a board of 
, but his opponent held 
. The board did not pair when the 
bricked on the river, and Seiver is also out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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