Chris Oliver raised to 11,500 from the cutoff only to have Takashi Ogura make it 47,000 to go from the button. Another raise saw Ogura all in and covered.
Oliver:
Ogura:
The pocket pairs have reigned supreme today in such situations, and it appeared that trend would continue when the flop came down . Ogura was in need of some help and received a little when the paired the board, which meant he could now catch a king or seven to counterfeit his opponent. Surprisingly, the spiked on the river and ruined our trend, much to the delight of Ogura who doubled on the hand.
Cliff Josephy has been clinging to a short stack, for the past few levels, but it seems his luck has finally run out. Josephy was eliminated after his failed to improve against the of McLean Karr. The good news for all you Josephy fans is that he plans on playing tomorrow's $1K No-Limit Hold'em event.
We caught the following hand on the turn with a board reading . We do know that it was limped preflop and that Erick Lindgren checked the turn. His sole opponent, Jarred Solomon, then bet 32,000, Lindgren check-raised to 84,000, Solomon reraise, and pretty soon all the money was in the pot.
Lindgren:
Solomon:
As you can see, both players had flopped two pair with Solomon's being the best. Lindgren needed a four on the river to stay alive, but it came down the to give Solomon a boat. Lindgren was eliminated late on Day 2.
Cliff Josephy rasied and Robert Mizrachi called from the big blind. The flop came and Mizrachi bet enough to put Josephy all in. Josephy called and tabled . Mizrachi held and was hoping for his gutshot draw to hit.
The board completed and Josephy made trips and bumped his stack to 35,000 and Mizrachi slipped to 225,000.
On a board reading , Steve Gross led out for 20,000 and was met with a raise to 48,500 from Jason Somerville. Gross made the call and then checked the river, which prompted Somerville to bet 115,000. Gross then proceeded to hit the tank . . . hard. He thought for a solid six minutes before Daniel Negreanu finally called a clock. During the ten-second countdown Gross reluctantly released his hand.
Action folded to James Carroll on the button and he raised to 11,000. McLean Karr pushed back from the big blind by making it 33,000 to go, but he was soon met with a pot-sized raise from Carroll. Karr put in another raise and Carroll called off his remaining stack, which wasn't that much.
Karr:
Carroll:
We're not exaggerating when we say the pocket pairs have won every similar race we've written about today, so we weren't expecting any different. True to form, the board ran out and the eights held to eliminate Carroll.
Chris Moorman and NIcholas Levi saw a flop of . Both players checked to the turn. Moorman check-raised an 8,000 bet from Levi to 22,000. Levi called and the river fell .
Moorman took a few moments before sliding out a 45,500. Levi went deep into the tank with only around 50,000 left. He eventually folded and Moorman is near 300,000.
Owen Crowe raised to 11,000 from early position and ran into a McLean Karr reraise to 27,500 from middle position. Action folded back to Crowe and he quickly made it 68,000 to go. Not missing a beat, Karr potted it and convinced his opponent to fold.
Amir Lehavot raised to 11,500 and was met with a reraise to 41,000 from Tony Cousineau on the button. After the blinds got out of the way, Lehavot raised and Cousineau called all in for 48,500 total.
Lehavot:
Cousineau:
The flop left Cousineau wanting, but it was the turn that left him looking for an eight or king. Unfortunately for him, the blanked on the river and he was eliminated shy of the money.
Dan Fleyshman was all in on a flop of for around 110,000 holding against the of Thorsten Schafe. Fleyshman was looking to fill his open-ended straight draw, a feat he was unable to accomplish as both the turn and river blanked and sent him to the rail.
Meanwhile, Eric Baldwin made his exit from the tournament, the details of which we're unaware.
. Ogura was in need of some help and received a little when the 
paired the board, which meant he could now catch a king or seven to counterfeit his opponent. Surprisingly, the 
spiked on the river and ruined our trend, much to the delight of Ogura who doubled on the hand.
failed to improve against the 
. We do know that it was limped preflop and that Erick Lindgren checked the turn. His sole opponent, Jarred Solomon, then bet 32,000, Lindgren check-raised to 84,000, Solomon reraise, and pretty soon all the money was in the pot.
to give Solomon a boat. Lindgren was eliminated late on Day 2.
and Josephy made trips and bumped his stack to 35,000 and Mizrachi slipped to 225,000.
and the eights held to eliminate Carroll.
. Both players checked to the 
turn. Moorman check-raised an 8,000 bet from Levi to 22,000. Levi called and the river fell 
flop left Cousineau wanting, but it was the 
of Thorsten Schafe. Fleyshman was looking to fill his open-ended straight draw, a feat he was unable to accomplish as both the turn and river blanked and sent him to the rail.