Place Name $ Hometown
37 Yunye Lu $3,581 Shanghai, China
38 Joseph Cutler $3,581 Marlton, NJ
39 Christopher Csik $3,581 Martinsville, NJ
40 Christian Bonn $3,581 Westfield, NJ
41 Marc Lesitsky $3,581 MOHNTON, PA
42 Steven Christopher $3,581 Woodside, NY
43 Istvan Szabo $3,581 Edison, NJ
44 Rodrigo Mogollon $3,581 Norristown, PA
45 Yishu Yang $3,581 Brighton, MA
From the hijack Nick (Sung) Hong limped in, the cutoff raised, and Adam Calabrese moved all in for about 20BB, and Hong went all in for slightly more, and cutoff folded.
Hong: A♣K♣
Calabrese: K♥9♥
With just one heart coming out on the flop Calabrese was drawing very thin, but got running hearts to give him a flush to win the hand and double up. Hong was left with just a few big blinds and was unable to recover and was knocked out a couple hands later in 35th place for $3,581.
(Left): Adam Calabrese (Right) Nick (Sung) Hong 35th Place: $3,581
Place Name $ Hometown
46 Faizian Imran $3,204 Valley Steam, NY
47 Gabriel Whitehead $3,204 Neptune, NJ
48 Aubrey Williams $3,204 West Chester, PA
49 Thomas Svensen $3,204 New Egypt, NJ
50 Wooyang Lin $3,204 Morristown, NJ
51 Barry Dehlin $3,204 Dresher, PA
52 Bryan Mancheno $3,204 Farmingdale,NJ
53 Michael Ruane $3,204 Maywood, NJ
Pre flop UTG was all in for 150K, Klein re-raised to 300k, and Thomas Svensen on the button moved all in for about 820K, and Klein called.
UTG: 99
Svenson: QQ
Klein: AK
An Ace came on the turn to knock out both opponents and give Klein a monster chip lead with about 10% of the chips in play he now has about 2.3M in chips.
The last hour a few players have been lucky enough to not only hit 4 of a kind, but also win a big pot with them.
Thomas Svensen limped in UTG pre flop, opponent raised to 28K and Svensen went all in for about 400K, opponent instantly called showing his AA, and Svenson flipped up his QQ. With just 2 outs Svensen was lucky enough to hit both on the flop and turn to double up.
At the same table, Wen Zhang had raised pre flop and called by Robert Klein.
Zhang: A8
Klein: 74
Flop: 777 and an 8 on the turn giving Zhang a full house and created a big pot for Klein’s quad 7’s.
Most Recently, during hand for hand, Christian Bonn ended up doubling up his shorter stack with quad K’s.
Bryan Mancheno came into Day 2 with just over a starting stack.(53k) He was able to get a couple of much needed double ups to stay alive in the tournament. With the blinds coming back around in hand for hand, he was able to survive and make the money with just 6K in chips left. Mancheno managed to triple up on his BB but got knocked out a few hands later to Kevin Grabel when he moved all in pre with 33 vs Grabel with A8. Grabel ended up hitting a straight to win the hand and knockout Mancheno in 52nd Place for $3,204.
UTG Adam Reese had raised 20k pre flop, Wen Zhang re-raised to 60K, and Reese moved all in for about 200K and Zhang called.
Reese:AK
Zhang:JJ
The board held up for Zhang to win and knock out Reese.
A couple hands later (8 total hands of hand for hand) a player who had bagged from day one who was unable to make it today was blinded out on his big blind, officially putting the rest of the field in the money.
The remaining 55 players are now playing hand for hand until 2 players are eliminated and the remaining players will be in the money.
Kevin Grabel had run up his stack from about 15BB to 100BB before break. Grabel is known to be aggressive and put the pressure on players. Grabel had recently picked the wrong time to play back at his opponent, Manny Kanu, on a Q high board; Kanu rivered 2 pair with his Q9 which made calling the re-raise for all his chips a much easier decision. Kanu now has close to 700K and Grabel is back to rebuilding with less than 20BB.
(Left): Manny Kanu (Right): Kevin Grabel
About 30 minutes back from break and the field is now just 9 players from the money. Tim Pipe just doubled up after moving all in pre flop for 84K with AQ and was called by pocket 3’s in the BB. Pipe hit an A on the flop to stay alive.
Rod Mogollon just knocked out a player with his AK vs AQ. Mogollon hit a K and A on the turn and river while his opponent just had top pair. He now has over 400k in chips.
