Pre flop, UTG Craig Gould raised to 100k, Anthony Eppolito re raised to 300k in the cutoff, action folded back to Gould who moved all in for 1.45M. Eppolito tanked and then made the call.
Eppolito: QQ
Gould: AK
The board is no help for Gould and Eppolito’s queens hold up to win the hand and eliminate Gould in 9th place for $6,991.
| Seat | First | Last | Chip Count |
| 1 | Meir | Becker | 2.585M |
| 2 | Mike | Ciarlante | 9.655M |
| 3 | Craig | Gould | 1.455M |
| 4 | Rishi | Mehta | 2.85M |
| 5 | Patrick | Martorella | 1.95M |
| 6 | Brian | Deutschmeister | 1.375M |
| 7 | David | Stevens | 1.985M |
| 8 | Anthony | Eppolito | 2.715M |
| 9 | David | Zemel | 1.22M |
The final 9 have redrawn and are bagging for day 3. Play will resume at noon. Updated chip counts and final table seat assignments to follow.
UTG Rishi Mehta raised to 125k action folded around to Anonymous in the Big Blind who moved all in for about 600k and Mehta called.
Anonymous: 55
Mehta: AJ
Mehta ended up flopping an AJ9 for 2 pair and it held up for him to win the hand and Anonymous is out in 10th place for $5,567.
Pre flop Anthony Eppolito had opened, Anonymous “Michael G” 3 bet, Eppolito went all in for 1.195M and Michael G called.
Michael G: A♦A♥
Eppolito: 7×7♠\
Board runs out K♠J♠Q♠ 9♠ 5♠ for both players to have a flush but Eppolito’s 7 plays for a higher flush to win the hand and double up.
Pre flop Kat Khaterzai was all in for her final 325k and called by Meir Becker.
Khaterzai: AJ
Becker: JJ
KJx came on the flop for Becker to hit his set and Kat had a sweat to a gut shot straight that didnt come on the river and she was eliminated in 11th place for $5,567.
Just coming back from break at the start of level 25 Mike Ciarlante had managed to accumulate over 7m in chips and his lead has only continued coming into level 25.
Pre flop Kat Khaterzai raised to 130k and Ciarlante called in the BB
Flop: A63 Ciarlante leads out 120k, Kat raises to 250k and Ciarlante calls
Turn: K Ciarlante bets 500k and Kat calls
River: 3 Ciarlante bets 500k and Kat calls
Ciarlante shows 3♠4♠ for trip 3’s Kat shows an A and mucks her other card
A few hands later Ciarlante hits a set of 5’s vs Patrick Martorella to win another fairly large pot and now has about 9.7M chips of the remaining approx. 25.76M chips in play.
Despite surviving a chop with A4 vs AQ to Craig Gould where he was all in pre for 150k, Brian Gelman went out to anonymous aka Michael G with his A5 vs KQ.
Board: J 10 X X A to give Michael G the nut straight to knock out Gelman in 12th place for $5,567.
Christopher Jacobelli just moved all in pre flop for about 600k and called by chip leader, Mike Ciarlante.
Jacobelli: A4
Ciarlante: AQ
Jacobelli got no help from the board for Ciarlante’s kicker to play to win the hand and knock out Jacobelli in 13th place for $4,395.
Pre flop, Kat Khaterzai raised to 80k and Brian “Giants Brian” Deutschmeister called from the big blind
Flo: 8♠8♣5♣ Giants Brian checks, Kat bets 100k, Brian moves all in for 460k and Kat calls
Kat: A5
K8
Board runs out 3 K for Giants Brian to hit a full house to win the hand and double up
