Jason Somerville and Eric Froehlich have been battling back and forth. First, Somerville doubled up with versus .
Then Froehlich doubled back with to with a ten on the turn. After that, Froehlich took a very big lead with versus on a flop of that saw the turn and river brick out. That pot smashed Somerville all the way down to just a few thousand in chips.
Somerville the moved in his last 2,800 with the against the for Froehlich and doubled after a board of . He then doubled again on the next hand when his beat Froehlich's on a board of after all the money went in preflop.
On the next hand, Froehlich doubled up Somerville once more when his couldn't beat Somerville's . Somerville shoved his last 11,200 in preflop and the board ran out .
Shortly following all those doubles, Froehlich finally busted Somerville to move on to the next round.
"I had aces and he made a straight with ace-king," Dan Smith said as we were just a tad too late to catch the board and the cards. Brock Parker started laughing and said, "That's not what happened." Smith left the tournament area and Parker brought us up to speed.
Parker had min-raised the button to 4,000 and Smith moved all in for his final 45,000 chips. Parker called with and was up against . Parker's hand held up and he is off to play Moses Silverman in the third round.
Daniel Negreanu who has been advocating for a bathroom break for the past 15 minutes has finally received one with the knock out blow to his opponent Faraz Jaka.
We don't know how the action went, but we know Jaka managed to get all in and at risk preflop. Jaka looked to be in fairly good shape to as his was well ahead of Negreanu's .
With a flop being spread Negreanu jumped into the lead. A on the turn allowed for clubs to be a possible Jaka out, but the on the river brought with it the elimination of Jaka.
Christopher Wafula just moved all in for his final 20,000 chips from the button and Andrew Robl called. Robl showed and was up against . The board ran out giving Robl the win. Andrew Robl will play Jim Collopy in the third round.
Cary Katz just busted John Duthie giving him a ticket for the third round. Katz explained to us what happened in the biggest pot of the match. In the current level Katz limped the button with and Duthie checked his option. The flop came down and Duthie lead out. Katz moved all in and Duthie called creating a 72,000 chip pot. Duthie showed and lost this massive pot.
On the final hand Duthie was all in for just 3,000 chips and Katz called with . Duthie showed and the board ran out giving Katz a flush and the win.
Markus Gonsalves moved all in from the button and received a call from Andrew Lichtenberger. Cards were tabled and it was Lichtenberger's that held the slight lead against Gonsalve's .
A board fell out of the deck and it was Lichtenberger's king high that was best. Lichtenberger looks to play Russell Rosenblum next.
Jason Mercier just lost his second round match against Jacob Godshall. Godshall will play Antonio Esfandiari in the next round. Kristy Arnett spoke to Jason Mercier earlier about his first round match in which he beat Steven Silverman.
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with a ten on the turn. After that, Froehlich took a very big lead with 
on a flop of 
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for Froehlich and doubled after a board of 
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beat Froehlich's 
on a board of 
after all the money went in preflop.
couldn't beat Somerville's 
. Somerville shoved his last 11,200 in preflop and the board ran out 
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flop being spread Negreanu jumped into the lead. A 
on the turn allowed for clubs to be a possible Jaka out, but the 
and Duthie lead out. Katz moved all in and Duthie called creating a 72,000 chip pot. Duthie showed 
and the board ran out 
that held the slight lead against Gonsalve's 
