Hour 2 Update: Chau Giang and Dani Stern Eliminated
Jun 18, '10
Blinds: 400-800
Players Remaining: 243 out of 256
Starting Chip Stack: 30,000
Notable Eliminations:
David Baker
Scott Montgomery
Chau Giang
Johnny Chan
John Juanda
Dani Stern
Jordan Smith
Brandon Cantu
Brandon Adams
Notable Advancements to Round Two at 10 p.m. PST:
Phil Ivey
Antonio Esfandiari
Jason Somerville
Jordan Morgan
James Mackey
David Williams
Blair Hinkle
Jonathan Aguiar
Paul Wasicka
Daniel Negreanu
Jonathan Little
Justin Smith
Player Twitter Accounts:
Phil Ivey
Justin Smith
Paul Wasicka
Daniel Negreanu
Johnathan Little
Faraz Jaka
Amit Makhija
Barry Greenstein
Annette Obrestad
Kevin Saul
Mike Sowers
Steve Sung
David Williams
Big Hands:
Chau Giang Eliminated
Brendan Murphy bet on the button with the 9
7
. Giang made the call and the flop came 10
85. Action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and Giang bet 2,000. Murphy raised to 5,600. Giang moved all in for 20,000 total and Murphy called. Giang exposed the J10
but was drawing dead against the straight of Murphy.
Antoine Saout Doubles Up
Antoine Saout was all in preflop with pocket eights versus the pocket sixes of Scott Clements. The over pair held and Saout doubled to 16,400.
Dani Stern Eliminated
Dani Stern was all in preflop with the A4 for just 11,000. Darren Woods made the call with the 108. The board ran out 105229 and Stern was eliminated.
Gavin Smith Doubles Up
Gavin Smith was all in after a flop of J87. Smith tabled the 87 for two pair and was ahead of the 1010 of his opponent. Check out Card Player’s odds calculator to see the exact percentages! The Q hit the turn and the K fell on the river. Smith doubled to about the starting stack of 30,000.
Player Tags: Gavin Smith, Chau Giang, Paul Wasicka, Scott Clements, Brendan Murphy, Antoine Saout, Dani Stern
