$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship (Event #73)

The player in middle position raised to 2,000 and Ali Abduljabbar three-bet to 6,200 from the cutoff. Action folded back to the original raiser who called.

The dealer fanned a flop of     and the player in mid-position bet 6,000. Abduljabbar called. The turn came the   and was checked around to the   river. The player in mid-position fired 10,000 and Abduljabbar called. The player in mdidle position showed    for ace-high and Abduljabbar revealed    to win to win the pot.

Ali Abduljabbar

105,000

105,000

The players have been sent off on another 20-minute break mid-way through the second level of the day. The break is for the ESPN crew to prepare for the live telecast to begin once the action resumes. The schedule will be to play two more hours until the next break and the 90-minute dinner break will take place at 8 p.m. Here is what happened in the past 60 minutes of Day 2ab:

• Astedt and Foxen Battle in the Blinds
• Boatman's Queens are Good
• Four Aces in Two Hands
• Brown Takes Out Van Alstyne

On a flop of     there was about 9,000 in the middle already and the small blind bet out 3,000 the player next to act called and Evan Schwartz raised to 15,000. The action was back to the small blind who announced all-in for 54,200, the player in the middle folded and Schwartz called off his stack.

Evan Schwartz:   
Small blind:   

Schwartz' pocket aces were in trouble on the flop as his opponent flopped two pair, however, the   landed on the turn giving him a set of aces and the board completed with the   on the river to give him a double up.

Evan Schwartz

122,400

67,400

Takao Shimizu raised to 2,800 from under the gun, and a player called in the next seat. Patrick Leonard called from the big bind, and the flop came down    .

Leonard check-called a 2,800 bet from Shimizu after the third player involved had folded, and the Brit checked again after the   had hit the turn.

Shimizu continued for 7,500 and Leonard broke down his stack while thinking before he passed.

Takao Shimizu	190,000	0
Patrick Leonard	65,000	-33,000

Molly Mossey has increased her stack after sending a shorter stack to the rail and was kind enough to provide the details.

According to Mossey, Matthew Ellis raised to 2,500 on the button and Mossey flat-called in the small blind. The big blind shoved for 30 big blinds and Ellis asked for a count, but folded. Mossey called and was ahead with    versus   .

The board came       and the player at risk failed to hit his two outer.

Molly Mossey	226,000	8,000
Matthew Ellis	160,000	-11,100

Steven Grybas raised to 2,600 from the hijack and Robert Rini three-bet to 6,500 on the button. Action folded back to Grybas who called.

The dealer spread a flop of     and Grybas checked. Rini fired 8,000 and Grybas check-called.

The turn came the   and Grybas checked again. Rini fired a bet of 40,000 and Grybas went deep into the tank.

"You have the jacks this time?" asked Grybas. Rini didn't react and Grybas took another minute of reflection then let it go.

Rini showed the   before raking in the pot.

"Diamond, that's good," commented Grybas.

Robert Rini	150,000	-1,300
Steven Grybas	126,000	-2,800

Barny Boatman raised under-the-gun to 2,200 and the action folded around to the big blind who defended.

The dealer spread a flop of    , the big blind checked and Boatman continued for 1,300 which the big blind said, "I'm not sure who you're saving chips for but it's one of us." as he called.

The   fell on the turn and after being checked to Boatman bet out 3,000 and his opponent made the call. The   hit the river and both players checked. The big blind tabled    for two pairs, aces and sixes, while Boatman tabled    for aces and queens and scooped the pot.

Barny Boatman

146,100

62,000