Event #24: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

198 players came back for Day 2 of Event #24, and they all had a bit of weight lifted off of their shoulders, as they knew they were in the money. As a result, we saw a flurry of bustouts that never slowed down throughout the day, as after ten levels of play, we had only 17 survivors. Leading the way is Salvatore Dicarlo (984,000), who doubled up into the chip lead on the final hand of the night.

Some of the notables who left us early on in the day included Jimmy Fricke (185th), AP Phahurat (166th), Tim Adams (126th), Brynn Kenney (115th), Sorel Mizzi (108th), and Darryll Fish (107th). Further up the final board, we lost Daniel Idema (47th), Paul Wasicka (31st), Shannon Shorr (30th), Sam Stein (23rd), and Victor Ramdin (22nd), and Kevin MacPhee (18th), who busted with 15 minutes left on the clock.

Despite losing this all-star list of players, we still have a couple notables who will come back to compete for the gold bracelet tomorrow. These players are Paul Splitzberg (957,000), Mohsin Charania (940,000), Zimnan Ziyard (461,000), Jacob Schindler (269,000), and Travell Thomas (254,000).

The 17 players have bagged and tagged for the night, and they will return tomorrow at 1 PM to battle it out for the title. As always, we will have the live coverage of the final day, including hand-for-hand updates from the final table. We hope to see you then, and good night from the desert!

We thought that the night would end fairly quietly, until Salvatore Dicarlo and Arshin Gamini got into a huge preflop raising war that saw almost a million chips into the middle preflop. As is often the case late in tournaments, it was a coin flip to decide a huge pot.

Dicarlo:   
Gamini:   

Dicarlo thought the worst when Gamini called him off, but he was happy to see it was a race. He ended up surviving the whole board, which came      , and Dicarlo and his rail celebrated as he dragged the humongous pot to take the chip lead on the final hand of the night.

Salvatore Dicarlo	984,000	554,000
Arshin Gamini	381,000	-329,000

Travell Thomas opened shipped all in for his last 130,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Kevin MacPhee on the button. He thought for about 30 seconds before moving all in over the top, and the blinds got out of the way.

Thomas:   
MacPhee:   

The flop was safe for MacPhee, coming down    . However, the dealer quickly put the   on the turn, giving Thomas the lead. He got an unnecessary two pair when the   hit the river, and Thomas doubled up to just under 300,000, while MacPhee was crippled down to just 70,000.

Travell Thomas	295,000	180,000
Kevin MacPhee	70,000	-170,000

Travell Thomas is disappointed after getting his chips in good against Salvatore Dicarlo but still having to chop the pot.

Dicarlo raised from late position and then called as Thomas shipped his stack into the middle from the cutoff. Dicarlo opened    and Thomas the dominating   . By the river the board read       and both players had two pair eights and fives with an ace kicker, meaning the pot was split.

We have lost another player and it is Arkadiy Tsinis who is the unfortunate soul heading towards the cashier's desk.

Again, the chips went into the middle preflop, Tsinis holding    and Daniel Cascado the superior   . An ace on the     flop put Cascado further in front and when the turn and river were the   and   it was game over for Tsinis.

We are now down to 18 in Event #24

Arkadiy Tsinis

0

-155,000

James Breslin's tournament is over thanks to running into the pocket queens of Ryan Franklin. Breslin open-shopped for 157,000 with pocket eights, Franklin called with the ladies, the ladies held and Breslin busted.

Ryan Franklin	480,000	140,000
James Breslin	0	-212,000

Jacob Schindler opened the preflop betting round with a raise to 25,000 from the hijack. Victor Ramdin called in the cutoff and Scott Powrie squeezed to what looked like 72,000. Schindler shoved, Ramdin folded and Powrie called.

Powrie:   
Schindler:   

Board:      .

Jacob Schindler	320,000	180,000
Victor Ramdin	200,000	-50,000
Scott Powrie	150,000	-180,000

Corey Harrison opened the betting with a raise to 20,000 from middle position and Zimnan Ziyard called in the hijack. The     flop saw Harrison check-call a 14,000 bet from Ziyard, but when Harrison checked the   turn Ziyard checked behind.

The river was the  , which put a straight onto the board and Harrison checked. Ziyard paused for a few moments before moving all in and Harrison snap-called.

The entire table erupted into laughter at Ziyard's attempt to buy the pot, with some commenting that you have to try your luck sometimes in poker. Ziyard certainly did that.

The chips went flying into the middle preflop with Salvatore Dicarlo holding    to Jacob Schindler's   .

The ladies were kind to Dicarlo as the       board kept them in front. Schindler's stack was then cut in half.

Salvatore Dicarlo	430,000	190,000
Jacob Schindler	140,000	-200,000

Action folded around to Jarred Solomon in the small blind, and he moved all in for his last 125,000. Arshin Gamini was in the big blind, and he tanked for about a minute before dropping chips in the middle for the call.

Gamini:   
Solomon:   

The board stayed cleaned for Gamini, running down      , and he collected the knockout, upping his stack to 830,000.

Arshin Gamini	830,000	280,000
Jarred Solomon	0	-130,000