Tough, Tough, Tough
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Livello 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Quite a formidable field shaping up here.
At one table we find Vanessa Rousso and Erick Lindgren sitting across from one another. Walk across the room and there's Ludovic Lacay, Isaac Haxton, and David "Bakes" Baker, sitting in a row at Table 14. And a couple of tables over from them Justin Bonomo, Alex Gomes, and Joe Cada were playing three-handed for much of the first level. The remaining three players have arrived to join that trio -- Eric Froehlich, Erik Cajelais, and a sixth player looking like he has sat in more comfortable chairs in his life.
to find John Racener heads up in a pot of about 7,500 against his an opponent. Racener checked from the small blind and his opponent bet out 5,600.
for a straight and Racener tossed his cards into the muck, reeling from the substantial hit to his stack.
and saw a 
flop. Soon the martial arts fighter found himself with all of his chips in the middle, but unfortunately was faced with an opponent who held pocket nines. Two cards later, Chan was out.
. The small blind and Benyamine checked and the button continued out for 300. The small blind folded and Benyamine made the call.
and Benyamine checked once again and the button fired out 600 this time. Benyamine called once again and the river fell 
. Benyamine checked a third time and the button bet 1,600. Benyamine sent his cards into the muck, losing a bit to his opponent.
and Esfandiari bet 450. The player in the big blind folded and the original raiser raised to 1,100. Esfandiari reraised to 3,000 and his opponent called. The 
fell on the turn and Esfandiari bet 4,500, his opponent called.
to take down a nice sized pot. Esfandiari is now well below the starting chip stack.
, and Crowe continued with a bet of 250. His opponent called. The turn was the 
. Crowe gathered chips once more and set out a bet of 1,325, and one more time his opponent called. Crowe flipped over 
for tens and fours, but his opponent showed 
for a better two pair. Crowe still sits with 14,400, just under the starting stack.
, and Antonio Esfandiari was heads up with an opponent. Esfandiari led out for 1,625, and his opponent called. The Magician opened 
, his opponent mucked, and Esfandiari raked in the pot.
