SugarRush (Day 2): 6th Place – Adam Levitan ($5,672)

Level 27 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/15,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 5 Chip Average: 2,890,000 There will be no repeat title run for Adam Levitan as the recent Poker Night in America Main Event champion just bowed out in 6th place at the hands of Jerry Johnson. Action was picked up with Johnson opening to …

SugarRush (Day 2): Updated Counts Through Tactical Play

Level 26 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 6 Chip Average: 2,408,000 After the early final table eliminations, the short stacks were on the rail and the remaining players were all relatively stacked. That's pushed this six-handed group towards some pretty tactical and slow play over the last half hour, with the …

SugarRush (Day 2): Chen Chipping Up

Level 26 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 6 Chip Average: 2,408,000 The first half of Level 26 has been relatively slow, with the majority of pots playing out pre flop and only a few smaller pots developing through turns and rivers. While Brian Hastings still holds the chip lead, Nelson Chen …

SugarRush (Day 2): 7th Place – Matt Glantz ($4,501)

Level 25 (Blinds 30,000/60,000/10,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 6 Chip Average: 2,408,000 While Brian Hastings has come from behind a few times to score knockouts of players with big pocket pairs, he's also been able to win his fair share of flips today as well. He just won a relatively small one …

SugarRush (Day 2): 8th Place – Zhenjie Hou ($3,514)

Level 25 (Blinds 30,000/60,000/10,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 7 Chip Average: 2,06,000 Earlier today, Matt Glantz beat pocket aces with ace-queen and after the dinner break, Brian Hastings beat pocket kings with ace-king. Zhenji Hou just had both of those bad beats combined to send him out in 8th place, as his …

SugarHouse (Day 2): Hou Hits His Set To Stay Alive

Level 25 (Blinds 30,000/60,000/10,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 8 Chip Average: 1,806,000 Zhenjie Hou returned from the short post-Level 24 break with the shortest stack and very quickly his 455,000 was up for grabs, as he shoved from middle position. Brian Hastings called as the next player to act and when the …

SugarRush (Day 2): 9th & 10th Place – Alex Bereshy & Chris Capone

Level 24 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 8 Chip Average: 1,806,000 In back to back hands, we've seen those previously mentioned final table short stacks hit the rail, quickly dropping this field down to it's final eight. First to go was Alex Bereshy, as he moved all-in for 165,000 from under …

SugarRush (Day 2): Final Table Set; Johnson, Parker Pace Field

Level 24 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 10 Chip Average: 1,445,000 We're down to our final ten here in the SugarRush Challenge and there is a pretty big disconnect through this final table from the haves and the have nots. Alyson Parker and Jerry Johnson definitely fill the former category, as each …

SugarRush (Day 2): 11th & 12th Place – Geno Raman, Wen Zhang ($1,603)

Level 24 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 10 Chip Average: 1,445,000 After the elimination of Tim Oleske, Wen Zhang finally hit the rail from Table 2. Zhang had an up and down Day 2 session, starting the day with 35,000 before running up to a chip leading stack after the bubble. …

SugarRush (Day 2): 13th Place – Tim Oleske ($1,233)

Level 24 (Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 12 Chip Average: 1,204,000 Before the blinds went up, the action continued on Table 2. After beating pocket aces to burst the bubble, Matt Glantz was at it again, running out another flush to come back from a dominated pre flop position. Action was …