SugarRush (Day 2): 14th Place – Paul “Peru” Valenzuela ($1,233)

Level 23 (Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 13 Chip Average: 1,115,000 Two short stacks were able to score doubles through the middle portion of Level 23 but with a few minutes left in that period, Paul "Peru" Valenzuela hit the rail in 14th place. Prior to his elimination, Geno Raman doubled …

SugarRush (Day 2): 15th Place – Mike Judge ($1,233)

Level 23 (Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 14 Chip Average: 1,032,000 After the short stacks spent the better part of Level 22 hitting the rail, it felt like only a matter of time until two big stacks collided to bring on a massive knockout. That's what happened a few minutes after …

SugarRush (Day 2): 16-18th Places ($925)

Level 22 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 15 Chip Average: 963,000 Three short stacks hit the rail on Table 1, over the course of a few hands, the biggest pot of the tournament played out on Table 2. That pot saw Jerry Johnson shoot to a massive chip lead, as he's …

SugarRush (Day 2): Zhang Leads Final Two Tables

Level 22 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 18 Chip Average: 802,000 While the majority of the dinner break leaderboard is still in tact heading into the final two table redraw, Wen Zhang has barged his way back into contention. Zhang started this Day 2 session extremely short, with just ten big …

SugarRush (Day 2): 19th & 20th Place – Stephen Falchetta & Matt LoPresti ($678)

Level 22 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 18 Chip Average: 802,000 Midway through Level 22, we are now down to our final two tables. Two short stacks hit the rail in quick succession, with both falling from Table 2, to bring this remaining field down to 18 players and another redraw. …

SugarRush (Day 2): 21st & 22nd Place – James Luciano & Moe Farah ($678)

Level 22 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 20 Chip Average: 722,000 Back from dinner, two short stacks have hit the rail in quick succession. Moe Farah was the first to go, as he moved all-in for 230,000 from the cutoff on Table 2. The button and small blind folded but Wen …

SugarRush (Day 2): Back From Dinner, Playing To A Winner

Level 22 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 22 Chip Average: 656,000 The remaining 22 players have returned from their dinner break and play will now resume with Level 22. We're just a few eliminations away from the final two table redraw and since we are so close to that 18 player …

SugarRush (Day 2): Johnson Jumps Over 1,000,000, Near Top Into Dinner

Level 21 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 22 Chip Average: 656,000 The rest of Level 21 played out with two players hitting the rail but the real story line from that portion of play was Jerry Johnson and his ascent up the leaderboard. Johnson came into the three table redraw with …

SugarRush (Day 2): Half Hour Until Dinner

Level 21 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 24 Chip Average: 602,000 Through the first portion of Level 21, a handful of players hit the rail to drop this SugarRush Challenge field down to it's final two dozen. While we were collecting head shots for our elimination posts, Trevor Deeter, David Auspitz …

SugarRush (Day 2): Redrawing With Three Tables Remaining

Level 20 (Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 27 Chip Average: 535,000 Midway through Level 20, a short stack hit the rail and that left this SugarRush Challenge field with 27 remaining players. That meant that we were down to three tables and those players have now redrawn for new seats. As …