Event 19: Getting Close in First Round

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 37 of 64

Sam Panzica (right) battles Nick Palma in Round 2
Sam Panzica (right) battles Nick Palma in Round 2

There are only five Round 1 matches still in action while we had two more Round 2 matches kick off recently.

Nick Yunis, David Somers, and Marcus Stein were among the latest to move forward with Brian Reinhert and Brian Hastings hitting the rail.

The Nick Palma/Sam Panzica and Ari Engel/Amir Babahkani second round matches are underway. Kane Kalas has an early 1-0 lead over Scott Heiligman.

Round 2 Matchups:

Left side of the bracket

Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein
Daniel Wirgau/Pavel Dyanchenko versus Staffan Lind
George Lusby/Pratyush Buddiga versus Jack Duong
Nick Yunis versus Will Givens
Mark Dube versus Alex Foxen/Chad J. Brown
Kane Kalas versus Scott Heiligman
Michael Aron/Darren Robinowitz versus Corey Dodd
Alexander Gambino versus Gary Bolden

Right side of the bracket

Timothy Tenpas versus Ankush Mandavia
Nick Palma versus Sam Panzica
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai versus Shannon Shorr/Michael McNeil
Hugo Zanotti versus Jonathan Little
David Somers versus Timothy Fisher/Jerry Wong
Amir Babakhani versus Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein
John Dollinger versus Adam Geyer