With a limp in front of him, Carter Gill made it 6,000 to go from late position. Grant Levy then raised it up again, making it 16,500 in total. The blinds folded as did the limper, before Gill moved all in. Levy snap-called.
Levy:
Gill:
The board fell and Levy finds a huge double-up, with Gill falling to 48,000.
After the hand Julian Powell quipped, "How much Grant?"
Levy replied "Well I shipped 46,000."
"So you're on the final table!" laughed Powell as Levy stacked up over 100,000 in chips.
James Honeybone is the latest Day 1 survivor to be eliminated on Day 2. It was a limped pot between Carter Gill in the small blind and Honeybone in the big blind. The flop was very ragged, coming down . Gill checked, then called when Honeybone made it 2,500 to go.
On the turn, Gill again checked. This time Honeybone fired out for 3,500. Gill check-raised to 11,000, leading Honeybone to reraise all in for about 30,000. Gill made a quick call and tabled , a hand which had out-turned Honeybone's . The river missed both players, allowing Gill to drag the pot and send Honeybone packing.
With that pot, Gill's stack jumped to about 84,000.
Although we've lost 21 players already today, the play on the tables has started to now tighten up as players start to think about making it into the money. The top 40 players will receive a minimum of US$6,000 which means that the next six players eliminated today will go home empty-handed!
Hon Ming Kim Lee moved all in from under the gun for about 14,000 and the action folded around to Hayato Suzuki in the small blind. Suzuki went into the tank for a long time before eventually calling off his last 12,500 chips.
Lee:
Suzuki:
The flop came giving Lee a flush draw but the on the turn and on the river left him with only 1,500 chips as Suzuki, after much hesitation, finds a double up to 28,000 chips.
After an early-position raise to 5,500, Aditya Agarwal reraised all in for about 40,000. Martin Stewart, in late position, then moved in behind him for about 45,000 total. After everyone else folded, Agarwal saw that he was in very bad shape indeed.
Agarwal:
Stewart:
The board ran out , making Stewart's aces and kings the winner and sending Agarwal to the rail just short of the money. Stewart now has about 85,000 chips.