Devan Tang and Brian Powell recently got all their chips in preflop, with Tang at-risk holding against the of Powell. Up to the turn on the board, things were looking good for Powell and bleak for Tang. Then the river was slammed onto the felt and the tables had turned.
Tang is now back up over 20 big blinds, while Powell will need some help soon with around 15 big blinds.
Ever the active player, Joseph Cheong has lost a fair chunk of his stack early here on Day 2 of the GDAM Main Event. Some of those chips went straight to Dan Smith during a recent hand which played out as follows.
Cheong was in early position when he opened it up to 125,000. Folded around to David Steicke on the button and he put out 150,000. Steicke didn't realise Cheong had opened and was trying do so himself. The dealer corrected the mistake and Steicke was forced to call. Smith also called out of the big blind and the dealer flipped over a flop. Smith checked here and Cheong bet 180,000. Stecike quickly folded, while Smith made the call.
The turn would see checks from both Cheong and Smith, which would again be the case on the river. At showdown, Smith tabled and that was enough to see Cheong's cards hit the muck.
The first three eliminations of the day have flown in, with Jonathan Godfrey, Tom Hu and Fenglei Qian hitting the rail. Qian started the day with a top-five chip stack, but apparently lost some small pots early before sending the majority of his chips to Anson Tsang, who is now one of the chip leaders. There are now 48 players remaining.
2010 WSOP champion Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel started the day with the chip lead and was certainly one of the favourites to make it all the way to the final table. That may no longer be the case as a brutal cooler has seen Duhamel lose half his stack.
Playing out over on the feature table, which we have limited access to, Duhamel and Zheng Tang got into a preflop raising war, with all the chips going in on with Duhamel six-bet jamming. When Tang tabled , Duhamel looked quite disheartened as his landed on the felt.
Unfortunately for Duahamel the board wouldn't bring Duhamel the help he needed and just like that Tang was the new chip leader, while Duhamel plummeted.
Never fear JC Alvardo fans, the prominent poker pro has recently ran into the room and sped into his chair. Apparently he got caught in a bit of traffic jam, but it's all good now as he is looking comfortable over on his tough table.
Australia's Aaron Lim is certainly no slouch at felt, winning APPT Seoul ealier this year, before winning the $5,000 WSOP APAC event and then going on to finish 2nd in the EPT Berlin High Roller. Lim is in today's action and we recently watched the young player staying active as he played a couple of hands.
The first hand saw Lim open the button and John Juanda called out of the big blind. On the flop, Juanda checked and Lim bet 150,000. Back on Juanda and as calmly as ever, he check-raised to 327,000. Lim quickly got out of the way and it was on to the next hand.
This time the action was opened up by Winfred Yu who bet 125,000. Lim made the call on his direct left and the rest of the table got out of the way. The dealer flipped over a flop and Yu quickly check-folded to a bet of 135,000.
JC Alvarado arguably has one of the toughest table draws here on Day 2, with Tore Lukashaugen, Tobias Reinkemeier, Bertrand "ElKy" Grospellier, Joseph Cheong and Greg Merson all at his table. Maybe that's why Alvardo hasn't arrived yet. His stack is currently losing a few antes as we await his arrival.
Today we play down to a final table of nine, then we eliminate one more player and call it a night once the official final table of eight remains. The top eight players will of course finish in the money.
Levels once again last 60 minutes each, with the players going on short break every two levels and a dinner break after four levels. As per the structure and the amount of chips in play, today’s action should last somewhere between six and eight levels. You can check out the structure below.
The 51 returning players have scrambled into their seats and the cards are in the air here on Day 2 of the GDAM Main Event presented by PokerStars.
Today we recommence with level 8 – blinds 30,000-60,000 with a 7,000-chip ante. There are plenty of short stacks, so we expect the early action to be fast and furious. Let’s do this!
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against the 
of Powell. Up to the turn on the 
board, things were looking good for Powell and bleak for Tang. Then the 
river was slammed onto the felt and the tables had turned.
flop. Smith checked here and Cheong bet 180,000. Stecike quickly folded, while Smith made the call.
river. At showdown, Smith tabled 
and that was enough to see Cheong's cards hit the muck.
, Duhamel looked quite disheartened as his 
landed on the felt.
board wouldn't bring Duhamel the help he needed and just like that Tang was the new chip leader, while Duhamel plummeted.
