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Ah, how we love those words. And all 105 remaining players love those words too as it means we've arrived squarely on the money bubble. There's only room for 104 at the payout desk, so one more poor soul will have to take the walk of shame without compensation tonight.
We're dealing hand-for-hand until we find our bubble boy.
Carter King and Micah Raskin saw the flop come 
and King was first to act. He check-raised the flop to 25,000 before Raskin reraised to 100,000 straight. King moved all in for 177,000 and after a minute in the tank, Raskin called.
Raskin held just the 
for ace high against the 
for King. King was behind with just ten high, but he had straight and flush outs going for him.
The turn brought the 
to pair the board and then the river completed things with the 
. Neither the turn nor the river helped King and he hit the rail in 105th place. King won the 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event, but he won't be winning the 2010 NAPT Los Angeles Main Event. Everyone left is now guaranteed a payday of at least $7,500.
Now that the bubble has burst, the remaining field will all make some money. Among the players still remaining and in store for a payday are poker pros Eric Baldwin, Phil Laak, Michael Binger, Jason Mericer, Matt Affleck, Anh Van Nguyen, George Lind, and Adam Junglen, just to name a few.
Ronnie Bardah raised to 13,000 from under the gun before action folded around to the button. The player on the button reraised to 32,500 and that knocked the blinds out of the way. Bardah was back up and took a few moments before moving all in for 93,000. His opponent made the call. Bardah tabled two bullets with the 
. He had his opponent dominated with the 
.
The flop, turn and river were dealt out 
to seal the double up for Bardah and move him to 192,500.
Anh Van Nguyen raised from middle position and received a call from the woman on the button. Adam Junglen then moved all in for his last 65,000 from the small blind and Nguyen isolated with a reraise. The button got out of the way and the hands were turned up:
Nguyen: 
Junglen: 
Junglen was in bad shape and didn't improve on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn and river provided relief and Junglen was eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, Nguyen is up to 520,000.
As we walked back to the tournament floor we saw Eric Baldwin standing in the payout line. He was kind enough to inform us that he had opened with 
and received a call from a player who held 
. The flop fell 
X and Baldwin continuation bet, the set raised, and Baldwin shipped his stack with his open-ended straight draw. The turn and river were no help and Baldwin was sent to the rail.
In early position, Shannon Shorr made it 13,000 to play, and Tom Lee reraised to 33,000 with position. Shorr called, and it was heads up to the flop. It came 
, and Shorr checked. Lee wasn't messing around, and he announced an all in for 220,000! Shorr had a similar-sized stack, and he eventually made the call to put a huge pot up for grabs. His call was a good one:
Shorr: 
Lee:
There's no justice in poker sometimes. The landed promptly on fourth street, and Lee shot out of his chair yelling, "I got it! I got it!" Shorr could only stand there shaking his head with a look on his face as if someone had just bluffed his mother. The 
river was no help to him, and when the chips were counted down, he was left with just 8,000 to work with.
There's history between the two men that had been at the table for the duration of Day 2, but Lee gets the last laugh. He's up over 500,000 to about five and a quarter right now.
On the next hand, Shorr was all in under the gun for 7,500 with 
, and he was a slight favorite when an opponent called with 
. The flop was really laughable by this point as it came 
to leave Shorr dead to runner-runner. The turn was just a tease as the river was the last card of Shorr's day.
Ronnie Bardah raised from under the gun and got one caller. The flop came down 
and Bardah fired a continuation bet worth 17,000. His opponent called.
The turn added another 
to the board and Bardah checked. His opponent fired 43,000. Bardah check-raised all in for 168,000 and his opponent said, "Huh? You're all in? I call," quickly when he realized Bardah had shoved.
Bardah tabled the for two pair and a flush draw while his opponent held a better two pair with the 
.
The river didn't find a club or a five for Bardah and he was sent to the rail in 86th place for $8,500.
Play has come to an end for Day 2 and players are currently bagging their chips.
