Under the gun, Lance Patison limped in, and action passed around to the blinds. David Lee called the extra half-bet from the small blind, but Emanuel Seal wasn't in the mood for a free flop. He moved all in, pushing out his last 17,800 chips. Patison went into the tank for a few minutes before opting to call, putting Seal's tournament in jeopardy. Lee got out of the way.
Showdown:
Patison:
Seal:
Seal found an ace on the flop, but Patison got the best of it, as the dealer spread . Patison's set of threes had his opponent in a bad spot, two cards away from the exit. The turn was the , leaving Seal drawing dead to the river, which was a meaningless .
Lance Patison improves his chip count to 85,000, knocking Emanuel Seal out in the process.
Stewart Allen is among the 123 players who began play today, and he could be the most inspired player in the field. Allen first caught our eye on Day 1a with his set of motivational cards poking out of his shirt pocket. Today, he's back with a new set of succinct inspirational messages. Some of the cards he is rotating in and out of sight include:
- Assertiveness
- Perfect Timing
- Life Purpose
- Go for It
- Try Something New
- Finish What You've Started
- Charge Forward
- Very Soon
- One Step at a Time
- Definitely Yes
- Shower of Abundance
Allen's cards worked magic for him on Day 1, and he hopes they will help propel him deep into the tournament here today.
We caught the action on a board reading with Harris Pavlou committing 25,000 on the river from the button. Dory Zayneh, in the big blind, was in the tank and eventually tossed out five yellow T5,000 denomination chips to announce a call.
Pavlou quickly revealed for running two pair, as Zayneh flashed the before mucking his cards.
Zayneh is down to 150,000, with Pavlou now up above the 100,000 mark.
From middle position, Grant Levy raised to 4,100 and James Honeybone called. Honeybone was in the cutoff seat.
The flop came down and Levy bet 7,200. Honeybone tanked and Levy began to talk to him. "First time you've ever had position on me," mentioned Levy, recapping the times he has played with Honeybone. After another few moments, Honeybone folded and Levy said "This is the first time I've sat anywhere apart from your immediate left."
Levy now has 174,500 chips and Honeybone has 40,700, but things could work out well for Honeybone if he can use position as an advantage against Levy to move up the leaderboard.
Tim Heath has added Jim Ghobrial's entire stack to his own after eliminating Ghobrial from the tournament in a hand that pitted Heath's kings over Ghobrial's tens.
All of the money went in preflop and the board filled out , giving Heath a set for the win.
Heath stacked up a field-leading 220,000 in chips after the hand.
On a flop of Peter Krikkay led out for 4,500 from the big blind and Scott Peel bumped it up to 16,000 from the button. Krikkay made the call.
The turn was the and Krikkay checked to Peel who moved all in, covering his opponent. Krikkay made the call for his tournament life and tabled for a turned two pair, queens and tens, for the lead as Peel cringed and revealed for a flopped two pair, tens and eights.
The river was the and Krikkay doubled to 115,000 with Peel now on only 35,000.