The simultaneous elimination of Nenad Medic and Clint Roberts has left us with 15 players spread across two tables, putting the average chip stack at 222,666. The next three players eliminated will all earn $16,102.
Play will cease for the evening when the field dwindles down to nine.
Doug Lee moved all in from middle position, and Matt Giannetti made the call, committing all of his chips to the pot as Lee had him covered. The pre-flop showdown saw Giannetti holding vs. Lee's . Giannetti's pair reigned supreme when the flop came , but the on the turn gave Lee the advantage. The that fell on the river was of no help to Giannetti, who finished in 15th place, collecting $16,102 in prize money.
Shortly following the last intermission, Justin Bonomo took a sizable chunk out of Thomas Hover's stack, increasing his own by about 50,000.
Action folded around to Bonomo on the button and he made it 22,000 to go. Hover was the lone caller and the flop came . Hover took a stab at the pot, betting 30,000 into the young internet pro, but Justin answered with a 40,000 raise (70,000 total) that prompted Hover to fold.
Bonomo now has close to 400,000 in tournament chips and climbing.
Ralph Perry raised the pre-flop action to 22,000 and got one caller in Than Nguyen. The flop revealed and was followed by a Perry bet, which was quickly raised to 90,000 by Nguyen. After a moment of hesitation, Perry called and saw the peel off on the turn. Checks by both players brought the on the river, where Perry fired a 60,000 bet and Nguyen responded with a call. Perry casually tabled a suited A-7 to the dismay of Nguyen, who was left shaking his hand as he flicked his cards into the muck.
Than Nguyen recently reclaimed his chips from Ralph Perry after getting it all in pre-flop holding A-K against Perry's A-J. The board ran out 2-4-8-Q-10 and Nguyen's ace-king high held up to take down the 360,000 pot. Perry dropped to 280,000 with the loss.
Nikolay Evdakov defied all odds today, wielding the tournament's shortest stack at the start of the day (12,100) and riding it all the way to a 14th-place finish worth $16,102 in prize money.
Nikolay was eliminated from the tournament by Ralph Perry after shoving all in from the button with the ; Perry looked him up with a pocket pair of nines. A third nine on the flop for Perry tightened his grip on the hand, though a jack on the turn gave the Russian Evdakov four outs to a gutshot straight draw. Unfortunately for Nikolay, an ace fell on the river putting an end to his impressive Day 2 run, though he walked away with his head held high, happy to have gone as far as he did.
With the win, Ralph Perry has once again crawled past the 400,000 mark in chips.
Over the past ten minutes, Justin Bonomo has doubled up both Lee Rubin and Thomas Hover and he now sits with just 148,000 in chips. The current tournament average is 256,923 with 13 players remaining in the field. The next player eliminated will earn $16,102 in prize money.