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A player in early position, who we assume was steaming from an earlier beat, hastily moved all in with a little over 10,000. Action passed to Marc Danai in the small blind and he called.
Danai: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Danai gave his steaming opponent his walking papers.
We picked up a battle of the blinds just as the dealer spread out a 
flop. Ron McMillen and Dan Black had kept it friendly preflop, and McMillen led out with a postflop bet of 3,200. Black raised to 7,500, and McMillen quickly called.
The two men would check through the 
turn and 
river. At showdown, Black tabled 
for two pair, and it was good. McMillen thanked him for not betting, adding, "I owe you one," as he mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
95,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
240,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
203,000 | |
|
|
190,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
180,000 | |
|
180,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
|
158,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Eric Yilmaz is doing some good work today, and we just picked up his action once again as he tangled in a three-way pot. Yilmaz was the preflop raiser, and he continued out with a bet on the 
flop. A fellow big stack in Seat 1 raised to 26,600, and that folded the third player from the button. Yilmaz called, though.
The turn came the 
, and Yilmaz knocked the table. Seat 1 took his cue to bet 20,600 now, but Yilmaz check-raised all in with his big stack. The gentleman in Seat 1 had about 120,000 chips left, and he eventually decided to wave the white flag and surrender his cards into the muck.
Yilmaz showed his airball 
, and sometimes all you need is a double-gutshot draw to win the pot. That's another one to Yilmaz's corner, and this one moves him up across another milestone to ~330,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
A short-stacked player was all in for about 15,000 preflop, and he found action in two places with a chance to triple up.
The flop brought 
with the small blind checking in the dark. Across the table, Matthew Weber was the third man in the hand, and he eyeballed his opponent's remaining stack before making a covering bet. The small blind had about 62,000 chips left, and he toyed with the decision for a couple long minutes before making the call to put himself at risk, too!
Showdown
Weber:
Small blind:
Short stack: 
"Oh, no!" Mr. Short Stack lamented as he saw the bad news. He was sharing outs, and both he and the small blind were two cards from the exit.
The turn 
was a blank, and the river 
further improved Weber's hand. He makes trip nines in the end, claiming the tournament lives of two more players. We're down under 65 left now, and Weber has upped his chip count to a respectable 249,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
249,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
We're six levels deep into this Day 2, and the players have retired for a quick ten-minute break. When they return, the levels will increase to sixty minutes, and we'll play eight more before calling it a night. A one-hour dinner break will follow Level 17.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
We missed the action on the hand but Matthew Weber sent a tall stack of T5k chips over to David Clark. The board was 
and Clark held pocket aces. Weber had 
and slid down the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | |
|
|
160,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
The pace of eliminations hasn't slowed yet, but it's looming. The field has been trimmed down to seven tables and 63 players. We expect to a slow down in the action as they approach the money bubble - set at 33 players. We have to lose about half the field to make the money and it looks as if we'll hit the money bubble after the dinner break.
