It seems like every player that has grabbed the chip lead here on Day 2 has taken a big hit to their stack after doing so. Mark Bonsack was one of the first players to cross the 400,000-chip threshold, but after running kings into aces preflop he's now down to 190,000.
Sharon Helldorfer, the benefactor, now has around 440,000 chips after her held on a board of .
On one table, Christopher Bonita was all in and at risk holding on a board of . John Song had him at risk holding , but bricked on the turn () and the river ().
Bonita doubled to around 165,000.
On an adjacent table, Mark Jones was eliminated. He moved all in preflop over a raise from Cary Marshall. Marshall was committed and called with , which was actually racing against Jones' . The board came , and Jones was eliminated.
Derrick Yamada opened to 13,000 in late position, and Ylon Schwartz three-bet jammed for around 125,000 from the blinds. Yamada tanked for the better part of two minutes, then made the call.
Derrick Yamada is playing the role of executioner here in Level 20. He recently opened to 13,000, and Marty Wong three-bet jammed for around ten big blinds. The action folded to Yamada, who immediately called.
Mark Conway and Erkut Yilmaz were heads up on a board of . Yilmaz checked, Conway fired 35,000, and Yilmaz slid out a stack of blue T5,000 chips, check-raising to 100,000.
Conway leaned forward in his chair and studied Yilmaz who sat stone-like. Conway cut out enough chips to make the call, examined the board one last time, then committed them.
Yilmaz turned his cards over one at a time. First, we saw the . The came the .
Conway flipped over for a straight, and raked in the large pot.
Erkut Yilmaz moved all in for his last 70,000 or so from middle position, and the action folded to Josh Pollock, who called. The rest of the action folded behind.
Yilmaz:
Pollock:
The fives held as the board came , eliminating Yilmaz from the tournament.
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held on a board of 
.
. John Song had him at risk holding 
, but bricked on the turn (
) and the river (
, which was actually racing against Jones' 
. The board came 
, and Jones was eliminated.
. Yilmaz checked, Conway fired 35,000, and Yilmaz slid out a stack of blue T5,000 chips, check-raising to 100,000.
, eliminating Yilmaz from the tournament.
