Darryl Harvey and Scott Naylor were heads up in a three-bet pot, and after a series of bets and raises, all of the money was in the middle.
Harvey:
Naylor:
The turn was the , giving Harvey a set of fives and prompting the table to yell in excitement, and the river was the , giving Naylor a bigger set and prompting the table to yell even louder.
Naylor is now above 200,000 chips, while Harvey is down to 30,000 or so.
Rick Hensley has had a tough hour-and-a-half thus far today. He began with over 400,000 chips and a large chip lead with 201 players left. But now he sits with less than 55,000 and a below average stack.
After losing a huge 300,000-plus chip pot to Larry Gurney after running into the latter's pocket aces, Hensley was just now limping in from early position, then watching Fernando Tobal raise to 15,000 from a seat over.
Hensley called the bet, then when the flop came he checked. Tobal continued and Hensley folded, and Tobal showed Hensley his hand — he'd run into again.
On the next hand, Hensley raised and it folded around to Gurney in the blinds. "You would call," said Gurney of Hensley with a grin before folding, and Hensley showed his to gather a few chips back.
Danny Bavongkhoun open-shoved for his last 11,600 in middle position, and James Porter called in the cutoff.
Bavongkhoun:
Porter:
The flop changed very little, but the slammed on the turn, giving Bavongkhoun the lead. The completed the board, and Bavongkhoun doubled. Porter was left with just 47,000 chips.
A few hands later, John Courtney opened to 8,000 in middle position. Porter three-bet to 19,000, leaving just 15,000 or so behind, and Courtney tank-called. The flop came , and Courtney led out for 4,000. Porter moved all in for 9,000 more, and Courtney snap-folded.
Just before the level changed, Mark Handy opened to 7,200 on the button. Charles Carver defended from the big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn was the , Carver checked again, and Handy fired 6,300. Carver quickly called.
The river was the , and Carver checked a third time. Handy tossed out 10,500, and Carver tossed his hand into the muck.
Chris Bell's Main Event run has come to a close early on Day 2. The Raleigh-based player started the day short on chips, became a little shorter, then survived to a table change before finally having to commit the last of his stack and failing to improve.
Juan Mora just earned a needed double to his short stack after putting himself at risk with versus the of Robert Myers. After the preflop all-in, the flop came , then the turn brought the to give Mora an unbeatable full house.