Jeff Madsen was all in preflop with and was called by an opponent holding A-5-6-9. The board ran out , giving Madsen aces full and he doubled up to 22,000.
On a flop of , Bill Chen moved all in for 8,800 and got a call. Chen showed the for pair of aces and a flush draw. The turn was the , making his flush and the river was the , making him the nut low.
Chen scooped the pot and was up to 25,000 after the hand.
The small blind raised preflop to 1,700 and Tony G called from the big blind. The flop was . The small blind bet 3,400 and Tony G called. The turn was the . The small blind bet 10,200, Tony G moved all in for 18,300 and the small blind called.
Tony G
Opponent
Tony G made his full house for high on the turn, but the on the river made his opponent the second nut low and they split the pot.
The button raised the pot and Amy Calistri moved all in with . The button called, and showed A-2-X-X with two hearts. The flop was queen high with two hearts, pairing Calistri's queen but opening up a flush draw for her opponent. The turn was another queen, giving her trips, but the river was a heart, making her opponent's flush and eliminating Calistri only 30 minutes from the end of Day 2.
Poor Chau Giang is shivering, literally shivering, over at Table 80 (it is frightfully cold in here) and he got into a minor confrontation with Brett Jungblut a few minutes ago. Giang raised preflop and Jungblut called. The flop came down . Giang let out with a pot-sized bet, and Jungblut re-potted. Giang thought/shivered for several minutes before flashing an ace and folding. Jungblut showed 6-8 for the flopped straight.
With the board reading and two short stacks all in, Marcel Luske turned over the for trip eights, but one of his opponents showed for the nut flush and doubled up.
The field will play through the 400-800 level before packing it in for the night. It's doubtful we'll hit the money this evening, with 117 players still out there.