David "The Dragon" Pham is one of the late causalities on Day 2a. Having moved all in preflop, Pham had one caller. Pham turned over , while his opponent held .
Pham was in big trouble after the flop of gave his opponent a set. The on the turn gave Pham some outs, but the was not one of them.
John Dutchak is all in with Q-Q preflop and his opponent calls with K-K. Dutchak spikes a queen on the river and is at 200,000. His opponent, who refuses to shake Dutchak's hand afterward, is crippled at 5,000.
The announcement has come across that play has ended for Day 2a. The remaining 350 players will return on Thursday for Day 3.
Tomorrow is Day 2b, where a larger field than today (thanks to the big Day 1c and Day 1d crowds) will come in and play until around 12:04 a.m. PDT. Play will stop at the designated time, and those finishers will join these 350 for Day 3. From then on, the field will be combined.
Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem