David Bach completed with both Steve Billirakis and Vitaly Lunkin making the call. On fourth street, Bach checked to Lunkin who fired a bet. Both opponents made the call.
The play checked through on fifth street, before Billirakis took the lead on sixth. Bach made the call as Lunkin stepped aside.
Billirakis fired again on the river and Bach gave it up as Billirakis all but doubles up without showdown!
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David Chiu (X)(X) (X)
Freddy Deeb (X)(X) (X)
Tony G (X)(X)
David Chiu brought it in on third street and both Freddy Deeb and Tony G called. Deeb led out on fourth street and both players called. Everyone checked on fifth street. On sixth, the action was checked to Chiu, who bet. Tony G folded and Deeb called. Deeb check-called one more bet from Chiu on the river.
Deeb turned over for trip nines and took down the pot, doubling his stack to 480,000.
Erik Seidel completed with Steve Billirakis making the call on third street. Seidel checked on fourth and Billirakis bet. Seidel made the call and both players checked fifth.
On sixth street, Billirakis fired with a pair on board but Seidel made the call. Both players then checked the river.
Seidel tabled () for two pair, jacks and tens, which was too good for Billirakis, who mucked.
Seidel now sits with 930,000 chips as Billirakis is now on the short stack with just 163,000.
Freddy Deeb (X)(X) (X)
John Hanson (X)(X)
Ville Wahlbeck (X)(X) (X)
We caught up with this hand on fourth street, where the action was checked over to Ville Wahlbeck. Wahlbeck bet, Deeb called and Hanson folded. Wahlbeck continued to lead all the way to the river and Deeb called him down.
Wahlbeck showed for a 6-5-4-3-A low. Deeb missed his wheel draw with , ending up with a 9-5-4-2-A low. Wahlbeck won the pot, increasing his stack to 1,410,000 while Deeb fell to 250,000.
Catching the action on fifth street, Erik Seidel led out with a bet before John Kabbaj raised. Seidel called and then fired out a bet on sixth when Kabbaj bricked a queen. Kabbaj made the call.
On the river, Seidel bet and Kabbaj raised all in for the last of his chips, with Seidel making the call.
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Kabbaj: (-X)
Seidel tabled a seven-four low as Kabbaj found himself drawing dead on the river. Seidel takes it down to move up to 830,000 as Kabbaj is eliminated in 16th place to collect $72,914 in prize money.
Round two in the Tony G versus Gus Hansen duel has gone the way of the "G" after scooping an Omaha-8 hand against the "Great Dane".
Guoga raised preflop from the hijack position and Hansen again defended out of the big blind.
The flop landed and Hansen led with a bet. Guoga made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked before the landed on the river. Hansen bet and Guoga raised with Hansen making the call.
Guoga showed for aces and sixes to take down the pot.
"You've got to have some guts to go all in on the river!" exclaimed Guoga. He wasn't all in, but very close to it, as he's now back with head above water on 445,000.
Ville Wahlbeck raised from UTG, Gus Hansen reraised from UTG+1, and the action folded back around to Wahlbeck, who made the call.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Wahlbeck led out. Hansen called and they went to the river, the , which paired the board. Wahlbeck fired again and Hansen called.
Wahlbeck turned up for a wheel and scooped the pot. He's up to 1,230,000 while Hansen is on 1,460,000.
John Kabbaj opened from late position, kicking off a raising war with Ray Dehkharghani that would end with the rest of Kabbaj's chips in the pot pre-flop.
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Dehkharghani
The board ran out , Kabbaj's ace-high holding up to double his stack to 200,000. Dehkharghani is down to 700,000.
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) for a nine-low to take it down. Seed is at 1.39 million with Deeb struggling on 560,000.
and Hansen led with a bet. Guoga made the call.
and both players checked before the 
landed on the river. Hansen bet and Guoga raised with Hansen making the call.
for aces and sixes to take down the pot.
and Wahlbeck led out. Hansen called and they went to the river, the 
for a wheel and scooped the pot. He's up to 1,230,000 while Hansen is on 1,460,000.
river both players checked it down.
