Right before the start of the break we lost Phil Ivey. Eugene Katchalov, who took all the chips from the 8-time WSOP bracelet winner, explained to us what happened.
Katchalov raised from the cutoff with and Ivey defended his big blind.
The flop came down , rainbow, and Katchalov bet 2,500. Ivey went on to check-raise to 6,000, after which Katchalov put in 15,000. Ivey, who started the hand with around 50,000, moved all in and Katchalov called.
Ivey showed , and was looking to complete his straight draw. The turn and river both brought blanks, and that was it. Katchalov is cruising with 129 players remaining in this event.
Joseph Cheong and Philippe Boucher have been battling a lot here on Day 2. Just before the last break, the two got involved in a four-bet pot with Boucher having position.
Cheong had opened, Boucher three-bet, Cheong four-bet and Boucher called before the flop came down . Cheong checked, and Boucher fired 8,500. Cheong called.
The turn was the , and Cheong checked. Boucher stayed on the gas with a bet of 14,600, which Cheong called.
The river was the , and both players checked.
Cheong showed the for a rivered set of kings, and Boucher mucked his hand.
A short-stacked Brian Park got his last 17,000 or so all in preflop with and was behind the of Kristijonas Andrulis. The board ran out {%s} and Park was sent to the rail just shy of the break.
Keven Stammen opened for 2,200 from the cutoff only to have Tristan Wade move all in from the small blind for 27,000. Mikhail Petrov then made the call from the big blind and Stemmen got out of the way.
Wade was in big trouble with his as Petrov held the far superior . The board ran out dry, and Petrov's ace-queen high ended up taking down the pot and sending a crestfallen Wade to the rail.
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and Ivey defended his big blind.
, rainbow, and Katchalov bet 2,500. Ivey went on to check-raise to 6,000, after which Katchalov put in 15,000. Ivey, who started the hand with around 50,000, moved all in and Katchalov called.
, and was looking to complete his straight draw. The turn and river both brought blanks, and that was it. Katchalov is cruising with 129 players remaining in this event.
. Cheong checked, and Boucher fired 8,500. Cheong called.
, and Cheong checked. Boucher stayed on the gas with a bet of 14,600, which Cheong called.
, and both players checked.
for a rivered set of kings, and Boucher mucked his hand.
and was behind the 
of Kristijonas Andrulis. The board ran out 
{%s}
and Park was sent to the rail just shy of the break.
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