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Day 1a chip leader Gianny Dominique Morano led out for 90,000 with about 170,000 in the pot after the turn with the board reading and got a call from Surinder Sunar.
Morano bet 150,000 after the appeared on the river. Sunar let some of his time bank tick down before he called. Morano turned over for trips.
He fist bumped and said in a loud whisper, "Yes" after Morano mucked his hand.
Mark Max McMillin raised from under the gun to 25,000 and got three callers including Nicanor Sula in the small blind.
Sula led out for 55,000 after the flop came . McMillin is the only player to call.
After the came on the turn, Sula checked. McMillin bet 95,000 before Sula went all-in for about 165,000. McMillin snap called and Sula let out a huge sigh.
Nicanor Sula:
Mark Max McMillin:
Sula was drawing to two outs and he was eliminated in 44th place for €4,000 after the appeared on the river. Meanwhile, McMillin's stack soared to 900,000.
At another table, Catherine Hanna was eliminated at almost exactly the same time in 45th place for €4,000.
We haven't been reporting the action at the feature table on Day 2 since you can watch the table by clicking on the Live Stream tab in our coverage.
It has been full of action and talent. Earlier, 2014 WSOP Main Event champ and 888poker Ambassador Martin Jacobson was on the table before he busted shortly after the money bubble broke.
Now some of the talents include 888poker Ambassador Fernando Pons, last year's 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event winner Luigi Andrea Shehadeh, big-name streamer Courtney Gee, and Norwegian poker beast Jon Kyte.
Dominique Jean Terzian opened to 30,000 and got a call from the player in the big blind.
The player in the big blind bet 30,000 on the flop before he called a bet of 50,000 from Terzian. Terzian fired out again after the appeared on the turn once the action was checked to him, this time for about 200,000.
The player in the big blind let his clock wind down and then used a time bank chip. He eventually folded but flashed the showing that he folded at least top pair.
Play has just resumed with blinds at 6,000/12,000 with an ante of 1,000. The tournament director just announced that play will finish the sooner of when the field is down to 27 players or until the end of Level 23.