Nali Kaselias has been recently eliminated after raising preflop and shoving on a baby flop holding but an opponent made the call with . The board bricked out and Kaselias' day was done.
Meanwhile Joon Hee Yeah also fell to an opponent holding Big Slick. Yeah committed himself with and got his money in on the turn with a bare flush draw, but the river bricked out and he was eliminated.
Steve Williams' APPT Grand Final ends just before the beginning of Level 3. He got his short stack in with on a board of . Williams was called by player with a much larger stack who tabled . The turn was a harmless deuce, but a river king sent Williams to the rail.
APPT Auckland winner Daniel Craker opened with a raise to 600 and Aytunc Tezay made the call. The player in the big blind then popped it up to 2,200, forcing Craker to fold, but Tezay decided to commit for all of his remaining 3,000 chips. The big blind made the call with as Tezay tabled an ambitious .
Despite flopping a king, his opponent spiked a set when the board was spread to send Tezay to the exit.
Helen Davis was all in for her last 8,500 on a flop of and felt confident holding for top pair, top kicker. However he opponent had flopped a set with .
The turn was the and river the , and after a promising start, Davis was sent crashing to the rail.
As players are slowly being eliminated, some tables are being broken and others are being balanced. As a result, Michael Guzzardi, Bryan Huang, Nobbi Tanaka and Phil Lau now all find themselves at the same table.
After being crippled earlier in the day, Sherif Derias has recently been eliminated after getting his last chips in the middle with against two callers who held and .
The board of was checked down by both live players, with the trip jacks collecting the pot to end the day for Derias.
There's been a small rash of quads in the last few minutes. Scott Smith got things started. On a flop of , he found himself in a raising war with his only opponent. All of the chips wounds up in the middle, with Smith tabling against his opponent's pocket aces. The board ran out to make quad deuces for Smith. He's up to 35,000.
A short time later, short-stacked Tony Hachem moved all in on a flop of . He was called by a player who showed for a big draw against Hachem's . The river was the case ace, the , to make quad aces for Hachem. He's up to about 9,000 in chips.
Chris Moneymaker was in trouble early, having dropped to 8,000 chips, but he's taking steps in a positive direction now. He limped into a pot from early position before calling a raise to 1,100 from a late-position player. After the dealer burned and turned a flop of , Moneymaker check-called a bet of 1,100 from his opponent. Both players checked the turn when the board paired . On the river , Moneymaker led out for 2,600 and told his opponent that he had an additional 5,000 behind. That display of confidence may have tipped the scales in his favor; his opponent folded.
Just before the first break, Narbeh Hovsepian was crippled down to only 3,100 chips after having his aces cracked by an opponent who flopped a set of eights.