Day 2 Concludes With Forty Eight Happy Players
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The day was far shorter for some of the short stacks coming into Day 2. Terrence Chan was the first player to be eliminated, practically before some players had even taken their seats. John Juanda, Chris Moneymaker and APPT Manila champion Van Marcus all joined him soon thereafter.
The other players did their best to jockey for the chip lead. Jamie Pickering, Phil Willcocks, Marlon Goonawardana and Antonio Fazzolari all took their turns in the spotlight. At the end of the night, however, it was Brendan Edmonds who become the first to reach the 500,000-chip mark, but even he had to give way to Frank Saffioti who appeared to be the likely overnight leader after relieving David Sanis of almost all of his chips en route to Sanis' 49th place bubble finish.
A tournament that has been characterized by scads of unusual hands was treated to an unusually long bubble. The short stacks wouldn't die, hitting all of their draws no matter how slim. It fell to Sanis, getting his chips in with the best possible starting hand against Saffioti's bare gutshot straight draw that filled on the river. That hand crippled Sanis, and despite surviving a few all-in situations thereafter, he was never able to recover. From potential chip leader to bubble boy, with the turn of one rivered four-outer.
Tomorrow the real tournament begins. The forty eight players who will return for Day 3 play will not be satisfied with merely cashing in this event. They all have their eyes on the A$1,000,000 first prize. Who will make the last APPT final table of Season 2? Join us at 12:30pm local time tomorrow as we continue down the road to crowning the champion of this tournament.