Wenxiong Luo continued for 6,500 on a flop of and his opponent from one seat over called in the button seat before both players then checked down the turn and river. Luo flashed his pocket nines and the opponent laughed and mucked his .
Only 2h30 have been played on Day 2 and the field has been reduced to 103 hopefuls in the search for a cash. Only the top 59 spots will get paid and the action gonna slow down eventually. More than 80 of the Day 1 survivors have already hit the rail and many more will follow until the bagging and tagging.
Yanzhong Tong moved all in for his last 20,000 chips from early position and Guiseppe Reina called from one seat over, though without moving any chips forward yet. The other players asked the dealer to confirm and then everyone tossed their cards into the muck.
Tong:
Reina:
The Chinese was shouting for a jack, but the wish got denied with the board running out .
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn open-shoved for 20,400 from early position and got through with stealing the blinds including big stack Wai Leong Chan, who mucked from the big blind. The Malaysian then called a raise to 4,000 and saw a heads-up flop of . The action was checked through and same applied on the turn. Then, the initial raiser bet 4,000 after the river and Chan called off to muck when shown .
After the previous confrontation with Geng Liu, Shashank Rathi three-bet shoved for 19,500 out of the small blind with and the initial raiser called with pocket nines. The board ran out and the very last community card gave the player from Hong Kong a broadway straight.
Mingqin Liu got his short stack in with the and was called by an opponent, who held . The flop already provided one of the over cards and both turn and river were bricks. The field has been whittled down significantly in the first two hours of play and only 117 players remain according to the latest update on the screens.