Action folded around to the player in the cutoff seat who raised to 4,000. Jacques Zaicik, on the button, re-raised making it 8,000 to see a flop. Elton Tsang, in the small blind, moved all in for 40,500 total. The cutoff passed but Zaicik made the call. The players showed:
Zaicik:
Tsang:
The flop was gin for Zaicik coming . The turn, however brought the , opening up both straight and flush draws for Tsang. The on the river was another of of Tsang's outs and it's arrival gave him the pot and sent Zaicik to the rail.
After doubling up a few hands ago, Masaaki Tomonaga was just eliminated when his couldn't get the better of Shannon Hudson's . The hit the flop leaving Tomonaga with a one-outer that never came.
James Potter joins the cast of those making an early Day 2 exit. Potter, holding the , moved all in against Shinhan Sid Kim on a board reading . Sid Kim made the call and was ahead with . Potter missed his draw when the hit the river. Shinhan Sid Kim took down the pot and left Potter to wonder what might have been.
A very short-stacked Masaaki Iguchi just doubled up when his got the better of the of Paul Adams. It looked like the end of the road for Iguchi when the flop came down . However Iguchi had a backdoor straight draw, and with the on the turn and the on the river, Iguchi got there. He is still very much on the short stack though with just about 5,000 chips.
Jozef Berec raised to 5,000 on the button. Naohiko Yamazaki called from the big blind. The flop came . Yamazaki led out for 3,000. Berec, who had Yamazaki covered, moved all in and Yamazaki made the call. The players showed:
Berec:
Yamazaki:
The turn came a meaningless but the river brought the completing Berec's flush and eliminating Naohiko Yamazaki. With that pot, Jozef Berec is the current chip leader with just over 190,000.
Jonny Vincent is on the respirator after running his into the of Anthony Rafter. The players were all in pre-flop and Rafter hit the on the flop leaving Vincent with the longshot 4-of-a-kind draw that never came close. Vincent was left with a mere 1,200 chips after the hand.
Jonny Vincent, as well as Masaaki Iguchi and Paul Adams were all in preflop. Vincent was the short stack leaving a side pot between Adams and Iguchi. The players showed:
Vincent:
Iguchi:
Adams:
The board missed everyone and Iguchi's tens were best. Iguchi doubled through Adams and is now up to about 12,000 and Vincent was eliminated.