In a three-bet pot between Lee Armstrong in the cutoff and Benny Glaser on the button, action was on the latter on a board. Glaser bet 4,100 and received a call from Armstrong. Both players then checked the on the turn.
On the river, Armstrong bet 12,700. Glaser had a trick left up his sleeve, as he raised to 38,000. Armstrong was visibly unhappy with the situation and thought for nearly a minute, but decided he couldn't get away from it.
Glaser slapped down for trip fives and Armstrong mucked with some disgust.
We found Claas Segebrecht in a preflop all in blind-versus-blind with against . The board ran out , not what the German wanted to see, and he had to send 23,200 to his neighbor.
Antoine Saout's raise from under the gun was called by the player in the small blind, who check-raised Saout's continuation bet on the flop to 7,000. Saout moved all in and the small blind called it off.
Antoine Saout:
Small blind:
The turn and river were both blanks and Saout doubled for 24,200, while his opponent was left with one big blind only and busted shortly after. Below are further assorted chip counts in the second level of the day.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated by Lance Patison early into Day 2 as confirmed by the Aussie in the break. Patison defended his big blind against a raise to 1,800 by Timoshenko and check-called a bet on a flop before the duo checked the flop. Timoshenko shoved the river with for the second nuts only to see Patison call with for the nut straight.
Tony Hachem lost several hands to the slightly superior hand and his bustout was a reflection of the misery throughout the first 90 minutes after he flopped top pair and a flush draw with . His opponent had for top pair with a better kicker and turn as well as river were bricks.
Last but not least, Casey Kastle sent Johan Lees to the rail when his held up against the of Lees on a board of . The seat next to Lees was empty as well, indicating that Manig Loeser had been unable to run up his short stack.
We caught up with Ludovic Geilich on the first break. He's gone from 137,000 in chips at the start of the day to well over 200,000.
"I got moved to this table pretty early on," said Geilich. "I had won about 20,000 from my first table then it broke straight away. So I came over here, and my friend Ami Barer [2016 Aussie Millions winner] is a good friend of mine, and he's sat directly across from mine. It's quite funny because us two just had all the chips!
"There was this guy to my right who had about 60,000, and I managed to get them all in a matter of three hands. I won every pot, and he just ran pretty bad against my in most spots. He opened and I three-bet on the button. He called and the flop came - that's all she wrote.
"I've been playing solid. And if I've not been playing solid, then I'm three-betting and four-betting with the best hands to do so. I'll three-bet or cold four-bet . I'm still playing solid, just not doing it with the trash. I'm just making plays with the best hands to make plays with!"
Josh Reichard got his last 13,800 in under the gun and found himself in a dominating spot with against held by the player on the button. The board ran out , securing a double.
Only a few minutes ago Alex Foxen had check-shoved the river of an ace-high board into a bet of 7,000 by James Broom and a call by Sung Joo Hyun in the small blind to force a fold to boost his stack to around 140,000. However, that wouldn't last long as the American poker pro was ousted soon after by start-of-the-day chip leader Frank Pezzaniti.
Until the turn there were already more than 70,000 into the middle and Pezzaniti bet 70,000 from early position. Foxen was on the button and engaged in table chat. "Why bet so much? Do you want me to fold?" Foxen continued for a minute.
"Do you have the ace of spades and just want to go with it? Ace jack? Is that what it is?
That even got some replies off Pezzaniti before Foxen eventually announcing all in for 115,000. Pezzaniti immediately tossed in a single chip for the call and Foxen asked his opponent if he had a flush.
Alex Foxen:
Frank Pezzaniti:
The on the river bricked off and that sent Pezzaniti's stack up to a massive 450 big blinds towards the end of the first level on Day 2.
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board. Glaser bet 4,100 and received a call from Armstrong. Both players then checked the 
on the turn.
river, Armstrong bet 12,700. Glaser had a trick left up his sleeve, as he raised to 38,000. Armstrong was visibly unhappy with the situation and thought for nearly a minute, but decided he couldn't get away from it.
for trip fives and Armstrong mucked with some disgust.
against 
. The board ran out 
, not what the German wanted to see, and he had to send 23,200 to his neighbor.
flop to 7,000. Saout moved all in and the small blind called it off.
river were both blanks and Saout doubled for 24,200, while his opponent was left with one big blind only and busted shortly after. Below are further assorted chip counts in the second level of the day.
flop before the duo checked the 
flop. Timoshenko shoved the 
river with 
for the second nuts only to see Patison call with 
for the nut straight.
held up against the 
of Lees on a board of 
. The seat next to Lees was empty as well, indicating that Manig Loeser had been unable to run up his short stack.
, securing a double.
