Level 2
: Blinds 100/100, 0 ante
Ian Simpson raised from early position to 300. Albert Sapiano called from the hijack, as did Eugenio Peralta from the cutoff. John Howlett then made it 1,800 to go from the button, which received a call from small blind Kevin O'Donnell as well as the three players already involved in the pot.
The five players saw the flop of 
, and they all checked. The 
turn saw the action check to Sapiano, who put out a bet of 3,500. Only Simpson was interested in seeing a river, and put in a call.
Simpson checked the 
river, and Sapiano fired out a bet of 14,000. Simpson took a final glance at his cards before throwing them into the muck, forfeiting the pot to Sapiano.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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31,000 | |
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with a pot totaling 2,400 thus far. Mahmood Rasheed had checked from the small blind, as had Miroslav Forman from the big blind. Cutoff Panagiotis Mavritsakis put out a bet of 1,300, and button Pavel Plotnikov called.
and roughly 3,500 chips already in the middle. Small blind David Harris had looked him up, and the pair revealed their holdings:
turn and 
river, and Ward was eliminated from the tournament. Harris in his turn took Ward's chips to climb back up to starting stack
and Chan Wang put out a bet of 2,700. Aubrey Murnaghan on the button upped the amount to 6,000 and Wang swiftly called.
and Wang promptly put all his chips in the middle, covering Murnaghan's remaining stack of 7,600. Murnaghan mulled it over for several minutes, before eventually putting in the call. 
as the hand concerned an all-in situation. Murnaghan turned over 
for a bare top pair, which was enough to take down the pot and double him back up to starting stack.
, and Lagan continuation-bet for 1,500 after a check from Kissous. Sheils wanted to see a turn and called, as did Kissous. 
turn fell and this prompted Kissous to lead out for 4,000 chips. Lagan matched the bet and Sheils let his hand go.
river Kissous put the remainder of his chips in, covering Lagan's 17,800 stack. Lagan thought for a while but ended up passing his cards to the dealer. Kissous laughed nervously while he raked in the chips and showed 
, emphasizing that he really did not want to see a call from Lagan.
for king-high. Rus was crushing that with 
