Adam Maxwell raised under the gun to 260,000, with James Mitchell coming over the top for all of his 3,100,000 chips. Maxwell wasted no time at all in calling and whipped over his . Mitchell sheepishly revealed his and was in about as bad shape as possible.
The flop offered him a little help, with the turn bringing some chop outs. The bricked the river, though, and Mitchell exits the tournament area in 28th for £1,100. Meanwhile, Maxwell stacked up a tower of chips so big that it literally doubles the next biggest in play.
Dillon Scanlan has been short for a while, and found his spot to shove from UTG+1 for 1,250,000. He managed to get it through one whole player, before Paul Allen called from the hijack. Russell Betts then went into the tank for a minute or so before finally relinquishing his cards. Action folded round and the cards were on their backs.
Scanlan shows , which was in awful shape versus Allen's .
"Dillon is really good at these," Adam Maxwell reminds the table.
The flop seems like Maxwell might not be wrong with his assessment. The turn is safe enough for Allen, but the on the river spells disaster and Scanlan picks up the lucky double.
Day 2E has now concluded, with 22 players securing their place in Day 3 tomorrow afternoon.
The overwhelming chipleader from this flight is the man who has been leading the way for quite some time now: Adam Maxwell. He's taking through a massive 12,695,000!