[Removed:17] and Chris Moorman got involved in a very big blind-on-blind pot which went the way of the New Zealand money leader Yan.
On a flop of , Moorman called Yan's bet of 145,000 before the turn brought the . This time Yan checked, so Moorman bet 350,000 and got called. On the river of [2], Yan checked again so Moorman bet 700,000 and eventually, Yan called him down. He was right to do so, Moorman's bluff with no good against Yan's . Moorman isn't out, but he's a short-stack now.
We've been losing players steadily the last hour, with Boris Becker and Griffin Benger the latest couple of casualties.
You can still enter the £2,700 8-Max side event here at Dusk Till Dawn and with a cool £1,000,000 guarantee, this packed casino is gambling on plenty of entries again to avoid a tasty overlay.
You won't have to take on the £10,300 High Roller champion Vojtech Ruzicka either, as he's just busted.
Paraskevas Tsokaridis opened to 120,000 and Ema Zajmovic three-bet to 325,000 from the cutoff, which the Greek called. On the flop, Tsokaridis checked and Zajmovic continued for 360,000, which won the pot uncontested.
Zajmovic moved to around 2.8m, while the average with 297 players out of 551 hopefuls on this very Day 2 is at 4.16m. It is a long way to go though, because according to the screens there are 1,194,000,000 chips in play - yes, 1.194 billion chips!
Stephen Malone bowed out at almost the same time on a different table.
Neel Murthy raised to 140,000 only to find Ho Yin Lee put his 300,000 chips short stack over the line right behind him. Philipp Gruissem on the button attempted to raise to 440,000 but was instructed by the dealer to put in an additional 20,000 to make it a complete raise. Gruissem obeyed.
Back on Murthy he made the call, and the three players saw a flop, that got checked through. Murthy took a stab at the pot on the turn, and Gruissem quickly mucked his hand leaving the pot to be decided between Murthy and Lee.
Murthy:
Lee:
The river brought a blank, and Murthy raked in the pot to bring himself over the 10 million mark.
John Eames raised to 135,000 and Andreas Hoivold called on the button, as did the big blind. The flop fell and the big blind checked. Eames continued for 200,000 and Hoivold was the only caller before facing another bet worth 480,000 on the turn.
Again Hoivold called before Eames emptied the clip on the river by making it 750,000 to go. Hoivold reluctantly called and Eames announced jack-high, then mucked his cards. Hoivold showed for queens and tens, and won the pot.
Below are further updated counts from the Marquee room.
In just over two and a half hours, the players will be bagging and tagging for the night, and by then they will be in the money as long as they haven't run out of chips. Until then, a few obstacles remain to be mastered during the last two levels of the night, and the screens show 268 hopefuls out of 551 entries on Day 2 remaining.
Joining the action on the turn, Steve O'Dwyer checked in the big blind and Lucas Reeves bet 575,000 from under the gun. O'Dwyer called and checked again the river.
Reeves now bet 1,350,000 and O'Dwyer spent a decent time in the think tank before tossing in the chips for the call. Reeves showed for a straight and O'Dwyer stared at the board for another half minute with a somewhat confused expression in the face.
, Moorman called Yan's bet of 145,000 before the turn brought the 
. This time Yan checked, so Moorman bet 350,000 and got called. On the river of [2], Yan checked again so Moorman bet 700,000 and eventually, Yan called him down. He was right to do so, Moorman's bluff with 
no good against Yan's 
. Moorman isn't out, but he's a short-stack now. 
flop, Tsokaridis checked and Zajmovic continued for 360,000, which won the pot uncontested.
flop, that got checked through. Murthy took a stab at the pot on the 
turn, and Gruissem quickly mucked his hand leaving the pot to be decided between Murthy and Lee.
and the big blind checked. Eames continued for 200,000 and Hoivold was the only caller before facing another bet worth 480,000 on the 
river by making it 750,000 to go. Hoivold reluctantly called and Eames announced jack-high, then mucked his cards. Hoivold showed 
for queens and tens, and won the pot.
for a straight and O'Dwyer stared at the board for another half minute with a somewhat confused expression in the face.
