Johannes Van Til checked to Nick Binger with the board reading and Binger bet 1,500. Van Til check-raised to around 4,500 and Binger called.
The river was the and Van Til led for 8,100. Binger stared at him for a moment before calling and Van Til opened for the wheel. Binger flashed and then mucked.
In a raised pot preflop, Jeff Madsen and Brandon Adams were heads up with the board reading . Madsen led for 1,375, Adams raised to 10,000 and Madsen snap-called all in for effectively 9,500.
Madsen:
Adams
The turn brought the and now any ten, six or ace would give Adams the winning hand and eliminate Madsen. The on the river was a brick however, and Madsen doubled to 19,000 chips.
With 7,000 in the pot and a board reading , the under-the-gun Andrew Chen grabbed a stack of chips, worth 20,000, and put them in the pot. Jeff Madsen only had 10,575 behind and was put to the test. Madsen concluded that there would be a better spot and saved the rest of his stack with a fold.
Shaun Deeb raised to 2,000 on the button only to have Alex Wice reraise to 4,400. Faraz Jaka was next to act in the big blind and four-bet to 8,000. Deeb responded by moving all in for 33,150 total. Wice released and just as quickly Jaka folded behind.
"I thought you were light," Deeb said with a smile as he showed . Deeb added more than 13,000 to his stack, bringing him up to over 46,000.
Over at the feature table, David Cairns was all in preflop for his last 22,000 with the and called by the of Alex Wice. Cairns was in bad shape and need some help. The flop did not provide it and neither did the turn. In order to survive, Cairns needed a jack on the river. The cameras zoomed in close to see the revealed on the turn. Cairns became the first person eliminated in Round 2.
Brandon Adams was down to his last 7,250 and got it in preflop against Matt Waxman in a race situation.
Adams:
Waxman:
The flop was very kind to Adams, giving him a redraw should he need it on the river. The on the turn simply paired the board however, and just for kicks and giggles the on the river gave Adams a full house.
Adams doubled to 14,650 while Waxman slipped down to 24,000.