Action folded around to Maksim Tiurin in the small blind who made a big bet of an unknown amount. A short-stacked Daniel Negreanu squeezed out his cards in the big blind.
"Four-across!" yelled Negreanu about his first card. "And another four-across! This could be a pair."
He looked at his full hand before quickly announcing that he was all in for around 3,000 more. Tiurin called and the hands were tabled.
Tiurin:
Negreanu:
The board fell and Negreanu was able to score a double up to about 22,000.
A short-stacked Colin Johnson, who only had 5,500 from the 45,500 he started the day with, shoved all in holding only to run into the of Alexander Isenberg.
The flop wasn't particularly interesting for Johnson, but the was as it gave him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the river failed to complete it and he exited the tournament early on Day 2.
We recently learned that Jonathan Little has been eliminated from play. Little was all in and at risk before the flop holding . Little was looking for help against Daniel Dvoress's .
The board of was of no help to Little and he saw an early exit here on Day 2.
We came across the table to find a short stacked David Bokor all in and at risk holding against Noah Vaillancourt's .
The board brought and Bokor's set of nines held as the best hand. Vaillancourt was forced to ship over 28,100 for the all in and is now left right around 24,000.
Over at Table 1 Seat 4 is a man named Gerard Donoghue. That may not sounds familiar to the masses, but his alias of Gerry Dee might. Today he's a poker player, but by night he's a successful stand-up comedian from Canada who has appeared on the popular TV show Last Comic Standing.
Born on December 31, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, Dee was a physical education teacher and hockey coach at De La Salle College. Since moving into the realm of comedy, where he uses his past experiences as material, Dee has had a comedy special on The Comedy Network in Canada, performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs International Comedy Festival, appeared in television commercials and has graced the stage at prominent comedy clubs such as Just For Laughs and Yuk Yuks.
Even with an impressive comedy résumé, Dee is perhaps best known for finishing in third place on the fifth season of Last Comic Standing, where he missed the birth of his daughter while appearing on the show.
In January 2012, Dee premiered his sitcom, Mr. D, on CBC Television. Dee's comedy success inspired PokerStars.net to reach a sponsorship agreement with the comedian in which he agreed to appear in TV commercials and at live poker tournaments. In exchange, PokerStars.net and the site has signed on as the title sponsor of the Gerry Dee Comedy Tour.
"I'm better at math and statistics than the teacher you see on TV, so I'm not a bad poker player," Dee said in a PokerStars Press Release. "I'm no pro but I've always been a bit of a poker buff. I really admire the skill it takes to compete at the top level. I'm excited about this partnership and am looking forward to improving my game!"
Dee is attending the PCA and filming his experience in the Bahamas for a TV special.
"I've played poker with quite a few actors over the years and many are surprisingly good players," said Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu in the press release. "It will be interesting to see how Gerry does at the PCA. I'm happy to have him join the contingent of Canadian players representing PokerStars, but I think he'll need a bit of beginner's luck in the Bahamas!"
Picking up the action on a flop, Jeff Hakim bet 4,200. David Hilton popped it 10,200, Hakim called, and the landed on the turn. Hakim bet 13,500 this time and Hilton just called, resulting in the river. Hakim quickly put out a stack of blue T5,000 chips and Hilton called all in for about 28,000.
Hakim tabled for the nut flush, besting Hilton's hand to score the elimination.
The board read and Ashton Griffin was heads up with an opponent. Griffin checked and his opponent fired out a bet of 2,500. Griffin called and his opponent threw up .
Chip leader Griffin, however, showed for a rivered pair of sixes and the best hand. With this win he's now flirting with 260,000 in chips.
Action folded to Martin Raus in the cutoff and he went all in for about 22,000. Chris Moorman called all in for about 10,000 from the big blind and tabled .
Raus turned over and won the race when the board ran out .