It seems near impossible to finish the tournament tonight still, and all remaining players were given three different options for Day 2. Play two levels and stop, come back at 12 p.m., play three levels straight without break and come back at 1 p.m. or play four levels with one break in between and come back at 2 p.m.
Since Nathan Manuel has a flight tomorrow, he wanted to play four levels. Ultimately everyone agreed to three levels straight. This means that the winner will be determined on Thursday as of 1 p.m.
After a raise to 25,000 by Joe Johnson in the cutoff, Nathan Manuel three-bet big to 99,000 from one seat over on the button. Johnson moved all in and Manuel folded after brief consideration.
Over on table one, Liv Boeree shoved twice to claim the blinds and antes while Yuriy Boyko and Nicolas Beker chopped one pot.
Jonathan Clark defended his big blind against the raise of Enzo Del Piero and min-bet the flop. Del Piero raised to 26,000 and Clark called. The duo checked the turn before Clark's shove for around 150,000 on the river went through uncontested.
After a raise by Joe Johnson in early position, Javier Zarco defended his big blind and checked the flop of . Johnson continued for 27,000 and Zarco check-raised all in for 328,000. Johnson was stuck in thr think tank for a bit, and apologized to the table as he had to think things through.
Johnson then called and the cards were tabled.
Javier Zarco:
Joe Johnson:
The turn and failed to improve Zarco and the Spaniard was eliminated in 11th place for £6,280.
From under the gun, Liv Boeree moved all in for around 140,000 and the action folded all the way around to Jonathan Clark in the big blind. He took a quick look over at the stack and tossed in chips for the call.
Liv Boeree:
Jonathan Clark:
After a board of , the PokerStars Team Pro was eliminated in 10th place and just missed out on the unofficial final table. The remaining nine players will now redraw to one table. Boeree takes home £6,280 for her efforts and will surely be back for the Main Event in the next two days.
Neophytos Neophytou raised from the hijack and Harry Lodge just flat-called to see the flop come . Neophytou checked, Lodge bet 40,000 and Neophytou then check-raised to 106,000. Lodge moved all in and received the call.
Harry Lodge:
Neophytos Neophytou:
While the turn changed nothing, the on the river improved Lodge to a flush and Neophytou could only let out a "oh my god." Lodge doubled for 331,000 and left his opponent very short.
Nathan Manuel opened to 27,000 from middle position and Yuriy Boyko called in the big blind. The duo checked the flop and the turn before Boyko bet the river. Manuel quickly called, Boyko announced a ten, before then asking "how much is it?"
Boyko's bet had been for 40,000 and his took down the pot, Manuel flashed .
A few hands ago, there was a raise and a call before Nicolas Beker three-bet shoved and claimed the pot without resistance. His next three-bet went also through and then Beker opened to 25,000. Yuriy Boyko three-bet to 65,000 in the cutoff and Beker four-bet to 130,000. After briefly asking for the amount, Boyko quickly called.
The flop of triggered a check by both players and Beker then bet the turn for 76,000 in order to force a fold from Boyko and build his stack further.