The tournament will now play 15 minutes of the next level, in an attempt to end the day with just two tables remaining. Once that time has elapsed, all remaining players will bag their chips and move on to Day 3.
The tournament will now play 15 minutes of the next level, in an attempt to end the day with just two tables remaining. Once that time has elapsed, all remaining players will bag their chips and move on to Day 3.
Seth Davies raised to 200,000 on the button and called when Jimmy Guerrero put him all-in for his 1,700,000 stack from the small blind.
Seth Davies: A♠10♦
Jimmy Guerrero: Q♣J♣
"A fair fight", the players agreed preflop.
The fight swung in Guerrero's favour when the 6♠6♣J♥ flop hit the felt, but Davies struck back on the A♦ turn and won the duel when the 4♦ completed the board.
Seeing an under-the-gun raise from Winfred Yu ahead of him, Stephen Chidwick moved all-in for 1,300,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Yu, who called.
Stephen Chidwick: Q♥Q♣
Winfred Yu: K♥K♦
Any hope Chidwick had of survival was quickly extinguished when Yu flopped quads on a K♣K♠2♠ flop, leaving Chidwick drawing dead. The inconsequential A♣ turn and 3♥ river completed the board, and Chidwick headed out.
When the action folded to Alexey Lozuyk in the small blind, he moved all-in. His 360,000-chip stack had the big blind, Joao Simao, covered by just 30,000. Simao called, and the players flipped over their cards.
Joao Simao: K♦3♣
Alexey Lozuyk: J♠7♣
Simao held onto his lead on the 4♠9♦A♣2♣K♣ board, leaving Lozuyk with less than one small blind. The very next hand, Lozuyk was all-in, and when he was unable to survive, he departed in 20th place.
Level: 22
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Biao Ding raised to 180,000 from the hijack, and Esti Wang called in the big blind.
On a 10♣8♦5♦ flop, Wang check-raised, making it 400,000 after Ding bet 120,000, and Ding called.
Wang then moved all-in for 1,100,000 on the 7♣ turn, and Ding called.
Esti Wang: 8♠8♥
Biao Ding: A♣J♣
Wang's flopped set was looking to dodge Ding's straight and flush outs, but he wasn't able to, as the 4♣ completed the board, and Wang was sent to the rail in 21st place.
Second to act, Jessica Teusl moved all-in for 410,000. One by one, her opponents folded, but the big blind, Thomas Boivin, called.
Jessica Teusl: A♦K♥
Thomas Boivin: K♦3♣
A promising situation for Teusl got even better when the 8♣6♠7♣ flop and 6♣ turn kept her lead intact, but the 3♥ river was one of Boivin's outs, giving him ownership of Teusl's stack.
Jimmy Guerrero raised to 170,000 on the button and called when Alisson Piekazewicz moved all-in for 1,300,000 from the small blind.
Alisson Piekazewicz: A♥9♦
Jimmy Guerrero: A♦10♠
Piekazewicz was unable to overturn the preflop domination, as the 8♣5♦Q♣5♥7♥ kept Guerrero in the lead.
Alexey Lozuyk moved all-in for 660,000 from the cutoff, which only Joao Simao called.
Alexey Lozuyk: A♦8♦
Joao Simao: K♣Q♦
Neither player connected with the J♦4♥3♠7♥J♥ board, and the collision left Simao with less than two big blinds.
Mehdi Chaoui raised to 160,000 from under the gun, and Biao Ding three-bet to 400,000 from middle position. When the action folded to Alejandro Lococo in the big blind, he moved all-in for 875,000. Chaoui then reshoved, and Ding folded.
Alejandro Lococo: K♥K♦
Mehdi Chaoui: A♠A♦
It was the ultimate preflop cooler, and when the 2♣9♦8♠Q♣7♠ board was delivered, Lococo's latest attempt to win a second Triton Invitational was over.