Yingui Li raised to 2,800 before the flop and the player on his left three-bet to 6,000. The action folded back to Li, and he made the call.
The flop brought out and both players checked quickly. On the turn the hit and Li lead for 2,500 and his opponent tanked for a long time before making the call.
On the river the hit and Li bet 9,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in. Li's opponent sighed, and folded, leaving himself with very little chips. Li now sits on 142,000 chips and he's among the bigger stacks in the room.
Our WPT colleague just informed us of Simon Deadman's elimination by the hands of Niall Farrell. Farrell raised to 2,600 and Deadman moved all in over the top for 30,000. Farrell made the call, creating the following showdown.
Farrell:
Deadman:
The board ran out and Deadman hit the rail, while Farrell now sits on 133,000 chips.
Our WPT colleague just informed us of David Peters' bust out to Danish pro Rasmus Agerskov. Peters was all in for 40,000 chips and the showdown went as following.
Agerskov:
Peters:
The board ran out , and Peters hit the rail on Day 2.
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Start-of-the-day chip leader Josh Cranfield is missing in action, as his seat is empty, but both Brian Senie and Steve O'Dwyer are sitting on huge stacks midway through Day 2. Senie and O'Dwyer are seated at Cranfield's former table, and we're assuming that the two pros chopped up the qualifier's chips.
O'Dwyer and Senie are currently first and second on the leaderboard, and a massive clash could be looming.
Marci Wydrowski raised before the flop to 2,800 and Sebastian Pauli three-bet to 7,200 after which the Polish pro made it 11,900. Pauli moved all in over the top, and Wydrowski called for his tournament life.
Wydrowski:
Pauli:
The board ran out and Pauli raked in the pot to boost his stack to 188,000 chips.