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With the players now in the money, the short-stacks are out of turtle mode. Action folded to Denny Robinson in the small blind. He looked down at 
and shipped 95,000 into the middle. The big blind squeezed out 
and decided he couldn't fold. Robinson flopped an ace, 
, but the board came running hearts 
and 
to create the first in-the-money elimination.
Matthew Leecy has played with calm, controlled precision on Day 2, but it hasn't been without a few hiccups. A short-stack opened to 12,500, with another 60,000 behind. Leecy tried three-betting to 30,000, then was forced to call after the original raiser moved all in. Leecy's 
was dominated by 
and failed to improve to the winner, 
. Leecy is down to about 340,000 as a result.
Josh Prager's made sporadic appearances on the tournament circuit for a number of years. He's here in Las Vegas for this event, and he's in trouble. He made a standard open pre-flop from middle position, then was faced with a three-bet shove from a short stack that was only 36,500 more. Prager called with 
and was dominated by 
. He didnt improve enough on a board of 
. Losing that pot pushed Prager's count down to 36,000.
He busted a few hands later.
From under the gun, Harold Wasson raised to 13,000. Jimmy Fricke called from the hijack seat and everyone else folded to leave the action heads up to the flop. The flop came down 
and Wasson bet 30,000. Fricke made the call.
The turn was the 
and Wasson checked. Fricke checked behind to see the fall on the river. Wasson checked again, as did Fricke.
Wasson rolled over the 
and Fricke mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
280,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Jimmy Fricke was just eliminated in a big 600,000-chip pot with Adam Hui. Fricke strolled by our desk to let us know that him and Hui got all the money in on the 
flop with two spades. Fricke held the and Hui . Hui's top two pair held up and he scooped the pot to move to about 675,000 in chips while Fricke hit the rail.
The following players have all been eliminated. Each received $2,743:
46th - Joshua Prager
47th - Cody Slaubaugh
48th - Anthony Lazar
49th - Clifford Waite
50th - Michael Chow
51st - Tony Hartmann
52nd - Ann Mong
53rd - Denny Robinson
54th - William Gafney
Scott Epstein raised form the hijack seat to 15,000 before Scott Wood made the call in the cutoff seat. Action then folded to Kenny Nguyen in the small blind. He three-bet to 45,000 and play moved back over to Epstein. He folded, but then Wood asked Nguyen for a count on the rest of his stack. Nguyen had just about 40,000 behind and Wood put him all in. Nguyen quickly called with the . Wood held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out clean for Nguyen as the 
came out and gave him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
175,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Some hands play themselves. Horatio Hu opened all in from middle position for 80,000. Derrick Kuenzel, sitting in the cutoff position, called -- as did the small blind, Peter Paturzo, who was all in for less than the 80,000. At the three-way showdown, Kuenzel had the best hand with pocket kings. Hu showed pocket deuces, while Paturzo had 
. Paturzo flopped a queen, but no other board card challenged Kuenzel's supremacy. He dragged the main pot and the side pot to knock out both his opponents and climb to almost 600,000 in chips.
