One hand after her crippling three pair, Denise Molloy got her 2,400 remaining chips in with . Audley Harrison raised it up before the flop with , and Molloy called to try and hit her card.
The board came , though, and Harrison's set of tens takes care of the rest of Molloy's stack.
One of only three ladies to start this event, Molloy put on a good show as the last woman standing. Her run has come to an end with 32 players left, though, and we're five eliminations away from the end of Day 2.
Denise Molloy and the other short stack at her table got it in preflop with Molloy's racing for the pot against her opponent's .
The board ran out , counterfeiting Molloy with three pair and forcing her to pay out the double. When she did, she was left with just 2,600 chips, but her opponent didn't realize what was happening. He stood over the table for a moment, staring back down at the board as Molloy counted her chips. The gentleman proceeded to wish his table luck, and he began to walk away before the table called him back.
"You won the hand, sir."
The gentleman finally snapped to his senses, sitting back down to play poker with the ~40,000 chips awarded to him through that double.
On the flop of , David Miscikowski checked and Denise Molloy bet 7,000. Gregory Brooks called, Daniel Negreanu folded and Miscikowski folded.
The turn was the and Molloy checked. Brooks also checked.
The river completed the board with the and Molloy checked. After she did, Brooks bet 3,300. Even though the bet was small in relation to the pot, Molloy folded and dropped to 15,500 in chips. Brooks improved to 153,000.
Daniel Negreanu opened with a raise, and he four-bet shoved when the player behind him reraised. The three-bettor called all in for about 35,000 total, and Negreanu let out a, "Whoops."
Showdown
Negreanu:
Opponent:
The dealer burned and turned over three cards with the in the window. The was peeking out behind it though, and the flopped rolled out to pull Negreanu into a big lead with two to come. The at-risk player stood from his chair and gathered his possessions as the turn and river blanked off with the and , respectively.
The pocket kings go down to Negreanu, allowing him to chip back up to 138,000.
With the board reading , the money went in between Daniel Negreanu and Audley Harrison. Negreanu held the for a straight with a heart flush redraw. Harrison held the for a club flush draw.
The river completed the board with the and nailed Harrison's flush. He was all in for about 28,000 total and now has around 60,000. Negreanu was kicked back to 105,000.
On a turn, we walked up as Carlos Mortensen was betting 11,700 with 17,000 in the pot. His opponent tanked and called, and the river came the . Mortensen loaded up and fired another 27,700 into the pot, and his opponent once again tanked and called.
Mortensen tabled for the nuts, and that pot moves him all the way up to about 151,000.
From under the gun, Zachary Clark raised to 3,000. Adam Geyer flatted from the hijack seat before Todd Terry reraised from the cutoff to 10,500. Action folded back to Clark. He folded and then Geyer tanked for a bit, eventually making the call.
The flop came down and Geyer checked. Terry bet 13,000 and Geyer moved all in for 71,100.
"WHAT!?!?! Seriously?!?!" sprung up Terry as he knew it's be for nearly all of his chips. "Why would you do that?" he continued as he thought about things for a bit.
Finally, after a minute or two and some counting of his own stack, Terry made the call.
Terry:
Geyer:
The turn was the and the river the . Terry finished with a set of aces, but only needed to dodge a queen and did so. At the final count, he had Geyer slightly out-chipped and sent him to the rail. Terry now has about 175,000 in chips.