Michael Kane raised to 12,000 and got called by Umar Khan in the small blind. Jack McDermott then reraised to 41,000, Kane folded and Khan made the call.
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Players are now on their first break of Day 2. Many players have been eliminated in the first couple of levels. There are now 87 players remaining. When players come back, blinds will be on 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante.
Shaun Halliday found himself in a preflop raising war against Abdullah Alshanti, blind versus blind. Halliday was the player at risk as he pushed his chips into the middle.
Shaun Halliday: 
Abdullah Alshanti: 
The board ran out 
to five Alshanti two pair on the flop. He scooped the pot to bring his stack to around 500,000 chips. Halliday was eliminated.
Aware of PokerNews' precense, he said "Let everyone know I had the best hand" as he left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Zak Carson raised from early position and got called by Fabio Miranda. Action folded to Fionn Macnamara, who shoved all in for 139,000 chips. Carson didn't take too much time before pushing piles up chips into the middle and announcing all in. Miranda folded and two players flipped their cards, with Macnamara the player at risk.
Fionn Macnamara: 
Zak Carson: 
The board ran out 
. It was an ideal flop for Carson's nines, but an ace on the river gave Macnamara the pot. He doubled up and now has a stack of above 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jamie Whyte raised to 13,000 from late position and got called by Gary Miller on the button and Julien Sitbon in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Sitbon wasted little time pushing all in with a short stack. Whyte folded and Miller quickly made the call. Players flipped their cards.
Julien Sitbon: 
Gary Miller: 
Miller had top pair with his jacks. Sitbon had flopped a straight. The turn was the and the river the 
. Sitbon's straight held and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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410,000 | 25,000 |
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Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Rupinder Bedi raised to 9,000 from the hijack and Hong Pham called in the small blind. Alexander Everitt reraised to 38,000 from the big blind and both Bedi and Pham called.
The flop came 
. Pham checked and Everitt bet out 35,000, which Bedi called. Action was back on Pham and the pot was already inflated due to the preflop raise and calls. She put in a check-raise to 80,000. Everitt and Bedi folded and Pham scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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490,000 | 86,500 |
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Sohail Hussain made a late position raise and Paul Mcaulay, sitting on a short stack, called in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Hussain made a continuation bet and Mcaulay came over the top with a shove. Hussain made the call and players flipped their cards.
Paul Mcaulay:
Sohail Hussain: 
The turn came and the river was the . Mcaulay had flopped a pair of eights and Hussain held up with a pocket pair of queens. Mcaulay was eliminated and made an early exit from Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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