Nam Le and Gavin Smith got their money in before the flop. It was a classic race situation with Smith holding and Le . The board ran out and Smith hit the rail while Le advanced to the third round.
Leonid Yanovski limped in on the button, J.C. Tran raised to 4,000 from the big blind and Yanovski called. The flop was . Tran moved all in and Yanovski called.
Yanovski
Tran
The turn was the , the river was the and Tran punched his ticket to Round 3.
Sam Farha limped in on the button and Alioscia Oliva checked his option. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Oliva bet 2,500 and Farha called. The river was the . Oliva fired out another 6,500 and Farha made the call.
Farha showed for second pair, Oliva showed for a bluff and Farha won the pot increasing his stack to 67,000. Oliva was left with 13,000.