Michael Sanderson moved all in from under the gun for his last 7,600. Jim Miller called from the cutoff seat. The players showed:
Sanderson:
Miller:
The community cards hit both players as they came . Sanderson made two pair but Miller's Broadway straight was the nuts. Sanderson was eliminated and Miller chips up to just over 39,000.
Anthony Harb opened for a raise from the cutoff, Jeffrey Milkey moved all in for 16,000 from the button, Phil Hellmuth moved all in over the top from the big blind, and Harb folded.
Milkey
Hellmuth
The board ran out and Hellmuth's hand held up to eliminate Milkey from the tournament.
With less than 3,000 chips and most of them committed in the big blind, Joseph Bagyansky called the all in raise of Gary Herstein. The players showed:
Bagyansky:
Herstein:
Bagyansky's outlook for survival went from bad to worse when the flop fell . The turn and river came the and respectively and Herstein's boat was more than enough to send Bagyansky home early.
Donny Carlton, who finished Day 1 second in chips just took quite a hit.
Glen Bean raised to 4,000 from the cutoff, Phil Hellmuth folded the button, Donny Carlton moved all in for over 100,000 from the small blind, Frank Placanica called all in for 37,700 from the big blind and Bean got out of the way.
Brian Suttle raised to 5,000 from the cutoff, Faraz Jaka raised to 13,500 from the button, Suttle moved all in for 27,300 and Jaka called.
Jaka
Suttle
The board ran out and Suttle doubled to 85,000 with his pocket kings while Jaka was left with only 3,200.
On the next hand, Jaka moved all in and Hamed 'Tony' Cholagh looked him up from the big blind. Though Jaka was ahead with to Cholagh's , a jack hit the flop, Jaka could not improve, and he hit the rail.
We caught up to this hand just before the flop. The chips were in the middle and Andrew Hoffman was all in against Clayton Newman. The players showed:
Hoffman:
Newman:
The flop was gin for Hoffman, coming . He took the lead in the hand and never gave it up. The turn and river were blanks and Hoffman doubled up to just over 39,000. Newman was left with 16,300 after the hand.
Hai Le opened for 4,600 from the hijack and Mike Allis called from the small blind. The flop was . Allis checked, Le bet 5,500, Allis raised to 15,500, Le moved all in for 86,000 and Allis called all in for 35,500.
Allis
Le
Le was ahead with top pair against Allis' middle pair. The turn, though was the , making Le two pair but Allis picked up a straight-flush draw. The river filled the flush when the fell, and Allis doubled up to 87,000. Le was left with 51,000.