In early position, Joseph Brattole came into the pot with a raise before Tony Dunst three-bet it back at him. Brattole came back over the top, and Dunst committed all of his ~35,000 chips to the pot, turning over . He was in bad shape against his opponent's , and things would not improve for him.
The dealer ran out a board of , missing everyone and holding Brattole's kicker. He's knocked off Dunst, moving his way up to 132,000 in the process.
Brett Jungblut opened for a raise to around 5,000 from under the gun and Jake "TheMuffin" Solis called directly behind. The action folded to Waylon Frey on the button who moved all in for around 40,000.
Jungblut called all in, and Solis flashed two jacks before folding.
Frey:
Jungblut:
The board ran eliminating Jungblut from the tournament and Frey's stack now sits at 85,000 chips.
Erick Lindgren got his last ~30,000 chips into the pot preflop with pocket kings, and he was in good shape to double up when Taylor Paur called him down with .
Lindgren was still in good shape after the dealer dealt four cards on board, but an ace on the river sent him packing in three-out fashion.
We walked up to the table too late to see how the chips went in, but Jerry Yang was at risk with against Karl Fenton's when we joined the action.
We're guessing the money went in on the flop, but either way, the board of was unkind to the former world champ. He's been eliminated, and Fenton moves his way up over 150,000.
We've played two full levels of poker, and they've been productive ones. The bubble is no more, and the remaining players, now all in the money, have headed out of the room for a twenty-minute walkabout.
Robert Cheung opened to 4,100 on the button and David Oliveira three-bet all for a few thousand more from the big blind. Cheung called and the hands were tabled:
Cheung:
Oliveira:
The flop well , giving Cheung a plethora of outs. The on the turn took away jack and four outs though, and the rivered missed Cheung as well.
Oliveira doubled to 16,000 chips and Cheung slipped to just 18,000.