Yuji Masaki raised to 18,000 from middle position and Alex Queen three-bet him to 47,000. It folded back to Masaki who moved all in and Queen wasted little time making the call.
Masaki:
Queen:
The flop was . At this point Masaki was standing up and mumbling to himself, presumably urging the board to stay clean. However, the turn was the and he went from mumbling to shouting a loud "No!". The river was no help. After the count, they figured out that Queen had him covered, resulting in Masaki goning busto and Queen sitting with a 740,000-chip stack.
We didn't catch the hand, but Jonathan Little has been knocked out of the tournament. In addition, we are down to our last five tables, as 45 players are left.
Alex Bolotin entered the Day as chip leader but he could only take that momentum so far. With less than hour left on Day 2, he was already getting short stack and was forced to make his stand with . Brandon Becker was sitting to his left and called his all in for 95,000 with .
The board ran out and Bolotin's road will end here. Becker, on the other hand, has chipped up to 590,000 with that pot.
Peter Mendelsohn opened from middle position and Mackenzie Fulton raised all-in for his last 68,500 from the hi-jack. Marcos Palermo then re-shoved all-in from the big blind and Mendelsohn folded.
Palermo:
Fulton:
The board ran out and Fulton's tournament life ended.
Sebastian Winkler opened the pot with a raise to 20,000 from middle position. Edward Fitzgerald raised all in for 101,000 before Tanner Millen cold four-bet all in on the button for 370,000. Winkler folded and the hands were turned face up.
Fitzgerald:
Millen:
"I'm feeling lucky!" Fitzgerald happily said. Not lucky enough, apparently. The board ran out a very clean and Millen used that pot to reach 525,000 while Fitzgerald hit the rail.
When we came to the table, Bodo Sbrzesny was making some very painful faces, as clearly he was in the middle of a tough decision. He was in a blind vs blind situation with Peter Mendelsohn, and the board read . Mendelsohn had gone all in, having Sbrzesny covered, and Sbrzesny was deep in the tank. After talking out the hand to himself for about two minutes, he made the call.
Sbrzesny:
Mendelsohn:
The turn card provided all the action, giving Mendelsohn two pair and Sbrzesny a flush draw. Needing a jack, seven, or spade, the hit the river, giving Sbrzesny the double up and crippling Mendelsohn
We caught the action on a board of with all of Alex Smith's chips in the middle. The action is unknown but what is known is that Smith won the hand with against the of Tanner Millen.
The double up takes Smith up to the 370,000 mark while Millen falls back to 355,000
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. At this point Masaki was standing up and mumbling to himself, presumably urging the board to stay clean. However, the turn was the 
and he went from mumbling to shouting a loud "No!". The river 
was no help. After the count, they figured out that Queen had him covered, resulting in Masaki goning busto and Queen sitting with a 740,000-chip stack.
and Loh announced he was all-in for his last 150,000. Timoshenko called.
turn and 
. Brandon Becker was sitting to his left and called his all in for 95,000 with 
.
and Bolotin's road will end here. Becker, on the other hand, has chipped up to 590,000 with that pot.
and Fulton's tournament life ended.
. Mendelsohn had gone all in, having Sbrzesny covered, and Sbrzesny was deep in the tank. After talking out the hand to himself for about two minutes, he made the call.
hit the river, giving Sbrzesny the double up and crippling Mendelsohn
against the 
