We came in when the players were making their first draws. Justin Bonomo and Brant Hale both drew two, Matt Woodward and David Bach drew one. Hale was all in so the action was between the other three.
Bonomo and Bach check-called a bet from Woodward and all three players drew one on the second round. All three players checked and drew one on the third round. Bonomo checked, Bach bet, Woodward called, and Bonomo folded.
Bach showed and took down the pot eliminating Hale in the meantime. Bach is up to 220,000 now and is our chip leader for the time being
We are watching the tables but haven't seen much action here late on Day 2. We have 19 players left in the field, and once we get to 18, the players will re-draw for the final three tables.
SHawn Buchanan started the hand out by raising preflop. He managed to find callers in Nicholas Verkaik and Brant Hale. All three players took two cards. Hale checked, Buchanan bet, Verkaik called, as did Hale.
Each player then took one card and we had a repeat of action with Buchanan betting after a check from Hale. Hale and Verkaik called.
This time only Hale and Verkaik took a card whilst Buchanan stood pat. All players wary of each other then checked. Buchanan was the first and only to show and spread out for the winning hand.
We have a couple of short stacks who are good candidates to be 19th place and one of those is now David Chiu.
In this particular hand, we came in on the first draw Jason Mercier drawing one and Chiu drawing two. Chiu check called a bet from Mercier, Chiu drew two again and Mercier drew one. Again, Chiu check-called a bet from Mercier. Both players drew one and checked the final round.
Mercier showed which was enough to take it down. He is still hovering around the 170,000 mark while Chiu has fallen down to only 26,000.
Jason Mercier started this hand off by putting out a raise, action folded around to David Sklansky who made the call and was all in. It was next on Bryce Yockey in the big blind who then reraised. Mercier made the call and it was off to the first round of drawing.
Mercier then took three cards, Sklansky took two, and Yockey asked for one. It was betting time and action was on Yockey who bet, he was then raised by Mercier and made the call. This time Mercier stood pat, Sklansky took two cards, and Yockey took one.
Yockey followed this up with a check-call of a bet from Mercier. Mercier stood pat again while the other two players took one card. Yockey apparently liked what he picked up seeing as he came out betting. Mercier made the call and flipped over which we assume was the best hand as the other two players mucked their cards.
We missed the action, but we did see Jason Mercier showing a and scooping all of Yockey's chips as Yockey hit the rail. With that elimination, Mercier moves back into the chip lead with around 285,000
Pre-draw, Hanh Tran raised it up and Scott Dorine re-raised. Tran called and stood pat while Dorin drew two. Tran bet and Dorin called. Tran stood pat again and Dorin drew one. Again, Tran bet and Dorin called. On the final draw, Tran again stood pat and Dorin drew one. Both players checked and Dorin showed for the win.
Dorin has moved up to second in chips with 250,000 and Chan is very short with only 27,000.
Scott Seiver raised from first position and instantly got a call from Jason Mercier. Scott Seiver then exclaimed "he's just their waiting". Both players then took two cards. Seiver then bet and got a call from Mercier.
Both players then opted to take one card. This was followed by both players knuckling and them again taking one card. Both players tapped the felt for another check and cards were then tabled. Mercier showed for a pair of twos and Seiver mucked.