With the board reading Harley Stoffmaker bet 500 and Chris Tryba raised enough to put Stoffmaker all in. Stoffmaker called and revealed his for two pair and was up against Tryba's for an open-ended straight flush draw. The turn was a blank but the river brought the giving Tryba a flush and sending Stoffmaker to the rail.
We caught up with the action as Ozawa Masaki flipped up his in an all-in confrontation against an opponent holding .
The dealer revealed a flop of and Masaki's kings had held so far. The turn brought the and the gracious Japanese player was one card away from a double-up.
River:
Masaki faded the three aces in the deck and eliminated a player from his table, doubling up to approximately 5,500 chips in the process.
We spotted Ted Forrest in the field but unfortunately it was as he was involved in his last hand of the day.
With the board reading , Forrest raised to 600 under the gun and the player in the cutoff re-raised to 2,300. Forrest only had around 2,000 left in his stack so if he called it would be for his tournament life.
Forrest did eventually make the call and the other player showed the for the nut flush and Forrest was eliminated from the tournament.
With the board reading Ronnie Bardah put out a bet of 725. The player in the hijack opted to call and Bardah showed for a straight which was good enough to win the pot.
Halfway through level two total registration has reached 4,099 players. That means nearly 2,000 players are in the field today and we're nearing last years total of 4,345.
Registration will remain open until the end of the 4th level so there is still plenty of time for more players to join in the fun!
We caught the action with a board reading two players all-in. Meg McCormick, who informed me that her name was indeed spelled just like the spice company, flipped up her for a flopped set.
This was enough to dispatch her opponent, who had turned a lower set with and found himself on the wrong end of this set-over-set confrontation.
McCormick now sits with just over 7,400 chips and is in a strong position at her table.
Layne Flack raised from middle position to 175 and a player in late position re-raised to 400. Flack called and the flop came . Flack checked, the other player bet 600 and Flack instantly shoved all in. The other player quickly called and Flack found that his was behind to his opponent's . Flack would have to catch a king or a spade to stay alive and the turn did bring the giving Flack a flush and the win.