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From the button, Jason Koon opened to 1,600 only to have Justin Filtz move all in from the big blind. Koon made the call for roughly his last 16,500 as the cards were placed on their backs.
Koon: 
Filtz: 
The board ran out 
to see Koon hit the rail as Filtz moves to 155,000 in chips.
While the slow grind of the tournament bubble wore on, we spotted one player who was working overtime to keep his hopes of a WSOP cash alive.
Blair Lyons worked a short stack of only 3,000 chips for nearly an hour, while the 100 antes continued to bleed away his stack each hand, until the bubble finally burst. Lyons earned at least $1,880 for the cash and was eliminated just a few hands later but appeared to be thrilled with his finish nonetheless. To put this feat in perspective, the big blind for this level was 1,000 chips, so Lyons must have maneuvered his stack expertly to remain alive.
Lyons informed us that most of his chips were taken from him after his 
was sucked out on by the 
of another player, and from that point on, his only concern was staying alive until he made the money.
From the cutoff, a player pushed for his last 5,200, and Australian Daniel Neilson made the call from the button.
Neilson: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to see Neilson's small pair hold true as he eliminated another player while moving to roughly 80,000 in chips.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
We heard the call of, "Seat open, feature table!" from the dealer and looked over to see Charles
Sewell claiming the entire chipstack of his opponent. According to Sewell, the other player shoved all in with 
and he snap-called with his
The flop came 
, pairing Sewell's big slick and putting him in a commanding position to with the pot. The 
on the turn was an all-purpose card, giving Sewell trip aces but adding a flush draw to his opponent's hand.
River: 
And with that, Sewell made a full house and eliminated his opponent from today's feature table.
Facing an under the gun raise to 3,200, Tom Koral made the call next to act to see a 
flop fall.
Koral called the 3,300-chip continuation-bet as the 
rolled off on the turn and both players checked. When the dealer dropped the 
on the river and Koral was met with a second check from his opponent, Koral pushed out a bet of 12,000.
His opponent instantly made the call only to muck at the sight of Koral's as he moved to roughly 135,000 in chips.
Jon "PearlJammer" Turner has been opening a lot of pots to mixed results as of late.
In a recent hand, Turner open-raised to 2,200 from the hijack position and was met with an all-in push to 13,000 from button. Turner didn't like it, but he reluctantly slid a call into the middle.
Turner: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Turner was forced to pay off his opponent.
PearlJammer is still among the chip leaders, however, with a healthy stack of 120,000
Faced with a 2,600-chip raise before him, Oliver Gill three--bet to 8,400 from middle position.
His opponent made the call before setting Gill all in on the flop. Gill obliged, tabling his as his opponent held the lead with 
.
Unfortunately for Gill, the turn and river landed the 
and 
to end his tournament with an extra $1,880 in his pocket.
In one of the more entertaining aspects of tournament poker, the random draw which is used to seat players occasionally produces some coincidental moments that defy explanation. At one of the far tables, we spotted two players sitting right next to each other who were each wearing their Vancouver Canucks hockey jerseys.
With their favorite team is playing against the Boston Bruins in the Stanely Cup Finals on the television screens above them, both Brandon Ho and Dave Sims donned identical Roberto Luongo # 1 jerseys while competing in today's Day 2. When asked if they were friends, both players told us that they had never even met and were united simply by chance.
To complete the hockey themed table, Joseph Ward sat quietly across the table wearing his own Bruins sweatshirt, and told me that even though he is rooting against Ho and Sims in the game, both players were "really great guys" at the table.
Event #8, Day 2
