Jacob Bazeley made it 24,000 to go from under the gun, and Mickey Petersen three bet it to 61,000 from the hijack. On the button, Ben Palmer moved all in for his final 374,000, and Luke Vrabel tanked in the big blind. Eventually, he called off the rest of his stack, roughly 230,000, and Bazeley and Petersen both folded.
Palmer:
Vrabel:
Vrabel had woken up with a huge hand in the big blind, but it was bad luck for him, as Palmer had the rockets. Vrabel was never able to get much of a chance built up, as the board ran down . After that pot, Palmer is over 700,000.
Gary Pearce had already doubled through Levi Berger once before, and he just tried to do it again after three bet shoving for his last 317,000 with Unfortunately for him, Berger made the call with , and his pair held, as the board ran down .
Pearce will take home just over $22,000 for his efforts, while Berger wins his first pot of the day to get back to the chip lead with 1.31 million.
Peter Turmezey open shoved from the button for his last 185,000, and Scott Clements moved all in from the small blind to isolate.
Clements:
Turmezey:
It was a classic coin flip, and Clements took a huge lead after the flop came . Turmezey now needed a deuce to survive, and the turn brought the . The river might have given Clements a moment of fear, as it was close to a two, but it turned out to be the .
Clements is now up to 1.42 million, and we are current redrawing for the final two tables now.
Action folded to Tamara Tibbles in the cutoff, and she open shipped all in for her last 135,000. Mickey Petersen was next to act, and he moved all in for more. The blinds folded, and Petersen had Tibbles crushed.
Tibbles:
Petersen:
Tibbles didn't pair the flop, but it was still great for her, coming down . Tibbled could now catch a heart in addition to the four, but neither one came, as the board completed and . Petersen upped his stack to 600,000, while the last woman standing was eliminated just short of the final two tables.
If today is anything like the past two, it should be a fun final day of Event #11 $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six Handed. After ten levels of play yesterday, we turned 122 players into just 14, and at the end of the night, Levi Berger is the big chip leader with 1.42 million, which has everyone else covered by over 500,000 chips.
All of the stars came out for this event, and we still have a few notables still in the running for this event. Tuan Le has won many tournaments in his career, but a bracelet has always eluded him. This could be his best chance yet, as he comes into today second in chips with 873,000. The player in third knows plenty about winning bracelets: Scott Clements. He has won two of them, though his last WSOP win was back in 2007 in a $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Clements will return with 842,000.
Rounding out the top 5 is Eddy Sabat (694,000) and Jacob Bazeley (638,000). Bracelet winner Cliff Goldkind sits in 9th place (318,000), and Mickey Petersen is at the bottom of the counts with 145,000. Petersen is one of the most experienced players of the final day, so don’t count him out despite his short stack.
Day 3 is set to commence at 1 PM local time, and we are looking to crown another bracelet winner today. Once we get to the final table, Pokernews.com will be bringing you all of the action, hand-for-hand. You won’t want to miss that, so don’t go anywhere!
. After that pot, Palmer is over 700,000.
Unfortunately for him, Berger made the call with 
, and his pair held, as the board ran down 
.
. Turmezey now needed a deuce to survive, and the turn brought the 
. The river might have given Clements a moment of fear, as it was close to a two, but it turned out to be the 
. Tibbled could now catch a heart in addition to the four, but neither one came, as the board completed 
. Petersen upped his stack to 600,000, while the last woman standing was eliminated just short of the final two tables.
