After earlier knocking out Gus Hansen, Tommy Hang has now eliminated Phil Galfond from the tournament as well in a razz hand.
Galfond was sitting in Hansen's old seat, in fact, and down to just a few thousand when he saw Hang complete with an showing. Galfond raised all in with an , and when it got back around Hang called.
They tabled their cards — / for Hang, and / for Galfond.
Hang ended up drawing with his remaining cards for an 8-6-4-2-A. Meanwhile Galfond kept picking up eights — — to end with an 8-7-6-3-2 and hit the rail with about 83 players still left.
Still just hours removed from his runner-up in Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed), Galfond tweeted afterwards that last evening's finish may have been occupying his thoughts some today:
Harman paired aces on fifth and promptly bet, which elicited a fold from Mor and a call from Brunson. The ten-time bracelet winner then called a bet on sixth and called off his last 1,100 on seventh.
Harman tabled the for aces and sixes, but it was no good as Brunson, who is playing his first event of the summer, tabled the for a flush. Ship the double to Texas Dolly.
Down to a short stack and all in before the flop with against the of Brandon Cantu, 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener saw the board come , thereby ending his Event #55 run with about a half-hour to go on Day 2.
Action folded to Allen Kessler in the cutoff and he raised to 10,000. The button folded and then Doyle Brunson three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind. After the big folded, Kessler called and then drew two after Brunson stood pat.
Brunson bet, Kessler called and the action repeated itself after Kessler drew another two. On the final draw, Brunson stood pat and Kessler drew one. Brunson slowed down with a check and before looking at his card Kessler said, "I'm 0 for whatever all day."
Kessler then squeezed out hit card and showed the to signify a check. Brunson then tabled the for an eight-low to win the pot.
John Juanda was down to around 10,000 earlier in the evening, appearing as though he were in danger of an early exit from Event #55. But he nursed his short stack through the last couple of levels, and as play is coming close to an end he has managed to build back up over 120,000.
Juanda earned some more chips recently in a hand versus Chris Klodnicki in which the two players battled preflop to built a decent-sized pot before the first three community cards came . Klodnicki bet 10,600 in an effort to claim what was in the middle, but Juanda raised all in for more than 60,000 total.
Klodnicki thought for a couple of minutes before acting. "Do you have ace-king?" asked Juanda. "Maybe," grinned Klodnicki.
Finally Klodnicki found a fold, and a couple of Juanda's supporters on the rail applauded the play.
George Lind raised to 6,000 from the cutoff seat, and Justin Bonomo was next to act on the button. He reraised to 18,000. Play then folded back to Lind, and he four-bet to 53,000. Bonomo folded, and Lind won the pot.
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showing. Galfond raised all in with an 
, and when it got back around Hang called.
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— to end with an 8-7-6-3-2 and hit the rail with about 83 players still left.
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Fold
for aces and sixes, but it was no good as Brunson, who is playing his first event of the summer, tabled the 
for a flush. Ship the double to Texas Dolly.
against the 
, thereby ending his Event #55 run with about a half-hour to go on Day 2.
for an eight-low to win the pot.
