The action folded all the way around to Farzad Bonyadi in the small blind and he bet enough to put John Monnette at risk in the big blind. Monnette checked his holding and pushed the rest of his stack forward — a total of 46,600.
Bonyadi drew one and Monnette stood pat, tabling a 
. Bonyadi was drawing live, however, with a 
. Bonyadi peeled a and the defending champion was sent to the rail.
There was no redraw at three tables, but here is how the final 21 players are seated. The bubble is 16, with only 15 players in the money.
| Seat | Table | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 431 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 165,000 |
| 2 | 431 | James Alexander | United States | 150,000 |
| 3 | 431 | Brian Rast | United States | 405,000 |
| 4 | 431 | Galen Hall | United States | 210,000 |
| 5 | 431 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 360,000 |
| 6 | 431 | Ray Dehkharghani | United States | 340,000 |
| 7 | 431 | Illya Trincher | United States | 75,000 |
| 1 | 439 | Paul Volpe | United States | 115,000 |
| 2 | 439 | Erik Seidel | United States | 150,000 |
| 3 | 439 | John Hennigan | United States | 190,000 |
| 4 | 439 | Darren Elias | United States | 100,000 |
| 5 | 439 | Doyle Brunson | United States | 430,000 |
| 6 | 439 | Farzad Bonyadi | United States | 218,000 |
| 7 | 439 | John Monnette | United States | 45,000 |
| 1 | 447 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 445,000 |
| 2 | 447 | Mike Wattel | United States | 75,000 |
| 3 | 447 | Todd Brunson | United States | 280,000 |
| 4 | 447 | Ben Yu | United States | 325,000 |
| 5 | 447 | Timothy McDermott | United States | 175,000 |
| 6 | 447 | Max Kruse | Germany | 150,000 |
| 7 | 447 | Shawn Sheikhan | United States | 333,000 |
Daniel Zack's Day 2 run has come to an end after his stack was claimed by Farzad Bonyadi. We missed the action predraw, but Zack was all in and at risk drawing against a pat jack. Bonyadi had tabled a 
and Zack was live to a ten but missed and was eliminated.
Shawn Sheikhan opened to 11,100 and Dario Sammartino three-bet to 36,000. James Obst then four-bet all in for 169,000.
"I wish I had it," said Sheikhan, before folding. Sammartino called and then stood pat. Obst drew one.
Sammartino showed for a pat seven, and Obst was still alive with . He would need to make a wheel to stay alive, but could only draw a 
and was eliminated.
We were unable to catch the action but arrived at the table to see Mikhail Zlotnik standing up and the dealer shifting his stack across the table toward Doyle Brunson. Laid out in front of Brunson was a and Zlotnik headed for the rail.
According to James Obst, his just held against Kane Kalas who drew one with 
. Unfortunately for Kalas, he drew another to pair and was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 1,000
Jesse Martin open-jammed for 26,200 from middle position and was put at risk by Darren Elias out of the big blind. Elias stood pat, tabling a and Martin drew two to a .
The first card Martin peeled was a safe , but, unfortunately, the next was an 
and Martin's run for a second title came to an end.
The field also lost Billy Baxter and Jyri Merivirta from the outer tables.
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