Before the cards got back in the air for level two, Jack Effel presented the gold bracelet for the $3,200 High Roller Online Event to Chance Kornuth, who became the second player after Nipun Java to win an online and live bracelet after defeating a field of 480 entries. Kornuth thanked his coaches and students as well as his wife before returning to his seat.
Level: 2
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
According to the screens the field size of Day 1a has grown to 790 entries and all players have been sent into their first 20-minute break of the day.
Picking up the action on the 
turn, Erik Seidel in the big blind and Oleksandr Sakhno in early position invested 700 chips each. Seidel then checked the 
on the river and Sakhno bet 2,050 in the last hand before the break. Seidel gave it some thought and called, but mucked when he was shown the 
for a set of tens by Sakhno.
On a board of 
, Abu Hamza Bi Khalek bet 2,150 and Martin Carnero raised to 7,500. Bi Khalek made the call, the river fell the 
and both players checked.
Bi Khalek announced king high and Carnero turned over for tens up, taking down the pot from Bi Khalek.
Gordon Vayo was involved in a three-way pot with Thomas Swensen and another player. It checked to Vayo in the hijack on the 
board and he bet out 2,200. Swensen called from the big blind and the player on Vayo's right folded.
The completed the board and Swensen check-called a chunky 6,500 bet from Vayo. Vayo opened up 
and Swensen flashed 
and the pot went to Vayo.
On the turn of a board 
, James Hundt checked over to Steven van Zadelhoff, who bet 5,000 into a pot of around 10,000. Hundt called and the 
on the river ended up check, check. It was van Zadelhoff that showed first, rolling over his , and that won the pot.
"Glad I didn't put in the fifth bet. If I didn't lose kings to aces in the Main Event last year, I might have," Hundt remarked.
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