Phil Ivey has been managing a short stack since dinner and he was recently eliminated at the hands of Simeon Myers.
Getting his last two big bets in on a board, Ivey held top and bottom pair but Myers had made Broadway, and the river bricked to send the ten-time bracelet winner to the rail short of the money.
Derek McMaster was all in before the flop with Gary Bolden in the cutoff and Andrew Kelsall in the big blind as the remaining two players.
"There's more in the pot than in my stack," Mike Matusow remarked and the flop fell . Kelsall bet and Bolden called, but another bet on the turn by Kelsall forced a fold from Bolden.
Frankie O'Dell suspected aces in the hand of Kelsall and that was indeed the case, however, he had also turned a full house with .
"I need a queen," McMaster loudly announced to his rail when his were exposed.
The on the river brought no miracle two-outer and McMaster was eliminated before the money.
Several players ran back to their seats just in time to get dealt the first hand of the level and among them was also Carol Fuchs. She got it n preflop out of the small blind against Yarron Bendor on the button and Robert Slezak in the big blind.
Slezak checked the flop and Bendor bet, Slezak called. After the turn, Slezak check-folded to a bet and Fuchs immediately said "it's over."
Carol Fuchs:
Yarron Bendor:
The on the river changed nothing whatsoever and Fuchs joked "guess I should not have run back."
There are now 29 players remaining and the top 28 spots get paid. For each hand on the bubble, two minutes will be taken off the clock.
Timothy Flanders was all in for 13,000 from the big blind. There were limps from Andrew Yeh, Mike Wattel and Richard Ashby and the trio checked the flop.
The turn checked to Wattel who bet and the other players folded.
Mike Wattel:
Timothy Flanders:
Only one of the two remaining fours in the deck would see Flanders eliminated, as it would give Wattel a full house and a low. The river was the and the table sat in stunned silence as Flanders was sent to the exit, with the remaining 28 players all in the money.
On the turn, Dylan Linde bet out of the big blind with one T-1,000 chip behind and was called by Ken Aldridge and Yarron Bender. The appeared on the river and Linde moved all in. Aldridge made it a full bet and Bender reluctantly calleed.
Linde showed and Aldridge had . Bender wanted to muck his cards, but as per all in showdown, his were revealed. Linde joined the rail in 25th place and takes home $14,959.
Within two hands, the stack of Chris Amaral has been reduced to zero and he has become the 24th place finisher.
In the first hand, a three-way three-bet pot headed to the flop and Ville Haavisto checked in the big blind. Amaral bet, Robert Slezak raised in the cutoff and Haavisto called, as did Amaral. On the turn, action checked to Slezak and he bet, once again both opponents called.
The came on the river and Haavisto checked, as did Amaral. Slezak bet and Haavisto tank-folded with three big bets behind. Amaral tank-calleed and was shown the for the nut flush. Amaral mucked for the nut straight and dropped to very few chips.
Those last few chips went in preflop the next hand with and Nick Guagenti looked him up with the . The board came and the deuces held up for Guagenti. Amaral had no qualifying low and hit the rail.
After seven levels on Day 2 of Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship, just 23 players advanced to Day 3 and they are lead by Ken Aldridge who enjoyed an incredible late surge of hands to bag well over a million.
On a day that saw Phil Ivey play his first WSOP event of the year as well as the money being reached, the remaining players are all guaranteed $14,459.
There are still big names galore even with the tournament down to three tables. Reigning WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb along with multiple bracelet winners Mike Matusow, Robert Mizrachi, Frankie O'Dell, Mike Wattel, and David "Bakes" Baker are all in the hunt for another WSOP bracelet for their collection.
In fact, ten players who have won a total of 22 bracelets advanced to Day 4, but past success is by no means a guarantee of a future victory.
On Saturday at 3 p.m., the tournament will play down to a final table of six before the tournament is live streamed the following day.
Day 2 Recap
At least eight players jumped into the tournament at the start of Day 2 before registration closed. They included no less than 25 bracelets from both Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey, the latter of which was playing in his first WSOP event of 2019.
There was a steady stream of eliminations during Day 2 as play headed towards the money bubble. A total of 28 players would be guaranteed $14,959 with the first prize of $443,641.
Allen Kessler, Bryce Yockey, Roland Israelashvili, Anthony Zinno, Chris Ferguson, Paul Volpe and Dan Zack were all eliminated during the first two levels of play.
Yarron Bender was chip leader at the start of the day, but Sam Higgs appeared to top the counts midway through the day, as did Robert Mizrachi.
After Hellmuth’s elimination earlier on, Ivey returned from dinner and joined him on the rail after his two pair was beaten by the straight of Simeon Myers.
Bubble Bursts
2019 bracelet winner Derek McMaster was sent packing as the pace of eliminations slowed considerably. Carol Fuchs, Andrey Zaichenko, Timothy Flanders and Chris Amaral were all desperately trying to keep their heads above water before the bubble finally burst.
After Fuchs' elimination, play went hand-for-hand on the direct money bubble. And after a series of doubles and chops, Flanders was eventually forced all in from the big blind and looked in good shape to chip up and stay alive. That was until Mike Wattel hit one of the two remaining fours in the deck to eliminate Flanders and burst the bubble.
There was still time for Johannes Becker, Andrey Zaichenko, Kyle Miaso, Dylan Linde and Chris Amaral ($14,959) to be eliminated before the players bagged up for the day.
The remaining players will return on Saturday, June 9th at 3.p.m. to play down six ahead of the live streamed final table the following day. PokerNews will be there every step of the way catching all the action.