Action was picked up with around 600,000 in the pot and a flop of .
Santiago Plante opened for 480,000 from the big blind. Vito DiStefano jammed for around 4,000,000. Plante commented that he might take some time with this decision, to which DeStefano told him "Take your time, we're playing for a million dollars." Plante called within fifteen seconds as the player at risk.
Santiago Plante:
Vito DiStefano:
Plante had his opponent dominated, and the did nothing to change that. DiStefano quickly began lamenting his mistake, muttering that it was the first big mistake he'd made all day. Meanwhile, DiStefano scooped a huge pot to double up and be among the chip leaders.
Only one poker player in history — Phil Hellmuth — has reached the 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet plateau. On Monday, Phil Ivey could join one of poker's most exclusive clubs.
As it stands, Hellmuth is the record holder with 16 bracelets, followed by Ivey, Johnny Chan, and Doyle Brunson tied at 10.
The $100k was originally scheduled to wrap up with the final table on Tuesday, airing on PokerGO, but PokerGO called an audible and decided to livestream the final table tonight. At the time of publishing, the remaining players were on a dinner break and will come back at 7 p.m. to play it down to a winner, who will receive $1,897,363. Coverage on PokerGO will resume at 8 p.m., along with PokerNews' live reporting updates.
With the blinds at 60,000/120,000, Ivey currently sits at 9,075,000, approximately 75 big blinds, good for second in chips. Aleksejs Ponakovs, an online poker crusher, is the chip leader at 14,450,000 and has been dominating play during Monday's Day 2 session.
Action was picked up after Daniel Pearlman had moved all in and gotten a call from Nick Marchington. With Pearlman at risk, they tabled their hands.
Daniel Pearlman:
Nick Marchington:
The runout gave Pearlman a pair, but it was not enough to beat Marchington's kings. Pearlman headed for the rail as Marchington added to his stack which has grown to be among the biggest in the room.
After Michael Mizrachi opened, both Victor Figueroa and Roland Rokita shoved all in behind him. After action came back around to Mizrachi, the five- time bracelet winner quickly called, covering both.
Roland Rokita:
Victor Figueroa:
Michael Mizrachi:
if the flop wasn't enough for Mizrachi, then the turn definitely was as he hit quads. The river did nothing and Rokita and Figueroa both shook their heads as they headed to the payout desk.
It had been a difficult afternoon for Xiang Lin, who had to leave the tournament for several hours as he had to go to the hospital. He returned to action after the dinner break, after being gone for around 4 hours, as estimated by Kevin Houghton. His stack had been blinded off while he was gone, and he returned to a stack of just a handful of big blinds. "I sense you're going all in on this first hand," Houghton told Lin before action began or players had looked at their cards.
Houghton hit the nail on the head, as Lin moved all in from under the gun, and Houghton made the call with Lin covered. The rest of the table got out of the way, letting the two have a heads-up showdown.
Xiang Lin:
Kevin Houghton:
With Houghton ahead, the runout offered no help to Lin, who was sent to the rail in his first hand after returning to the tournament.