On a flop of 9♥6♠2♠, Jason Koon got it in against Danny Hannawa and the following cards were exposed.
jason Koon: 10♥9♠8♣7♥
Danny Hannawa: K♠Q♣10♠6♣
The K♥ turn and J♣ river completed the board to give Hannawa a king-high straight.
Alex Foxen was seemingly unstoppable yesterday in taking the chip lead, but his massive stack was just reduced a bit at the hands of Kane Kalas.
Kalas bet 39,000 on a flop of 5♥3♥3♣ before Foxen, in the hijack, raised enough to put him all in. Kalas called for his last 160,000.
Kane Kalas: K♥K♦J♥J♠
Alex Foxen: Q♣Q♥7♦5♣
Kalas was ahead with his pair of kings and stayed in front on the 8♥ turn and 9♣ river to double up with a flush and put a small dent in Foxen's wall of chiips.
Isaac Kempton bet 20,000 on a flop of Q♠5♦4♣ and Shaun Deeb called. Both players checked the 7♣ turn.
The river came the K♣ and Deeb led out for 45,000. "Good river for kings," Deeb said as Kempton tanked for more than a minute.
Kempton eventually slammed in a chip to signify a call. "You're going to win. I have jacks," Deeb said.
"Kings," Kempton replied, showing K♠K♦.
"I know," Deeb added.
Picking up the action on the Q♥9♠7♣ flop, Tyler Brown got it in for 205,000 and was looked up by Ray Attiyah with the superior stack.
Tyler Brown: J♠10♥8♠8♥
Ray Attiyah: 10♣8♦6♦4♣
The 9♦ turn and 3♥ river changed nothing as both players whiffed their wraps, allowing Brown to double with his pair of eights.
Chris Lee raised to 35,000 from the hijack and Sean Winter called in the cutoff before Anthony Marsico, on the button, three-bet to 155,000.
Lee quickly folded, but Winter called to the Q♣5♣2♦ flop. He checked over to Marsico, who continued for 125,000. Winter spent a few moments shuffling his cards around before he called.
The A♥ fell on the turn and Winter checked again. Marsico now slid forward a tower of green 25,000 chips and Winter's cards instantly hit the muck.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 31,000 in the cutoff and James Obst potted to 108,000 in the small blind for Kabrhel to call.
On the 8♥4♦3♥ flop, Obst bet the pot for 246,000 and Kabrhel called with the words "let's see a turn," leaving himself around two blinds behind.
Obst bet the 4♥ turn for 100,000 and Kabrhel folded.
Gjergj Sinishtaj was a late entrant on Day 2 and on the first hand moved all in after big blind Krasimir Yankov three-bet to 160,000.
Gjergj Sinishtaj: K♣K♥9♦7♦
Krasimir Yankov: A♥A♣J♠5♦
Yankov hit top set on the 4♣A♦5♣ and Sinishtaj began calling for a diamond, but none came on the 10♠ and he was left drawing dead by the 8♦ river.
"Easy game," Yankov said.
"Merry Christmas," tablemate Ren Lin told him, giving him a fist pump as Yankov, who began the day second in chips, only added to his stack.
Sam Stein raised to 35,000 and was called by Roger Teska and Danny Hannawa. Eric Rabl then raised the out of the big blind and Stein repotted, forcing out Teska and Hannawa while Rabl called.
Eric Rabl: Q♥Q♠9♥9♣
Sam Stein: J♦10♥9♦7♣
"Not what I expected," Stein said when the cards were flipped over. Rabl flopped a set on 10♦9♠3♥ but couldn't fade the 8♠ turn and A♠ river runout.
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
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