It folded to Dong Kim in the small blind who shoved for a relaxing stack around 14,000 and Joseph Severino made the call for the following showdown:
Dong Kim: K♦Q♦
Joseph Severino: A♣Q♥
Kim's hand was dominated as the board ran out 10♦J♣3♠K♣J♦. Despite pairing his king on the turn, that same card gave Severino Broadway and Kim was busted from the tournament.
Anastacio Baeza opened to 1,600 from the button and Asa Smith defended his big blind.
Baeze then continuation-bet for 1,200 on 9♦7♣A♠ and Smith took a good look at his cards before check-calling.
The Q♥Q♣ runout then checked through and Smith tabled J♣7♥ for the winner with a pair of sevens.
The pot was heads-up with approximately 22,000 in the middle.
On a board reading K♦4♠6♥5♣10♠, Adrian Mateos in the big blind bet out for 65,000 which was more than enough to put his opponent Robert Cameron all in for his tournament life.
Cameron, who was under the gun, eventually made the call.
Adrian Mateos: 4♦3♦
Robert Cameron: A♦K♠
Cameron scooped this pot.
A player in middle position opened to 1,800 and Phil Laak called from the hijack. A player on the button three-bet to 6,600. The middle position player got out of the way and Laak moved all in, covering his opponent who had approximately 40,000 behind. The button thought about his decision for about a minute before making the call to put himself at risk.
Button: A♥K♣
Phil Laak: A♠A♣
Laak was in very good shape to secure the knockout on the Q♥5♣2♣ flop. The 3♠ turn gave his opponent some outs to chop but the 3♦ river was clean, allowing Laak to take down a sizable early pot while sending his opponent to the rail.
Vikenty Shegal raised to 1,700 from the cutoff and Ronnie Ballantyne called from the button.
Both checked a 4♥4♣K♣ flop, but then Shegal put in the delayed 1,600 continuation bet on a 6♥ turn.
When he bet again, 2,400 on the J♣ river, Ballantyne considered calling but elected to fold with a suspicious look on his face. "Did you have the jack?" he asked Shegal.
Shegal's only reply was a Cheshire Cat grin as he slipped his cards to the dealer.
Christopher Brammer entered Day 2 second in chips across the first three starting flights and continues to thrive early on.
In the most recent hand, he was involved against Serhii Popovych, who checked the Q♦5♥4♦8♦10♣ river to the Brit. Brammer bet 6,500 into 9,000 and that won the pot without showdown as Popovych opted to fold.
The pot stood at approximately 42,000 with two players remaining in the hand as the full board read 6♠J♦8♦4♣K♣.
Asi Moshe in the big blind checked the action to John Cornelsen in early position. Cornelsen bet out for 25,000 sending Moshe into the tank before he eventually called.
"Set" announced Cornelsen as he tabled 6♣6♦ for a flopped set of sixes to take the pot.
Aliaksandr Shylko opened the action to 1,800 from middle position and Patrick Leonard made the call next to act. It folded around to the big blind who came along as well.
The flop fanned out A♥9♠6♥ and the big blind checked to Shylko who continued for 2,400, which only Leonard called.
On the J♦ turn Shylko kept up the aggression with a bet of 8,000 and Leonard took a few seconds before tossing his cards into the muck.
Pengfei Wang, Lander Lijo, and a late registrant in the big blind were three-way to the turn on a board of 4♣10♦7♥2♥. The big blind checked before Lijo bet 19,000 into the pot of around 20,500. Wang then called all-in for the same amount and the big blind also came along.
The river fell the 9♥ and the big blind led out for 25,000, leaving himself roughly the same amount behind. Lijo thought for a minute before putting the big blind all-in, and the big blind eventually made the call.
Lijo showed K♥Q♥ for a king-high flush, while the big blind played 8♥6♥ for a lower one. Wang, meanwhile, had the best hand up until the river, but his A♣10♥ for top pair was outdrawn.
Lijo raked in a big pot while the two other players' Main Event dreams were crushed and they left the tournament area.
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