It had been a rough day at the tables for Julien Martini so far as he lost a big portion of his stack. The Frenchman was just involved in a heads-up pot with Stanislav Urodlivchenko and check-raised the J♠8♠4♣ flop from 4,000 to 16,000. Urodlivchenko came along to the 10♠ turn but snap-folded when Martini bet 20,000.
A player in early position opened to 4,000 and it folded to the hijack who made the call. The rest of the table got out of the way and Juan Pardo tossed in chips for the call from the big blind.
The flop came 6♥3♣2♠ and Pardo checked to the initial raiser who bet 6,000. The hijack quickly folded and Pardo put in a check-raise to 18,000. The early position player made the call and the 2♦ hit the turn.
Pardo took a few seconds before tossing out a bet of 25,000 and his opponent went in the tank. After close to 30 seconds, the early position player folded and Pardo scored the pot.
There was a raise from the hijack and Eli Elezra just called in the cutoff. David "Bakes" Baker shipped all in for 34,000 on the button which got both the hijack and Elezra to call.
The flop came 10♠10♥6♦ and the hijack led out with a bet of 18,000. Elezra quickly called and the 8♠ landed on the turn. Both players checked to the 6♥ on the river and then checked once more.
The hijack turned over A♣K♠ for ace-high but Elezra had that beat with 9♠9♥. Baker could only muster 7♠7♥ for a smaller pair and headed to the rail in the last level of Day 2abc.
Abu Hamza Bin Khalek was a bigger stack early in the day at his table and has since been surpassed by Chin Wei Lim. The stack of Bin Khalek took a toll but he just bounced back after knocking out Bruce Little.
With the cards already flipped over, Little was at risk with K♣Q♠ versus A♠K♦ and the A♣9♣8♥K♠6♠ runout sealed his fate.
6-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Hastings raised to 7,000 in the small blind and in the big blind, young gun Michael Jozoff called.
The flop rolled out J♣9♠Q♠ and Hastings continued for 10,000 which Jozoff called.
On the 10♥ turn, Hastings bet again, this time to the tune of 12,000 and Jozoff called once more.
The river peeled off a 7♠ and Hastings moved all in for 81,200 effective and Jozoff went into the tank.
"In theory I need to call," Jozoff lamented "but I do not want to."
After some more time passed, he tossed his hand into the muck and Hastings took down the pot.
"I'm not busting the main event," Jozoff stated "not like that."
Gabriel Andrade had just won a pot with a pre-flop shove before moving all in again the next hand, this time for around 40,000. Action folded around to Shota Nakanishi in the big blind and he snap-called.
Gabriel Andrade: 7♠7♣
Shota Nakanishi: Q♠Q♦
Andrade needed help to survive but none arrived on the 2♦3♥K♥4♣4♥ board as his chips were absorbed into Nakanishi's massive stack.
"Lucky," Nakanishi said as he climbed up to 600,000.
Philip Chun raised to 4,000 and got called by Alfonso Timoteo on the button and the small blind.
The flop showed 2♥4♠7♣ and the trio checked to see a 4♣ on the turn. The small blind checked to Chun who bet 6,000, only called by Timoteo.
The river was the 10♠ and Chun bet 12,000. Timoteo replied with a raise to 38,000 and Chun went deep into the tank.
"You show it if I show my hand?" asked Chun before tanking two more minutes, and eventually folding.
Angelina Rich opened to 4,000 from early position and a player in the small blind three-bet to 15,000. Rich four-bet all in for 53,000 and the small blind quickly called to put her at risk.
Angelina Rich: K♦K♥
Small Blind: Q♣Q♦
Rich had her opponent pipped with a higher pocket pair and remained ahead on the 4♦6♠4♣8♣10♣ runout to secure a healthy double up.
A huge pot of 135,000 was already in the middle when the action was caught on a completed board of 8♦9♣K♦5♥10♣. Jules Dickerson was sitting in the big blind and went all-in for an overbet against Lawrence Chang on the button. Chang played 171,000 back and was facing a decision for his tournament life.
He mulled it over for a bit but eventually opted to let it go, shipping a massive pot Dickerson's way.
Colin Robinson defended the big blind against an under-the-gun raise to 5,500 and they checked all the way to the A♥A♠4♠9♣9♥ river. Another check by Robinson led to a bet of 10,000, which he paid off only to muck when shown Q♥Q♦.
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