Nikki Limo and Assad Kamran built a pot of around 65,000 heading to the flop of Q♥4♦7♣ when Kamran bet 15,000 from middle position.
Limo called to the 6♥ turn and checked over to Kamran, who quickly checked behind. The river came the 3♥ and both players once again checked.
Limo showed K♥K♣ and Kamran mucked his hand. "Whew," Limo said, wiping her forehead. "If you jam I call, but I'm not happy about it," she added.
Action was picked up on the turn with players heads up and the board reading 2♦10♥6♥K♦. Michael Ermie bet 3,500 from early position and received a call from his opponent.
Both players checked the K♣ river. Ermie showed 9♠9♦ for two pair, nines and kings and his opponent quickly mucked.
"So that's how you win with nines" another player at the table joked as Ermie scooped the pot.
The cutoff opened to 3,500 and Yuval Bronshtein pushed a stack around 30,000 in front of him on the button, with only one 500-chip behind. Bjorn Bruns decided to shove for a slightly higher stack and it folded back to Bronshtein who put his last chip in the middle:
Yuval Bronshtein: Q♥J♥
Bjorn Bruns: K♠K♦
Bronshtein didn't find any miracle on the board A♠7♣2♥2♦2♠ and made his way to exit the tournament's area.
Alec Torelli raised to 3,500 in the cutoff and in the big blind another player called.
On the A♣6♥4♠ flop, action checked over to Torelli who bet 3,000 and the big blind called.
The turn peeled off the K♦ and the big blind checked over to Torelli who sized. up to 12,000 which saw the big blind raise to the tune of 37,000 and Torelli called.
On the 10♣ river, the big blind checked to Torelli who moved all in for 124,500 and the big blind contemplated his decision for a bit before calling and the cards were put on their backs.
Alec Torelli: A♠A♥
Opponent: 6♣6♠
The set of aces was good for Torelli against his opponent's set of sixes and he ascended high in the chip counts.
Action was picked up with players four-way on a flop reading 2♦Q♦2♥. Sam Abernathy checked in the small blind, Rene Majed checked from the big blind, a player in early position bet 5,000 and Bret Maynard called from the button. Abernathy and Majed also called.
Action checked back to the early position player on the 3♠ turn, who bet 13,000. Maynard called while Abernathy and Majed both folded.
The river was the 3♥. The early position player bet 35,000 and Maynard quickly moved all in for about 80,000, forcing a fold from his opponent.
Maynard revealed he had Q♠Q♣ for queens full of threes while collecting a nice pot.
Two players remained in the hand as the pot stood at approximately 55,000.
On a board of J♦6♠10♥, the player in the hijack checked the action to Mariano Gondolo in the cutoff who bet out for 20,000. The hijack responded with a raise to 45,000 and Gondolo called.
The turn came the 2♥. The hijack moved all in putting Gondolo to the test for his effective stack of 96,500. Gondolo called.
Mariano Gondolo: A♠A♣
Hijack: J♠J♥
With one card to come, Gondolo needed to find one of his two outs to stay alive. The A♦ fell on the river and Gondolo found the full double up.
Infuriated by their own misfortune, the hijack erupted from the table.
"My friend, you're invincible!" exclaimed one of the other players at the table.
In a 12,500 pot, the board was dealt up until the turn and read Q♥4♥7♣2♦. Oscar Alache was in the big blind and checked to Giuseppe Galluzzo in middle position. The latter then bet 9,000 and received a call from Alache.
The 3♦ river was then revealed and both players checked. Alache turned ober 7♦6♥ and his pair of sevens was good for the winner. Galluzzo need not fret, however, as he has amassed a stack of over 400,000 throughout Day 2abc.
On another table, Nick Schulman was eliminated from the Main Event.
Ronnie Bardah kicked things off with a raise to 3,000 in the cutoff and the button three-bet to 8,500. Lachezar Petkov four-bet to 21,500 from the big blind which got a quick fold from Bardah. The button five-bet to 55,000 and Petkov six-bet shoved all in for 141,500. The button thought for over a minute before finally making the call.
Lachezar Petkov: K♥K♣
Button: K♠K♦
Petkov was disappointed to see his opponent's kings while the opposite was true for the button. The board ran out A♦7♣2♥3♠2♦ and both players were able to take their chips back.
"There's two kinds of people in this world," Bardah started. "Those that cheer for a chop and those that cheer for a suit."
A larger pot was brewing over on table 657 and some 95,000 were in the middle with the completed board reading A♣10♠10♦7♦4♦. Anthony Ribeiro had checked to Abraham Faroni and the latter then bet 58,000.
Ribeiro went deep into the tank for several minutes before another player at the table eventually called the clock. Within the allotted thirty seconds of extra time, Ribeiro eventually called and mucked upon being shown the 7♣7♠ by Faroni.
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