Joseph Cheong limped from the small blind and Sonny Franco made it 50,000 from the big blind. Cheong then reraised to 175,000, and Franco shoved all in for over 800,000. Cheong had around 700,000 total in his stack and made the call which put him at risk.
Joseph Cheong: J♣J♦
Sonny Franco: K♣K♦
Cheong never found any help on the A♥7♣9♥7♦4♥ runout which sent to the rail with a little under 90 minutes remaining in the day.
Yang Zhang opened the action with a raise to 30,000 from the button. Russell Rosenblum three-bet to 95,000 from the small blind and Zhang proceeded with a call.
Rosenblum continued for 80,000 on J♣3♥8♠ and Zhang made the call.
Rosenblum checked the 8♦ turn over to Zhang who fired 125,000. Rosenblum made the laydown and was left as the table short stack.
Level 20 is the last level that the remaining players will play out. Once these 60 minutes are up, the survivors will bag up their chips ready for Day 3 tomorrow.
Action was caught on the flop of A♦8♦7♣ and Jake Schwartz checked from the small blind.
Lester Edoc checked from the big blind and Krasimir Yankov fired for 35,000 from the button. Schwartz made the fold, but Edoc made the call to the turn.
While the turn peeled the A♥, Edoc was quick to check to Yankov.
He continued for 135,000 and found a fold from Edoc.
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The button opened the action with a raise to 40,000 before Yang Zhang three-bet to 130,000 from the small blind. Russell Rosenblum four-bet jammed his 455,000-chip stack into the middle and the button folded. Zhang gave it a thought but ultimately flicked in a chip for a call.
Russell Rosenblum: 9♠9♣
Yang Zhang: A♠10♣
The board ran out Q♣A♥7♠K♥8♥ and Zhang sent Rosenblum to the payout desk while adding to his table leading stack.
