Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
On a 7♠2♥2♦ flop, Aditya Sadhu checked, Michael Kuney bet 150,000, and Naoya Kihara folded. Sadhu check-raised to 375,000 and Kuney called.
The turn was the Q♥ and Sadhu bet pot. Kuney quickly called all in for 525,000.
Michael Kuney: A♥A♠K♠J♦
Aditya Sadhu: 6♦5♥4♦2♣
The river came the 8♦ and Kuney was eliminated.
Jason Berilgen opened 150,000 on the button, and Paul Radcliffe defended the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of A♦10♠9♠, and Radcliffe check-called a bet of 175,000.
Both players tapped the table when the A♥ turn fell, and the 4♣ completed the board on the river.
Radcliffe fired 650,000 across the line, putting Berilgen in the tank.
"You were in trouble, I think," Said the frustrated Berilgen, "Feels like a two outter."
After about 30 seconds went by, Berilgen flashed the 9♣9♥ and pitched his other two cards into the muck.
In a blind-on-blind battle, David Merino got his stack in against Bryce Yockey on a A♠10♦9♥ flop.
David Merino: Q♦J♠10♥3♠
Bryce Yockey: K♠K♥8♥7♠
The board ran out 4♣A♦ and Yockey's kings were enough to take out Merino.
"I knew he was bluffing!" Yockey jokingly pipped.
Brian Rast raised 175,000 in the cutoff, and Rostyslav Sabishchenko defended the big blind.
When the 9♥5♠3♥ flop hit the felt, Sabishchenko shoved his last 285,000 into the middle, and Rast made the call.
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: K♥Q♠2♥2♠
Brian Rast: A♣8♦7♦7♥
The Q♣ turn gave Sabishchenko the best hand with a pair of queens, but the 6♦ river improved Rast to a straight, sending Sabishchenko home in 12th place.
Farid Jattin raised to 125,000 in middle position and Joao Simao called on the button. Zachary Schwartz three-bet to 560,000 from the small blind, Jattin folded, and Simao called.
Schwartz moved all in for 1,170,000 on the 9♣6♣4♥ flop and Simao quickly called.
Zachary Schwartz: A♦A♣5♠3♣
Joao Simao: Q♦10♠8♠7♦
Schwartz had a flush draw to go with his aces, which came in on the K♣ turn to double up.
Farid Jattin opened 185,000 in the cutoff, and Paul Radcliffe called on the button.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♥Q♣5♠, and Jattin check-called a bet of 185,000 from Radcliffe.
The 4♠ hit the turn, and Jattin check-called again, this time Radcliffe sized up to 650,000.
When the J♣ completed the board on the river, Jattin the lead, betting 205,000. Radcliffe wasted little time pushing his cards into the muck.
Joao Vieira has been nurturing a relatively short stack for a while but found a timely double-up at the expense of Aditya Sadhu. The flop was A♣7♠6♥, where Vieira's last 375,000 went in the middle.
Joao Vieira: Q♠10♠9♦7♥
Aditya Sadhu: 10♣7♣6♣5♠
The 5♣ turn and 9♥ river completed the board, giving Vieira the higher two pair to win.
After ten levels of 60 minutes each, Day 2 is done. 11 players will return on June 2 at noon for the third and final day of this event.