After a few limps, Kane Kalas potted to 2,000 in the big blind, and he was called by Carlo Van Ravenswood from under the gun and Tobias Leknes in the hijack.
On the Q♦J♣8♠ flop, it checked to Leknes who bet 3,200 and only Kalas called.
The J♥ turn as well as the 6♥ river checked through. Kalas flipped over A♠J♠J♦2♦ for quad jacks, and the table shared a laugh as he collected an unfortunately modest pot.
Ray Henson limped under the gun to see four players call behind him.
The flop rolled out 3♣4♦Q♥ and action checked to WSOP bracelet winner John Esposito in the cutoff who bet 2,000 and both Danny Chang on the button and Christopher Carlson in the small blind called.
On the turn 4♠, action checked to Chang who bet 4,000 and only Esposito called.
Esposito checked the river 5♠ over to Chang who bet 15,000 and Esposito whipped his hand away.
Action picked up on a completed board of A♠Q♣J♣10♣K♥ in a pot between Frederic Normand in the big blind and Jon Kyte in the hijack. Each player had 5,000 in front of them, and there was 6,800 in the middle.
Normand led for pot of 16,800, the majority of his remaining chips. After a minute's tank, Kyte reluctantly tossed in the call.
"Royal," Normand announced, tabling A♣K♣5♦2♣ for a Royal Flush, and he dragged a big one to bring himself back to almost starting stack.
With six players limping in front of him, Jesse Lonis raised to 3,200 in the big blind to see five of those six players continue in the hand.
The flop rolled out K♣Q♦Q♣ and Lonis checked to David Benyamine in first position who bet 13,000 to see only Richard Ashby in the cutoff call.
On the turn 8♦, Benyamine bet 11,000 and Ashby called.
Benyamine bet 10,000 on the river 5♥ and Ashby went into the tank before pitching his cards.
Mack Lee from the hijack and Anthony Zinno on the button were heads-up in a single-raised pot with the board reading A♦10♣8♣2♠ on the turn with 2,000 in front of each player.
Lee check-called a pot-sized bet of 5,000 from Zinno on the turn.
The river brought the 8♦ as Lee checked for a final time to Zinno who bet 10,000 and Lee snap-called.
"Just trips," Zinno announced as he tabled Q♥J♠J♥8♠ for trip eights with a queen kicker, but no low. However, Lee could not find half of the pot, and he mucked his hand to give Zinno the scoop.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The players have gone on a 15-minute break.
Thomas Koral called in first position and then called the raise to 1,100 from Anton Smirnov in the hijack.
The flop rolled out 10♦9♣3♠ and Koral bet 1,800 to see Smirnov call.
"5,600," said Koral on the turn J♣ and no sooner had the words left his lips were Smirnov's cards gone from his hand.
The field has grown to over 110 entries halfway through Level 2.
Defending champion of the event Philip Sternheimer has recently taken his seat, and he has taken little time to get into the mix.
Action picked up on the A♥3♥3♦ flop with over 11,000 in the middle preflop. Philip Sternheimer bet 3,800 from the small blind, Naseem Salem called in the big blind, and Frederic Normand folded under the gun,
On the 2♦ turn, Sternheimer bet 12,000. Salem would then jam, and Sternheimer snap-called.
Naseem Salem: K♦5♥4♦2♥ 
Philip Sternheimer: A♠A♣7♠4♠
Salem had a wheel for the low and Sternheimer held aces full, and the 7♦ river meant that Salem secured half the pot.
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