There's a famous saying that goes, "It ain't over 'til it's over," and in the game of PLO, that couldn't be any more true.
The flop read with 40,000 in the pot, and the action was complete, waiting for the turn card. That card was the , and suddenly, the pot got inflated. After a series of bets and raises, Ludovic Lacay was all in for 178,000 with against Shankar Pillai, who held .
Pillai was ahead with a set of aces, but Lacay was the one who looked more excited, with so much potential to make the best hand. The river brought the , and Lacay gave a fist pump as he hit the nut flush to scoop a monster pot.
There was around 20,000 in the pot, and three players went to the flop of . The action was checked to Mark Wahba on the button, who bet 15,000. The big blind raised all in, and Wahba called for his stack of 34,700 as the third player folded out of the way.
Wahba tabled , which was ahead of his opponent's top pair and straight draw. The turn was the , and the river was the , giving Wahba a full house. He doubled up just before the second break of the day.
With about 55,000 in the pot and the board reading , Danny Wong checked from the small blind. Tom Marchese was on the button and bet 23,500. Wong check-raised to 58,000, and Marchese called.
The river was the , and Wong checked. Marchese moved all in, having Wong's stack of roughly 64,000 covered. Wong tanked for a couple of minutes before electing to fold.
Marchese has been on fire from the start of Day 2, turning his 30,700-chip stack into over 250,000 already.
In a five-way limped pot, the flop came , and Jeanmarc Thomas was the first to bet 12,000 from the big blind. Shankar Pillai called from middle position, and everyone else folded.
The turn was the , and Thomas checked to Pillai, who bet the pot — 36,000. Thomas pushed all in for 45,000, and Pillai called.
Pillai:
Thomas:
Pillai was in front with a six-high straight, but Thomas had a bigger straight draw and three pair, looking for a full house. The river brought the , providing no help to Thomas, and he was sent to the cash cage while Pillai stacked chips from another pot.
Benjamin Juhasz got involved in a pot with Judah Bolser, to his right, with around 40,000 in the pot preflop. The flop came , and both players checked to the on the turn. Bolser bet 15,000, and Juhasz called.
The river brought the , and Bolser bet again for 18,000. Juhasz thought for a couple minutes and then threw in a chip to call. Bolser said, "Nice hand," and knocked the table as Juhasz tabled for two pair to scooped the pot.