James Dempsey was in middle position and moved all in for around 70,000 on a board of 7?6?J?9?. John Duthie put him at risk from early position.
Dempsey showed A?6? for a pair and flush draw, while Duthie had 7?6? for two pair. The 10? completed the board on the river and Dempsey failed to improve as he was sent to the rail in the closing moments of Day 2.
David Haas had been nursing a short stack nearly all day when he got his final chips in from the small blind against Margarita Stoycheva in the cutoff.
David Haas: 5?5?
Margarita Stoycheva: 7?7?
Stoycheva flopped a set on 8?10?7?, and the 10? turn filled her up to make the 4? river useless and send Haas home.
Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,000 from early position. Mayuko Morita three-bet to 10,000 on his left. Patrick Leonard then made it 18,000 with a four-bet from the hijack, leaving himself only 1,500 behind. Anthony Migliaccio was in the big blind and five-bet it to 32,000. Negreanu quickly folded. Morita folded after a moment and Leonard committed the rest of his chips.
Patrick Leonard: J?J?
Anthony Migliaccio: Q?Q?
The flop came A?4?2?, the turn was the 7? and the river the 4? to end the day for Leonard.
Vid Zagar and Francisco Perez are sitting side-by-side at table #507, each with a stack of more than 400,000.
In the latest hand at this table, Zagar was on the button and bet 5,000 on a flop of 4?10?5?. An opponent in early position then raised to 15,000 and Zagar called.
The turn was the K? and the early-position player moved all in for around 30,000. Zagar nearly beat him into the pot and turned over 5?5? for a set. His opponent had K?10? for two pair and couldn't improve on the 7? river as Zagar added more to his massive stack.
"You guys are killers," a tablemate said in the direction of Zagar and Perez.
David Dowdy, Karo Nuri, and Kurtis Tinfow are some of the other big stacks in the Red section as Day 2abc enters the final hour.
Zyad Qasem was in a great spot to take out an at risk opponent in a preflop all in.
At risk player: 7x7x
Zyad Qasem: KxKx
The board ran out 5x10x9x6xAx to whiff the at risk player and create an empty chasm in seat 9 where he had been sitting and give Qasem a boost to his stack.
A player under the gun limped in, as did a player in early position, middle position, and the hijack. Once action got to My Nguyen on the button, he raised to 20,200. Then Todd Lewis in the small blind three-bet all in to 72,500. The players that limped in all folded, and Nguyen made the call to put Lewis at risk.
Todd Lewis: A?K?
My Nguyen: K?K?
Nguyen was in a great position against the ace-king of Lewis. Once the board ran out 7?Q?5?3?8? Nguyen improved to a king high flush, and eliminated Lewis from the tournament.
Dumitru-Adrian Pora had raised from the hijack before Larry Sigmon jammed all in from the cutoff for 35,500. The action folded back to Pora, who called.
Larry Sigmon: K?Q?
Dumitru-Adrian Pora: A?Q?
The A?9?J? flop gave Sigmon four additional outs, but none arrived as Pora made trips on the 5?A? runout.
On another table, Nick Eastwood jammed in his short stack and was eliminated after he was called by pocket kings.
Picking up the action partway through the hand, Lara Eisenberg in middle position was involved in a hand with Frank Bongiorno in late position, a player in the cutoff and the big blind.
With the board reading Q?3?10? action checked to Bongiorno, who bet 5,500. That got a fold from the cutoff and big blind but Eisenberg responded by raising to 15,000. After some thought, Bongiorno moved all in with Eisenberg snapping off with the covering stack.
Frank Bongiorno: A?A?
Lara Eisenberg: 3?3?
Eisenberg had flopped big to leave Bongiorno and his pocket rockets in dire straits. Nothing changed on either the 2? turn or K? river to bring Bongiorno's tournament to an end while handing a big pot to Eisenberg.
Javier Fernandez in early position, and an opponent in the big blind saw a flop of 10?Q?J? where the big blind got around 50,000 in the middle.
All-In Player: J?10?
Javier Fernandez: Q?J?
Both players had flopped two pair, but Fernandez was ahead with his queens and jacks. The rest of the board ran out 5?J? to give both players a full house, and Fernandez took the pot to send his opponent to the rail in a massive cooler.