Wai Kin Yong, the son of Richard Yong who is also in the tournament, got his last 139,000 all in preflop holding the and was in big trouble against the of Mike "Timex" McDonald.
Neither the flop nor river helped Yong, and that meant he needed an ace on the river to stay alive. "Ace," he commanded, and wouldn't you know it, the dealer obliged with the .
Sorel Mizzi, who will return tomorrow for the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event final table, opened for a raise only to have Ryan Riess three-bet to 70,000. Tony Bloom then moved all in from the button for 219,000, a short-stacked Mizzi called off, and Riess shrugged before calling to put both players at risk.
Mizzi:
Bloom:
Riess:
All three players held a pocket pair, but of course Riess' ladies were best. The flop wasn't particularly interesting, but the turn was as it gave Bloom the best flush draw. The river was actually a spade to give Bloom the flush, but fortunately for Riess it was the to improve him to a full house.
"Good luck, Sorel," Riess offered Mizzi in regards to his big final table on Sunday.
Ole Schemion open-shoved for around 10 big blinds on the button, Yevgeniy Tmoshenko re-shoved for a little more in the small blind, and the big blind surrendered.
Schemion:
Timoshenko:
Timoshenko's hand held as the flop, turn, and river came , and Schemion exited. Timoshenko chipped up to around 175,000.
When we reached the table, Jason Mercier was all in and at risk against Fabian Quoss and the hands were face up.
Mercier:
Quoss:
The flop had already been dealt - the money went in prior to the flop we believe - and Quoss was ahead with the board showing . The on the turn gave Mercier a leading pair of aces, but it also have the German a club flush draw.
A fourth club - the - completed the board, giving Quoss said flush, and Mercier was eliminated.
Paul Newey opened for 17,000 only to have Jason Mo three-bet all in for 50,000 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, and then Newey called the additional 33,000.
Mo:
Newey:
The flop didn't hit Newey directly, but it did deliver him a gutshot straight draw to go along with his overs. The turn gave him some counterfeit outs as well, but it didn't matter as the blanked on the river to give Mo the double.
Phil Ivey opened for 16,000 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 44,000 from Richard Yong in the small blind. Ivey made the call, the flop fell , and Yong fired out 51,000, leaving himself 175,000 behind.
Ivey thought until the dealer activated the last ten seconds of the shot clock, and then he grabbed a stack of chips and raised to 200,000. Yong moved all in for a little more and Ivey made the call.
Ivey:
Yong:
Yong was ahead with his jacks, but Ivey was drawing to any paint cards. The turn wasn't what he needed, and neither was the river. Yong scored the double, which left Ivey on a short stack.
Both Erik Seidel and Dan Smith were among the players to register at the start of Day 2 (though Smith fired a bullet and missed yesterday), and after a hand prior to the break just one of them remains.
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know that Smith got his stack of 108,000 all in holding the and was far behind the of Seidel. The flop was of no interest, but the turn made things interesting as it gave Smith, the winner of this event in 2012, a flush draw.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the on the river. Smith missed and fell right at the tail end of Level 10.
After a raising war on a flop of , Doug Polk was all in and at risk for 333,000 holding . His opponent, Paul Phua, held a double-gutter with .
The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Polk was shipped a massive double.
A few hands later, it was Phua at risk against Polk preflop, and Jason Mo's tournament life was on the line as well.
Polk:
Mo:
Phua:
The flop fell , giving Polk the lead, and neither Mo nor Phua improved on the turn () or the river (). They hit the rail, while Polk is up over a million chips.
and was in big trouble against the 
of Mike "Timex" McDonald.
flop nor 
river helped Yong, and that meant he needed an ace on the river to stay alive. "Ace," he commanded, and wouldn't you know it, the dealer obliged with the 
.
flop wasn't particularly interesting, but the 
turn was as it gave Bloom the best flush draw. The river was actually a spade to give Bloom the flush, but fortunately for Riess it was the 
to improve him to a full house.
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, and Schemion exited. Timoshenko chipped up to around 175,000.
. The 
- completed the board, giving Quoss said flush, and Mercier was eliminated.
blanked on the river to give Mo the double.
, and Yong fired out 51,000, leaving himself 175,000 behind.
river. Yong scored the double, which left Ivey on a short stack.
flop was of no interest, but the 
, Doug Polk was all in and at risk for 333,000 holding 
, 
respectively, and Polk was shipped a massive double.
