We picked up the action with roughly 18,000 already in the pot and a board reading . Mehrdad Razmi checked from the small blind and Sam Greenwood, who is one of the six players on hiatus from the $100,000 Challenge final table, bet 13,500 from the hijack.
Razmi then woke up with an all-in check-raise to 25,825 total, and Greenwood got a count before making the call with for a flopped set. It was no good though as Razmi held the nuts with the .
Australian pro Daniel Neilson got off to a rough start in this tournament as half his starting stack disappeared, but whatever bad luck he experienced in Level 1 seems to have turned around in Level 2 as he's not only recouped those chips, but has added even more to his stack.
In a recent hand, we stumbled upon Neilson's table on the river with around 15,000 already in the pot and a board reading . We're not sure of the action, but we do know Neilson had 7,700 out in front of him from the button and his sole opponent, who was in the small blind, was in the tank debating what to do.
Eventually the player in the small blind released and Neilson was awarded the pot.
Another level has come and gone. That means it's time for the second break of the day. According to the clock, 299 players have registered for Day 1c. Just one more until the 300-mark!
Connor Drinan checked from the small blind on a board of . The big blind checked as well and the hijack made a bet of 1,100. Drinan made the call, his neighbor folded.
Drinan check called another 2,600 on the turn before both players checked the on the river. The hijack immediately showed and Drinan silently mucked.
Over at Table 7, the player in the cutoff opened for 400 and Paul Newey, whose stack has grown much shorter since the last time we checked in with him, called from the button. WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang then three-bet to 1,900 from the small blind, both his opponents called, and three players took a flop of .
Wang continued for 2,000, the player in the cutoff called, and Newey got out of the way. Both players then checked the turn as well as the river. Wang showed the , but it was no good as his opponent held a pair with the .
EPT8 London champ Benny Spindler opened for 600 from the button only to have the player in the big blind three-bet to 1,700. Spindler, who is just a few days removed from finishing eighth in the $25,000 Challenge for AU$109,800, opted to make the call and then called a bet of 1,500 on the flop.
Action went check-check on the turn, and then the big blind returned to betting the river, this time making it 2,350. Spindler made a quick call and his opponent sheepishly showed the for nut no pair. Spindler then tabled the for two pair and the win.