Day 2 Chip Leader Sent to the Rail

Vladimir Troyanovskiy sat atop the chip counts with 123 players remaining at the end of Day 2, but he was only able to ride that stack to a 37th-place finish.

In a recent hand, Troyanovskiy opened for 21,000 under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 50,000 from Jack Salter, who has been on a heater here on Day 4. The blinds both folded and Troyanovskiy clicked it back for 120,000. Salter moved all in for 376,000 total and Troyanovskiy made the call.

Salter:
Troyanovskiy:

Salter had the goods, but Troyanovskiy picked up a sweat when the flop came down . Much to Salter's relief, neither the turn nor river proved harmful, and he doubled up yet again.

Troyanovskiy appeared to be streaming after the loss, and it was no surprise to see him get his last 100,000 or so all in the next hand on a flop of . This time he was squaring off against Dani Stern.

Troyanovskiy:
Stern:

Stern was ahead with aces, but Troyanovskiy was drawing to a diamond flush. The turn paired the board, and the actually did it again. Stern made a full house while Troyanovskiy suddenly found himself out of the tournament.