Jason Koon chopped with ace-seven versus ace-eight but vanished shortly after in 128th place. Right after, another big name fell.
Jans Arends saw his stack cut in half by Adrian Mateos and he then lost a flip with against the of Kristen Bicknell.
Bicknell moved up to more than 5 million but she then clashed with Sosia Jiang. The New Zealander defended the big blind to see a flop of and check-raised to 2,080,000. Bicknell jammed for 5.5 million and Jiang called.
Kristen Bicknell:
Sosia Jiang:
The turn gave Jiang straight outs and she indeed got there on the river to eliminate Bicknell in cruel fashion.
Martin Bremner was one of two qualifiers who earned their spot all the way from a $5 satellite and he made several pay-jumps on Day 2. However, his run just came to an end as he sent the chips over to Manuel Ruivo.
Manuel Fritz opened to 320,000 and Bremner jammed for the 1,069,927 he had left. Ruivo reraised to 1,824,000 and that isolated successfully.
Martin Bremner:
Manuel Ruivo:
The board ran out and that spelled the end for Bremner.