Welcome back to the second day of play in the first event of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific, the AU$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator. Through three starting days, 611 entries were generated, and there are 93 players remaining.
Leading the way is Scott Clements with 76,575 in chips, coming from a massive Day 1a. He'll be joined by notables Jeff Madsen, Antonio Esfandiari, George Danzer, Jonathan Karamalikis, and Brandon Shack-Harris.
Only Julius Colman and Mace Turco advanced from more than one flight. Both survived Day 1a and 1c. Colman earned 7,375 from Day 1a and 21,475 from Day 1c for a total of 28,850. Turco earned 16,050 from Day 1a and 20,625 from Day 1c for a total of 36,675.
The prize pool and payout information will be made known shortly, and once received we'll be posting that for your viewing pleasure.
Play will begin at 12:30 p.m. local time, so stay tuned for things to kick off very shortly.
It was an all in preflop by Giacomo Fundaro out of the big blind against the raise of Daniel Murphy and the Italian had about 12,000 or so chips left. Murphy called with and was delighted to see on the other side of the table.
The flop was even more exciting as Fundaro could not win the pot outright anymore. The on the turn provided some chop odds but the river was a brick.
There was not even any hand-for-hand play activated yet as two players busted at almost the same time. While the floor announced to hold the action after their current hand was completed, Paul Sharbanee moved all in on table 26. Zane Ly was in the blinds and made the call with out of the big blind.
It was a flip against the of Sharbanee and two queens appeared on the flop. Neither turn nor the river delivered one of the two remaining jacks in the deck and suddenly everyone was in the money.
The money bubble burst a few minutes ago and it didn't take long for the first player to join the rail. Brandon Shack-Harris would be next after losing a race versus fellow short stack Mace Turco with versus . The American improved on the flop, but Turco binked the on the river.
That hand left Shack-Harris with only a few big blinds and he busted shortly after against Jeff Madsen.
Antonio Esfandiari was once crippled to 725 in chips on Day 1b, but he ran it back up to finish on around 12,000 and bring that into Day 2. Esfandiari managed to make his way to the money, but his quest for a fourth World Series of Poker gold bracelet has come to an end short of the goal.
Esfandiari was all in for the against the for "Toothpick" Tony Kambouroglou. Esfandiari flopped the lead when it came and held through a turn, but a on the river delivered Kambouroglou with the winning hand.
It was pretty much a deja vu from what we just witnessed. Dan Heimiller open-shoved for 20,100 from the button and Piyush Gupta one seat over made the call whereas Jamie Pickering folded the big blind.
Heimiller:
Gupta:
The dealer had no heart for Heimiller except on the river of a board. "Ah well. Where is the money?" Heimiller said before heading to the floorman and pick up his payout.
Jamie Pickering has been eliminated in 27th place. His couldn't come from behind against Luke Brabin's , and Pickering walked away with a payday of AU$4,094.
On one of the first hands back from the dinner break, Chris Vlahos was eliminated in 26th place. Vlahos three-bet shoved all in out of the big blind with pocket tens for less than 40,000 in chips and initial raiser Ryan Hong called with pocket kings to score the elimination.
Vlahos took home AU$4,094 for his run and 25 players remain.
Noah Novick moved all in from middle position for approximately 20,000 in chips and was called by Thomas Gleeson in the big blind.
Novick:
Gleeson:
The flop left Novick little hope of a comeback story and he needed running fives in order to win the pot. The on the turn was a start but the on the river shattered the dreams of a miracle.
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