From under the gun, three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jeff Madsen opened with a raise to 1,300. A couple seats over was Daniel Murphy in middle position, and he flat-called before play folded to Michael Addamo in the big blind. Addamo reraised all in for 11,025.
While Madsen was receiving a count on Addamo's shove, Murphy motioned to a friend of his about the hand. The friend came scurrying over, and Murphy picked up his cards to show his mate. Madsen then folded, and Murphy asked what the count was.
"Eleven thousand, and twenty-five," said the dealer.
"Eleven thousand, and twenty-five?" responded Murphy. "So basically ten thousand more? OK, I call!"
Murphy tabled the and let out a huge sigh of relief when he saw Addamo's . "Wow," he said.
The flop, turn, and river ran out to finish Murphy with a full house, tens full of sevens, and win him the pot.
"Wow!" Murphy exclaimed with a slam of his hand on the table in celebration. "That's awesome!"
Oliver Gill min-raised and then called the three-bet all in of Jan Suchanek for 10 big blinds with . Suchanek was ahead preflop with and despite Gill being sure to hitting the king, the dealer denied his request and the board ran out .
Slade Fisher moved all in from middle position for about 8,000 and Joachim Chia did so as well from two seats over. Kasra Bakhshaee tanked for a good minute in the big blind and eventually called as second biggest stack with the . Chia was the chip leader of the three and tabled whereas Fisher was in trouble with .
The flop and the turn were both no threat to Bakhshaee but the popped up on the river to eliminate two players.
It took about 15 minutes for the first eliminations of Day 2 and we have lost Xue Wu, Henry Szmelcer and Andrew Scarf. Szmelcer was all in with and got called by an opponent with . "I don't care," Smelczer said after being one of the shortest stacks at the start of the day anyways.
Noah Novick was all in for 19,925 with the against the for German Ismael Bojang. The flop, turn, and river kept things clean for Novick as the board ran out to give him the double up. Bojang was left with 1,400 in chips.
George Danzer just walked through the tournament area and wasn't too happy about the start, having lost two hands that cost him 5,000 chips each. We didn't see the second one but in the first there was a three-bet pot to the flop and Danzer bet 2,200 from what we can tell. Daniel Murphy raised and the German gave up.
Brandon Shack-Harris moved all in the very first hand and claimed the blinds and antes.
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.
and let out a huge sigh of relief when he saw Addamo's 
. "Wow," he said.
to finish Murphy with a full house, tens full of sevens, and win him the pot.
. Suchanek was ahead preflop with 
and despite Gill being sure to hitting the king, the dealer denied his request and the board ran out 
.
. Chia was the chip leader of the three and tabled 
.
popped up on the river to eliminate two players.
and got called by an opponent with 
and that was it.
against the 
flop and Danzer bet 2,200 from what we can tell. Daniel Murphy raised and the German gave up.
