Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 2 of Event 2: AU$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em.
Yesterday saw 215 players take a seat to create an AU$430,000 prizepool that will ensure the top 24 players guaranteed a AU$3,969 payday, while whoever can capture the second WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet of the series, a handsome AU$107,500 for their efforts.
A mix of International stars, seasoned veterans and local players made up the 215-player field, but when play ended early Sunday morning, only 31 would remain.
Sam Ruha would be the chip leader with an amassed 122,000 in chips while Tim O'Shea would be the only other player sitting with six figures. Notable players Dan Heimiller, Martin Kozlov, Kitty Kuo, Russell Thomas, Jeff Gross and Andrew Hinrichsen all remain with a chance to capture this WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet.
Stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team provides continuous live updates as we play down to the Event 2: AU$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table from 12:30 p.m. local time.
From the cutoff, Jeff Gross moved all in for 10,700 and Michael Kyriakou made the call on the button.
Gross:
Kyriakou:
With Gross needing some help to survive, the flop gave him outs to backdoor flush and straight draws. The turn of the would leave him drawing to just an ace, but when the landed on the turn, he was sent to the rail in 27th place.
Kitty Kuo moved all in and Michael O'Grady made the call.
Kuo:
O'Grady:
The flop kept O'Grady in the lead, but when the landed on the turn, it now gave Kuo outs to a queen. Unfortunately for the last lady in the field, the river landed the to see Kuo hit the rail to leave just 25 players remaining in the tournament.
Aik-Chuan Nee opened from under the gun and watched as the table folded around to Steven Zhou on the big blind. He looked down at his cards before moving all in for his last 8,000 in chips. Nee made the quick call and both players tabled their cards.
Nee:
Zhou:
The board ran out to see Nee spike and ace sending Zhou to the rail.
The remaining players have all guaranteed themselves AUD$3,969 for their efforts.
We missed the action on Table 8 but according to another player on the table, Daniel Hough committed the last of his chips holding and was called by Samuel Ngai who had .
The board didn't help Hough and he was eliminated in 22nd place.
The hand started with Sam Ruha throwing out a raise of 3,500 from under the gun. Najeem Ajez then moved all in from the button for his last 16,000 in chips. The blinds got out of the way and Ruha called.
Ajez:
Ruha:
Ajez stood up from the table and watched as the board ran out giving Ruha quad tens.
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flop gave him outs to backdoor flush and straight draws. The turn of the 
would leave him drawing to just an ace, but when the 
landed on the turn, he was sent to the rail in 27th place.
landed on the turn, it now gave Kuo outs to a queen. Unfortunately for the last lady in the field, the river landed the 
to see Kuo hit the rail to leave just 25 players remaining in the tournament.
to see Nee spike and ace sending Zhou to the rail.
and Pham's better ace-high eliminated Thomas in 24th place for a AU$3,969 payday.
and was called by Samuel Ngai who had 
giving Ruha quad tens.
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