Randy Ohel opened to 2,200 from middle position, and Liv Boeree reraised to 5,500 on the button. Ohel came back with a four-bet to a little over 12,000, and Boeree made the call.
Ohel switched gears with a check on the flop, and Boeree checked behind him. The turn brought a , and Ohel checked again. Boeree thought for a bit before checking it back. Ohel finally decided to bet on the river, and Boeree called the 16,000. Ohel showed for top pair, top kicker, and Boeree patted the table in submission.
The action folded around to Alan Keating in late position, who opened to 2,200. He was called by the player in the blinds, before both saw the flop come down . Keating threw out a continuation bet of 3,500, after his opponent checked his option. The fell on the turn, and the player in the blinds check called another bet of 8,100. The completed the board, as Keating would face his third option following a check. He thought about his decision for a minute, before betting out 29,000. His opponent tanked for over a minute, before making the call.
Keating instantly mucked his hand, before his opponent tabled , scooping in the pot.
Max Lehmanski got a walk in his big blind. Lehmanski looked at his cards before returning them to the dealer, then turned them up for the table to see: .
Brigette Lau has been steadily adding chips all day after returning to almost exactly the tourney's starting stack with 29,950 to begin her Day 2a.
Not too long ago she earned a big boost to her stack in a hand that saw her reraising an opponent before the flop, him pushing all in and Lau calling right away.
Her opponent had , but Lau had , and after the board came , then , then , another player hit the rail and Lau bounded up over 140,000.
Action folded to Larry Wright, who raised to 2,200 from the cutoff and both the small and big blinds came along. Both blinds checked to Wright on the flop and he continued for 2,500. The small blind reraised to 6,200 and the big blind folded.
Wright thought about it and then folded showing a red jack. The small blind showed and Wright told him they held the same hand. The small blind seemed a little shocked at that piece of information.
Ever since Sergio Castelluccio crossed the 300,000-chip mark earlier today, he's managed to maintain his big stack while frequently remaining active.
Just now he was involved again in a hand that saw him and a single opponent reach an flop after having together built a pot of about 9,000. The action checked to him, Castelluccio bet 3,600 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the and checks from both players, then the earned another check from Castelluccio's opponent. He then fired 7,400 into the middle and after considering the situation for nearly a minute his opponent called.
Castelluccio turned over his hand — — and his eights and queens beat his opponent's to earn him yet another pot.
Just a few minutes after taking out a player with against , Rupert Elder got himself into another race that was eerily similar to the last.
In middle position Elder had a bet of 5,800 in front of him after some unknown preflop action. From there, a woman in the big blind had reraised to 14,000. Action folded back around to Elder who effectively moved all in by dropping a stack of 100,000 chips in front of him, which was more than enough to put the player at risk. After a few seconds of thought, the player called it off and the two hands were turned up.
Elder:
Big Blind:
The flop was no good for Elder when it came , but the turn was just what he needed when the peeled off to put him way ahead in the hand. The river was the safe and that allowed Elder to notch his second coin-flip knockout in row here in the Main Event.
When we arrived at the table, Richard Lyndaker and Octo-Niner Russell Thomas were heads up on a flop of . Both players checked.
The turn was the , Lyndaker led out for 3,000, and Thomas raised to 9,300. Lyndaker called. The on the river paired the board and brought a third diamond, and Lyndaker checked. Thomas tossed out 15,000, and that bet was good enough win the pot.
flop, and Boeree checked behind him. The turn brought a 
, and Ohel checked again. Boeree thought for a bit before checking it back. Ohel finally decided to bet on the 
river, and Boeree called the 16,000. Ohel showed 
for top pair, top kicker, and Boeree patted the table in submission.
. Keating threw out a continuation bet of 3,500, after his opponent checked his option. The 
fell on the turn, and the player in the blinds check called another bet of 8,100. The 
completed the board, as Keating would face his third option following a check. He thought about his decision for a minute, before betting out 29,000. His opponent tanked for over a minute, before making the call.
, scooping in the pot.
.
, but Lau had 
, and after the board came 
, then 
, another player hit the rail and Lau bounded up over 140,000.
and Wright told him they held the same hand. The small blind seemed a little shocked at that piece of information.
earned another check from Castelluccio's opponent. He then fired 7,400 into the middle and after considering the situation for nearly a minute his opponent called.
— and his eights and queens beat his opponent's 
to earn him yet another pot.
and that allowed Elder to notch his second coin-flip knockout in row here in the Main Event.
