Luke Schwartz raised to 15,000 from middle position, and Jeffrey Landherr called in the hijack. Eddie Ochana three-bet to 65,000 in the small blind, and both Schwartz and Landherr called.
Schwartz leaned up over the table, cards clutched near his face as the flop fell. Ochana bet 200,000, and Schwartz called off his last 135,500, while Landherr folded.
Luke Schwartz:
Eddie Ochana:
Both players held draws, but Ochana's ace-high was the best hand at the moment. The turn paired Ochana, but Schwartz picked up a straight and flush draw that came in on the river, giving last night's $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw bracelet winner a double a straight.
"Yes! Wow...so lucky." Schwartz said after the river fell.
Micah Smith raised preflop and was called by Bryce Yockey in the small blind and Daniel Alaei in the big blind. The flop was checked to Smith and he bet 45,000 with 66,500 behind. Yockey check-raised to 115,000 and Alaei then reraised the pot to see Smith call all in.
Yockey immediately sunk back into his chair and needed more than two minutes. He then asked how much Smith was all in for and sigh-folded.
Micah Smith:
Daniel Alaei:
"Thank you," Yockey said when he saw the cards in the showdown. While Smith spiked the turn for a straight, the river gave Alaei a full house and that ended Smith's run before the dinner break on Day 2.
David "Bakes" Baker was all in with most of his chips already invested previously and the turn showed . Ben Lamb was his opponent, who called after short consideration and turned over for a pair, open-ended straight draw, gutshot and flush draw.
"How is that not a snap call?" Baker said and tabled for top set. The river was the and Baker doubled.
One hand later, Florian Fuchs raised and Baker three-bet the pot to 66,000, which Fuchs called. On the flop, Fuchs checked and folded to the shove of Baker.
Brandon Shack-Harris bet 40,000 on a board, and there was a call before Daniel Alaei raised to 235,000 in the cutoff, and Shack-Harris announced, "Pot," moving his last 710,000 in the middle. The third player folded and Alaei started to tank.
"I'm supposed to make the final table of this every year, just keep that in mind." Shack-Harris told Alaei with a grin.
"I don't think I can lay this down," Alaei replied. Shack-Harris responded with, "Good luck to us."
Alaei tanked a bit longer, then made the call, leaving himself just 100,000 behind.
Brandon Shack-Harris:
Daniel Alaei:
Shack-Harris was ahead with the nuts on the turn, but Alaei had top set and a flush draw to draw to. Alaei hit both with one card when the hit the river, and Shack-Harris made a quick exit from the tournament area.
Daniel Alaei raised to 30,000 from under the gun, and Bryce Yockey called in the big blind.
Yockey bet 65,000 on the flop, then called off his last 242,000 when Alaei potted it.
"I've only committed ICM suicide three times this WSOP; might as well make it four!" Yockey said with a wide grin.
Bryce Yockey:
Daniel Alaei:
Yockey's set was ahead, but Alaei still had an overpair and the nut flush draw to draw to. Yockey ended matters when the turn gave him quads, and after the fell on the river, Yockey turned around and celebrated, saying, "About f***ing time!"
In the first hand back from the break and the ninth hand on the bubble, Ray Henson raised the pot to 30,000 first to act and Scott Bohlman flat-called from the small blind to see the flop. Bohlman bet the pot for 72,000 and called the shove of Henson for some 30,000 more.
Ray Henson:
Scott Bohlman:
The turn gave Henson some further outs while Bohlman picked up a flush draw. After the river, Bohlman improved further to a flush ad Henson was crowned the bubble boy.
Timothy Batow got the majority of his stack in on a flop, and the fell on the turn. Deeb already had a stack of chips waiting to call Batow's all in, but Batow tried to be sneaky and just bet 12,000. Deeb raised to 25,000, enough to put Batow in, and he laughed, then called off his last 12,000.
Timothy Batow:
Shaun Deeb:
Neither player improved on the river, Deeb winning the hand with a pair of sevens, telling the table, "A lot of defense in this hand...not a lot of offense."
Elsewhere, Todd Ivens made his exit from the tournament.
David Eldridge raised to 45,000 from the hijack, and Adam Hendrix called on the button. Anthony Zinno three-bet shoved for 109,000 in the small blind, and Eldridge four-bet to 230,000, chasing out Hendrix.
Anthony Zinno:
David Eldridge:
Eldridge found a pair on the flop to give him some outs against Zinno's kings. The turn was no help, but the river gave Eldridge a winning two pair, sending Zinno to the rail just before the end of Day 2.
A new record field was already set when Day 1 came to a close the previous night with nearly 500 players having entered Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Another 26 players joined the action of the latest Championship Event of the 2019 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, which created a field of 518 entries and prize pool of $4,869,200.
After ten levels of 60 minutes each, the bubble burst and more than two dozen players headed to the payout desk to collect their money as the field was whittled down all the way to the last 50 hopefuls. Three WSOP bracelet winners sit at the top of the leader board in Daniel Alaei (1,985,000), Luke Schwartz (1,700,000), and Shaun Deeb (1,586,000).
Fresh off his maiden bracelet event victory in Event #49: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship, Schwartz was among the 26 that started with a fresh stack of 60,000 and the Brit went through the day like a wrecking ball, narrowly missing out on the overnight chip lead. Deeb ran hot in the final level of the night to earn his big stack, busting Ben Lamb among others, while Alaei was responsible for the biggest pot of the tournament so far when eliminating Brandon Shack-Harris prior to the money bubble.
Another seven players amassed more than one million in chips including Adam Hendrix (1,219,000), Dash Dudley (1,199,000), Joel Feldman (1,196,000), Will Jaffe (1,179,000), James Park (1,173,000), Andjelko Andrejevic (1,116,000) and Patrick Mahoney (1,024,000).
Other WSOP bracelet winners that will return to the Amazon Gold section as of 2 p.m. local time on Monday, June 24, 2019, are Jeremy Ausmus (648,000), Tobias Ziegler (633,000), Scott Bohlman (624,000), Kevin Eyster (511,000), Daniel Fuhs (409,000), Sandeep Pulusani (316,000), Ryan D'Angelo (300,000), Vladimir Shchemelev (181,000) and David Halpern (146,000).
David Eldridge may still be multi-tabling when Day 3 kicks off, as he ran back and forth between his seats in the PLO Championship and the Monster Stack, and he bagged up chips in both tournaments. The returning blinds for level 21 will be 10,000/20,000 and all 50 remaining hopefuls already have $17,837 locked up, but the elusive gold bracelet and a top prize of $1,086,967 await for the eventual champion in two days.
Among those to bust after the money bubble has burst were Martin Kozlov, Joshua Tieman, David "Bakes" Baker, Peter Costa, Ben Lamb, Bryce Yockey, Anthony Zinno and Kahle Burns.
With more than 270 players taking a seat for Day 2, it was inevitable that some of the biggest names in poker wouldn't make the cut. Stephen Chidwick entered before the cards got in the air and lasted one hand. Brian Hastings, David Benyamine, Phil Galfond, Phil Ivey, Jeff Lisandro, Robert Mizrachi, Ben Yu, Layne Flack, and Daniel Negreanu were just some of those that had to leave empty-handed having failed to make the money.
Brandon Shack-Harris entered Day 2 with a stack of just 40,000, twenty big blinds in the first level of the day. He quickly more than tripled up and from there on consistently built his stack. However, one big clash with Daniel Alaei sent Shack-Harris to the rail without cash. On a queen-high turn with two flush draws, Shack-Harris ended up all in with the nut straight and Alaei eventually called with top set and a hearts flush draw. The river paired the ten and that propelled Alaei into a commanding lead just a few spots on the money bubble.
It took nine hands on the bubble itself to secure a min cash of $15,029 and it was Ray Henson that ended up as the bubble boy when he got it in with flopped top two pair only to be crushed Scott Bohlman's top set. The final two levels of the night reduced the field at a rapid pace and all those that bagged and tagged will be back tomorrow to attempt to play down to the final six.
Stay tuned to find out who will make it to the Thunderdome, as the PokerNews team will be on the floor to cover all the action.