Eracles Panayiotou raised from the button and Anthony Marsico three-bet in the small blind. The big blind folded and Panayiotou called.
The flop came , Marsico bet and Panayiotou called.
The turn was the , Marsico bet again and Panayiotou called.
The river completed the board with the , Marsico bet again and Panayiotou called but slowly mucked when Marsico tabled for the trip tens. Panayiotou was left behind with 42,000 which he lost in the next hand to bring the field down to 19 players.
This means that hand-for-hand play will commence now as it's time for the bubble.
John Racener raised and called a three-bet from Antanas "Tony G" Guoga situated one seat over.
The flop fell and Racener check-called Guoga's bet. The same action happened on the turn. Both checked on the river and Guogo revealed for a set of eights. However, Racener held for the straight and took down the pot while Guoga was left with 41,000 chips.
A few hands later, Mike Lancaster raised in the hijack and Guoga called all-in for his last 16,000. James Obst called in the big blind to create a side pot.
The flop came and Obst check-folded. Lancaster and Guoga tabled their cards.
Antanas "Tony G" Guoga:
Mike Lancaster:
Guoga found no help on the rest on the board and , improving Lancaster's hand into a full house and he got eliminated in 18th place.
Matthew Schreiber raised from the early position and action folded to Robert Como in the big blind. Como confirmed how much Schreiber had behind in total. Como then three-bet for Schreiber to call for 44,000.
Matthew Schreiber:
Robert Como:
The flop came for them both to flop a pair but keep Como ahead.
The turn was the which didn't change the situation.
The river completed the board with the for the deal to be sealed as Schreiber was sent to the payout desk to collect $15,128 for finishing in 17th place.
The final 15 players of Event #72: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship have bagged their chips and will return on Thursday at 2 pm in Amazon Gold. Play will continue until a new champion is crowned.
It was Mike Lancaster (1,201,000) who ended the day as the big stack and only player over the one million mark. Lancaster finished third in the 2015 $1,500 Limit Hold'em and will try to catch his first gold bracelet when play resumes.
The other players still in the race include many notables and WSOP champions such as Juha Helppi (986,000), Josh Arieh (772,000), Kevin Song (744,000), Tommy Hang (527,000), John Racener (304,000) and four-time bracelet winner Eli Elezra (250,000).
The day started with 51 players returning to their seats and with late registration open until the start of the day, eight more players joined the Day 2 field. The bust outs were fast and the likes of Martin Kabrhel, Benny Glaser, Shaun Deeb, Chris Ferguson, Robert Mizrachi and Phil Hui joined the 44 other players that failed to make it to Day 3.
Day 2 Action
With 18 places paid, the bubble was reached during Level 16, with hand-for-hand only lasting a few minutes. Dan Shak was eliminated in 20th position, moving all in with pocket queens on an ace-high flop, only to see an ace in Hang’s hand. The turn and the river bricked and Shak was eliminated. He was followed shortly after by Oleg Chebotarev who burst the bubble, moving all in on a king-high flop with ace-high while Louis Hillman had hit a pair of sixes.
The action slowed down and after an hour of countless double ups. Antanas "Tony G" Guoga busted in 18th place for $15,128, the first player to cash in this event. Guoga lost the majority of his stack after a confrontation with Racener, who hit a straight on the river while Guoga had a set of eights on the turn. He lost the rest of his chips against Lancaster a few minutes later.
Racener spent plenty of time among the short stacks but managed to double up twice, first thanks to a flip against James Obst and again with a flopped pair of kings against Anthony Marsico who called Racener down on the three streets with an inferior hand.
During the last 20-minute of action, Matthew Schreiber was eliminated in 17th place ($15,128) by Robert Como and was joined in the rail soon after by James Obst in 16th place ($15,128), who felted with queens versus Elezra's aces.
The remaining 15 players are all guaranteed a minimum of $17,596 but are competing for the $306,622 first-place prize and one of the last WSOP gold bracelets of the summer.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide full live coverage throughout the day, so rejoin us on Thursday from 2 p.m.