Michael Hallen, Neil Scott, and the player in the big blind got all the chips in before the flop. Scott had approximately 70,000 and Hallen had both opponents well covered. Hallen held , the big blind held , and Scott tabled .
Hallen was way behind preflop, but the board ran out , and he hit a set to send both his opponents to the cage.
We arrived at the table to see that Walter Treccarichi had fewer chips than what he started the day with. He explained that a player at the table only had 1,000 left and won six all-ins in a row, including two of them against Treccarichi. Treccarichi moved all in right after for 55,000. The player on the button called him, who had him covered.
Walter Treccarichi had in his hand but his opponent was ahead with . The flop gave Treccarichi a flush draw, but the on the turn and the river did not help him.
Next, Treccharichi plans to jump into the Dealers Choice and Tag Team events.
A player in middle position limped in, the small blind completed, and Matt Affleck raised from the big blind to 200,000, putting the middle-position player to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He called, the small blind folded, and the two players tabled their hands.
Affleck held and his opponent held . Affleck was an underdog preflop, but the board ran out to give him a boat, eliminate his opponent, and put his stack over the 500,000-chip mark.
Hunter Frey was in the big blind and called an open.
The dealer fanned .
Frey checked it to the raiser who continued for 37,000. Frey responded with a raise to 88,000 and was then met by three-bet to 139,000. Frey moved all in, which finally convinced his opponent to let his hand go, and Frey collected the pot without showdown and grew his stack to over 600,000.
The mighty Colossus is on a small 15-minute break.
Just over 300 players remain after two one-hour levels of play so far today. Starting with 634 players, that's over half the field headed out the door already.
There are eight more levels to go with eliminations sure to slow as stacks get deeper.
and, while his opponent showed 
, Zitman still stared intently as his tournament life was on the line. 
.
, the big blind held 
, and Scott tabled 
.
, and he hit a set to send both his opponents to the cage.
in his hand but his opponent was ahead with 
. The flop 
gave Treccarichi a flush draw, but the 
on the turn and the 
and his opponent held 
. Affleck was an underdog preflop, but the board ran out 
to give him a boat, eliminate his opponent, and put his stack over the 500,000-chip mark.
