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After a preflop bet of all in by his opponent and a call by Michael Thomas, the two players tabled their hands.
Thomas: 
Opponent: 
The board fell 
and Thomas' ace kicker was good enough to take down the pot. Thomas is now sitting with 25,000.
We missed the action, but Thanh Ngo, who started the day second in chips, was just seen sending a ton of chips over to Stefan Martin. Martin showed 
on a board of 
and it looked like Ngo showed 
. After then hand, Ngo has tumbled down to 30,000 while Martin is amongst the chip leaders at around 83,000.
From middle position Charles Chang moved all in for his final 20,400. Howard Dion thought for a bit before deciding to call all in for 18,300 from the big blind. Dion's Hollywooding didn't get the blinds to come along and he calmly flipped over his 
. Chang held the 
.
The 
flop gave Chang some hope and Dion a sweat. The turned was the 
, the 
river bricked Chang again and his chip stack fell to just single big blind.
A few hands later he was able to find a flipping situation but was unable to win. After a friendly hug from a competitor and Chang is on the rail.
We already reported that Lashlee's stack has been slipping downward today and it just took another hit.
After a flop of 
Lashlee called Scott Dietz's all in. Lashlee showed 
for a flopped set and Dietz held the 
for a double gutted straight draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing but the on the river gave Dietz his straight and knocked Lashlee's stack down to less than 20,000.
Dietz now sits with around 35,000.
As a result of the bubble bursting right before the end of the day yesterday, there are more than a few short stacks clinging to life in the first level of play today. One such short stack was Bradley Russell who shoved all in from the hijack and was called by Randall Bostick in the cutoff. Russell showed the 
but was trailing to Bostick's 
. The board ran out 
sending Russell to the rail.
Chuck Thompson moved all in from middle position and was called when another player pushed his entire stack in from the big blind. Thompson turned up the 
.
"You've got me beat" said Thompson's opponent as he tabled .
The board ran out 
and Thompson's pair of kings was enough to knock one more player out of the field. Thompson is now sitting with approx. 39,600
Robert Omara raised under the gun and it folded around to Christopher Marohn in the big blind. Once again he decided to move all in, this time for 17,600 more. Omara deliberated for about a minute before calling with the 
. He was in a lot of trouble though up against the of Marohn.
Omara stood up as the dealer burned a card and he was the first to see the in the window and gave out a shout and a fist pump. The rest of the board was no help to Marohn, whose valiant effort to make a move as a short stack early in day 2 was cut short by a bad beat.
Omara is now up to 88,500 chips.
David Havill from open-raised to 5,500 from the button and John Pack re-raised out of the small blind to 20,000 and change. Havill called for his remaining stack and needed help going to the flop.
Showdown
Havill:
Pack: 
The flop came , giving Pack a dominating lead with a set. The turn came , which left Havill drawing slim. However, the 
on the river gave Havill the winning hand for an inside straight. Havill is currently up to approximately 40,000, while Pack has been knocked down to a still healthy 60,000.
We caught up with the action to see Jordan Dhooghe counting out chips for Kenneth Stratton's double up. The were laid in front of Stratton with a board of 
showing.
Dhooghe was the chip leader going into today's play and this hand was a hit of around 31,000 for him. Stratton is sitting with about 62,000.
When you are a short stack and you look down at pocket aces, you feel like you have hit the jackpot. Unfortunately for Ryan Fox, it quickly turned to disaster as he has busted from the event. Fox shoved his last 9,000 into the pot and was called by Christopher Ooley and Stefan Martin.
The flop came , and Ooley bet out causing Martin to fold. Ooley showed for a flopped set, and Fox would need help with his . He wouldn't get it, as the board ran out , and Fox has been eliminated.
