Peter Mendelsohn opened from middle position and Mackenzie Fulton raised all-in for his last 68,500 from the hi-jack. Marcos Palermo then re-shoved all-in from the big blind and Mendelsohn folded.
Palermo:
Fulton:
The board ran out and Fulton's tournament life ended.
Alex Bolotin entered the Day as chip leader but he could only take that momentum so far. With less than hour left on Day 2, he was already getting short stack and was forced to make his stand with . Brandon Becker was sitting to his left and called his all in for 95,000 with .
The board ran out and Bolotin's road will end here. Becker, on the other hand, has chipped up to 590,000 with that pot.
We didn't catch the hand, but Jonathan Little has been knocked out of the tournament. In addition, we are down to our last five tables, as 45 players are left.
Yuji Masaki raised to 18,000 from middle position and Alex Queen three-bet him to 47,000. It folded back to Masaki who moved all in and Queen wasted little time making the call.
Masaki:
Queen:
The flop was . At this point Masaki was standing up and mumbling to himself, presumably urging the board to stay clean. However, the turn was the and he went from mumbling to shouting a loud "No!". The river was no help. After the count, they figured out that Queen had him covered, resulting in Masaki goning busto and Queen sitting with a 740,000-chip stack.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Teresa Duck battled in a hand earlier in the day that saw Duck double up through Timoshenko. Well their table broke, and while they were at separate tables for a while, they have been reunited now, and they just got involved in another big pot. Timoshenko raised to 17,000, and Dmitry Vitkind called in the small blind. Duck was in the big blind, and she moved all in for 88,000. Timoshenko tanked for about a minute before making the call, and Vitkind got out of the way. The cards were flipped, and Duck was in a dominating position.
Duck:
Timoshenko:
The flop gave Timoshenko some hope, as it came . The turn gave Timoshenko alittle more hope, coming the , giving him outs for a chop. However, the river came the , and Duck won the hand, while Timoshenko dipped below the tournament average.