Vinny Pahuja moved all in for 13,100 from middle position after Brian Burney had opened with a raise to 3,600 from under the gun. Burney made the call and showed the . Pahuja held the . The board ran out and Pahuja was eliminated.
Lauren Kling couldn't seem to get anything rolling since the beginning of Day 2 and her stack was slowly blinded and ante'd away until she was critically short.
In her second-to-last hand, the under-the-gun player opened for 4,100 and action folded around to Kling on the big.
"This is unreal," she said, in reference to her cards. "I have four-high."
Kling decided to muck.
"Mathematically it was probably the right call..." she added.
With just 3,200 left, Kling put in the small blind. An early position player opened for 4,100 and was called by the player on the button. Kling decided to commit her remaining stack and pushed all-in. The big folded.
Both active players checked down on the flop as well as the the turn. However, when the landed on the river, the original raiser pushed all-in and his opponent folded after some deliberation. He tabled for a set of aces and Kling mucked - ending her tournament life.
Maxwell Fritz moved all in for 7,000 from the button and found a call from the player in the small blind. Fritz's tournament life was at stake holding and had to beat from the small blind. The board ran and Maxwell hit the rail.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko has always been known to take his time in making a decision, taking in all of the factors surrounding the hand. Well Timoshenko might have met his match with Teresa Duck, as the two locked horns in a hand that took about seven minutes.
The action started with Duck raising to 4,200 in the cutoff. It folded to Timoshenko, who took about a minute before putting out a raise to 11,000. About 90 seconds later, Duck put in the chips for the call, and the two took a flop of . Timoshenko thought for a while, then put together a bet of 7,600. Duck cut out the chips for the call, and slid them in about 30 seconds later. The turn brought the , and again, Timshenko went deep into thought. He decided to check, and Duck thought for just a few moments before taking the opportunity to move all in for 24,000 total. Timoshenko thought for a couple of minutes before announcing call. The two flipped their cards, and Timoshenko was in trouble.
Timoshenko:
Duck:
Timoshenko would need an eight and an eight only to knock out Duck, but the river came the , giving Duck the double up and taking a chunk out of Timoshenko's still healthy stack.
We didn't catch the hand or hands that led to this, but Sorel Mizzi, who was sitting on 32,000 a few minutes ago, now has a stack of around 110,000. Perhaps showing up two hours late was all part of Mizzi's master plan? We will be sure to keep a close eye on him as the day moves on.
Garry "Beast Mode" Gates just boomed his stack to 150,000 and change after doubling up with pocket kings versus pocket jacks. All of he money went in preflop and the kings held up for Gates.