Action began when Bertrand Grospellier made a raise from late position. Michael Binger called from the button and the player in the big blind three-bet. Grospellier folded his hand and Binger replied by pushing out a four-bet. The big blind called and the two saw a flop. The big blind check-called a bet from Binger.
The turned and and once again the big blind check-called a bet from Binger. The came on the river and history seemed to repeat itself as the big blind check-called a bet for a third time.
The big blind player tabled and Binger sent his hand into the muck, taking a pretty substantial hit to his stack.
Justin Smith raised from middle position and a player in late position re-raised. Smith called and they saw the flop come . Smith check called a bet from his opponent and the turn brought the . Smith checked, the other player bet, and Smith raised. The other player called putting himself all in and the hands were revealed.
Smith:
Opponent:
Smith had his opponent drawing dead and the river was a meaningless . The other player headed to the rail while Smith stacked up 33,000 in chips.
We managed to find Liz Lieu in the big blind mixing it up on a flop. Lieu check-raised her opponent who sat in early position. Her opponent seemingly did not like that and raised. Both players then raised back and forth until the betting was maxed out.
With a on the turn Lieu made a bet and was all in, her opponent called.
Lieu:
Opponent:
Lieu was behind and was going to need to hit a nine in order to stay alive in this tournament. She received no help as a rang off the deck for the river.
The player under the gun put in a raise and a late position player made the call. Joseph Cheong three-bet from the cutoff and was called by both players.
The flop fell and all three players checked. The hit the turn and the player under the gun pushed out a bet. The late position player folded and Cheong decided to raise. His opponent made the call and they saw a river pair the board. The action went check-check and Cheong showed which won against his opponent's . Cheong is now sitting with around 82,000.
Maria Ho moved all in from late position for 16,500 and was called by Joseph Cheong on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the hands were exposed:
Ho:
Cheong:
Ho was ahead and stayed that way when the flop came . Unfortunately for Ho, the turned, giving Cheong a set of eights and a commanding lead in the hand. The river blanked for Ho, coming and the chips were pushed in Cheong's direction.
"Nice playing with you all," Ho said graciously before she walked away toward the rail.
Action folded to Thor Hansen in the small blind who pushed all in for a total of 13,000. The big blind called and Hansen was at risk.
Hansen:
Big Blind:
The flop brought good news for Hansen when it came to boost him into the lead, but the fell on the turn flipping the lead back to the big blind. The on the river changed nothing and Hansen was sent to the rail.
We've heard a few players including Mike "The Mouth" Matusow complaining that the structure of this tournament is too fast and the limits are too high for how many chips the players have. We aren't the ones playing, so we don't really have an opinion on the matter but we can say that only 20 minutes into the second level of play today we've already lost 54 players of the 135 we started the day with.
That's a lot of eliminations! We're now less than 30 players away from the money bubble so perhaps play will slow down as we near that mark but only time will tell.
flop. The big blind check-called a bet from Binger.
turned and and once again the big blind check-called a bet from Binger. The 
came on the river and history seemed to repeat itself as the big blind check-called a bet for a third time.
and Binger sent his hand into the muck, taking a pretty substantial hit to his stack.
. Smith check called a bet from his opponent and the turn brought the 
. Smith checked, the other player bet, and Smith raised. The other player called putting himself all in and the hands were revealed.
. The other player headed to the rail while Smith stacked up 33,000 in chips.
rang off the deck for the river.
hit the turn and the player under the gun pushed out a bet. The late position player folded and Cheong decided to raise. His opponent made the call and they saw a 
river pair the board. The action went check-check and Cheong showed 
which won against his opponent's 
. Unfortunately for Ho, the 
and the chips were pushed in Cheong's direction.
to boost him into the lead, but the 
fell on the turn flipping the lead back to the big blind. The 
on the river changed nothing and Hansen was sent to the rail.