Looking over to the feature table set up in front of the PokerNews desk, we spotted Ricky Fohrenbach's stack looking extremely tall.
The action from one of the hands of the tournament was retold back to our reporter by Fohrenbach and two other players sitting either side of him as it happened on one of the final hands of the last level.
The hand started with the player in the hijack raising all-in for 54,000 and being called by another player in the cutoff. On the button, Fohrenback announced all in for just under 300,000, and was met with folds back to the original caller. It took him about 30 seconds to commit his stack of 250,000.
Hijack:
Cut off:
Fohrenbach:
The board ran out to give the hijack a much needed triple up, and a shocked Fohrenbach the chip lead to move up to 540,000.
Albert Kim heard Brandon Steven declare himself all-in at our feature table and instantly made the call. Kim tabled the and found himself dominating the of Steven.
Last year's final table bubble boy in the WSOP Main Event needed help to survive in this last level of Day 2, but the dealer wouldn't cooperate, spreading a final board of .
Steven was eliminated while Kim padded his stack, which now contains 290,000 chips.
Valerie Cross opened to 14,000 from early position and a player to her immediate left re-raised to 29,500. The action folded around back to Cross, who asked how much her opponent had behind (160,000) and made the call.
Flop:
Cross checked, prompting a 32,500 bet from her opponent. Cross called.
Both players checked the turn. However, when the hit the river, Cross' opponent checked and it was Cross who took initiative, leading out for 52,000. Her opponent folded.
We caught up with action with the board reading and Brandon Shane in a three way all-in confrontation. Shane showed down his for a flopped top set and was well ahead of his opponents, who held and .
Shane needed to avoid a diamond on the turn or river, and when the dealer revealed two safe cards in the form of the and the , he had eliminated two players from the tournament.
After asking him for a quick chip count, Shane reported that he now holds a stack of 590,000, which catapults him to the top of our leaderboard.
We caught up with the action on the flop, where Jon "PearlJammer" Turner check-called a bet from his opponent.
The turn came the and again Turner check-called, this time a 20,500 bet from his opponent.
The completed the board and Turner's opponent fired out 60,500, sending Turner into the tank. Turner counted out a call and convinced himself to chuck it into the middle.
"You're good," his opponent said, tabling for just ace-high. Turner flipped over , which was good enough to drag the sizable pot and earn him the chip lead - 613,000.
In one of the most exciting hands played at our feature table, we witnessed three players put it all on the line with the three best starting hands in hold'em.
Showdown:
Albert Kim:
Ricky Fohrenbach:
Christopher Goggin:
Goggin had the shortest stack in this duel, with about 146,000, meaning Kim and Fohrenbach were competing for a side pot in addition to the main.
All three players stood up as the dealer decided their fates.
Flop:
With that, Kim loudly told the rail "of course its another queen, it's SO SICK!" and began pacing around the table with anger spread across his face. When the turn brought the , a more composed Fohrenbach quietly asked the dealer for a ten, which would complete his gutshot straight draw and give him the overwhelming chip lead.
The dealer had already exhausted his supply of miracle cards, however, and the changed nothing. Kim began angrily tossing his belongings towards his backpack while repeating the familiar refrain of "so sick!"
Goggin now has 450,000 chips while Kim has fallen to just under 290,000. Fohrenbach has slipped to 190,000 after finishing last in this three-way showdown and the feature table has just livened up considerably.
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to give the hijack a much needed triple up, and a shocked Fohrenbach the chip lead to move up to 540,000.
and found himself dominating the 
of Steven.
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turn. However, when the 
hit the river, Cross' opponent checked and it was Cross who took initiative, leading out for 52,000. Her opponent folded.
to see Young slip to roughly 75,000 in chips.
and Brandon Shane in a three way all-in confrontation. Shane showed down his 
for a flopped top set and was well ahead of his opponents, who held 
, he had eliminated two players from the tournament.
flop, where Jon "PearlJammer" Turner check-called a bet from his opponent.
completed the board and Turner's opponent fired out 60,500, sending Turner into the tank. Turner counted out a call and convinced himself to chuck it into the middle.
for just ace-high. Turner flipped over 
changed nothing. Kim began angrily tossing his belongings towards his backpack while repeating the familiar refrain of "so sick!"
and Rood's hand could not beat ace-high, eliminating him from this tournament as Day 2 crawls towards its conclusion.