The prize pool has just been announced. With 48 entries total (36 unique players and 12 reentries), the prize pool has totaled $4,737,600. $1,492,340 is set aside for the winner with 7 players cashing.
Kevin Hart raised to 16,000 from under the gun and Sam Greenwood, who was next to act, responded with a three-bet to 50,000.
Action folded back to Hart, and with the cameras surrounding the table, he called to see a flop. Hart check-called a bet of 25,000 and then check for a second time when the turn paired the board.
Greenwood tossed out 70,000 and Hart check-raised all in for around 240,000. It did the trick as Greenwood flashed just the and folded.
Daniel Dvoress opened under the gun plus one for 14,000 and saw Bryn Kenney three-bet to 47,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and Dvoress called to see a flop.
On , Dvoress checked. Kenney bet 41,000 and Dvoress called.
Dvoress check-called a bet of 85,000 on the turn before checking again on the river. Kenney moved in and Dvoress was left with the decision for his 219,000 stack.
Dvoress didn't need too long, he never touched his two time bank chips, as he called with 15 seconds left to act. Kenney showed , Dvoress mucked his .
A short-stacked Koray Aldemir limped from early position and Kevin Hobbs raised to 21,000 from the hijack. Daniel Dvoress called from the cutoff and then Justin Bonomo made it 88,000 to go from the big blind.
Aldemir then moved in for 95,000 total, both Hobbs and Dvoress folded, and Bonomo called.
Bonomo:
Aldemir:
Aldemir was looking for a third jack, but he was left wanting as the board ran out an unhelpful .
After Daniel Negreanu raised to 13,000 on the button, Orpen Kisacikoglu moved all in for 90,000 out of the big blind. Negreanu called and the cards were turned up.
Negreanu:
Kisacikoglu:
Kisacikoglu failed to get lucky, and his Day 2 came to an early end.
Steve O'Dwyer opened under the gun plus one for 13,000 and saw Igor Kurganov three-bet to 35,000 from the button. The blinds folded, O'Dwyer called.
O'Dwyer check-called a bet of 21,000 on before they both checked the on the turn. The completed the board and O'Dywer checked again. Kurganov bet 87,000, leaving himself just a couple of thousand behind. O'Dwyer called rather quickly.
With 109,000 already in the pot and a flop of , Ben Tollerene checked from the small blind and Stephen Chidwick did the same from the cutoff.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Tollerene led out for 70,000 and Chidwick burned a time extension before moving all in for 233,000.
Tollerene had a bit less than that, and he used two time extensions of his own before calling off.
Tollerene:
Chidwick:
Tollerene was ahead with a pair of sevens, but Chidwick had both an open-ended straight and flush draw. The river was just what he was looking for, and Tollerene had no recourse but to make a beeline for the exit.