The money bubble burst a few minutes ago and it didn't take long for the first player to join the rail. Brandon Shack-Harris would be next after losing a race versus fellow short stack Mace Turco with versus . The American improved on the flop, but Turco binked the on the river.
That hand left Shack-Harris with only a few big blinds and he busted shortly after against Jeff Madsen.
There was not even any hand-for-hand play activated yet as two players busted at almost the same time. While the floor announced to hold the action after their current hand was completed, Paul Sharbanee moved all in on table 26. Zane Ly was in the blinds and made the call with out of the big blind.
It was a flip against the of Sharbanee and two queens appeared on the flop. Neither turn nor the river delivered one of the two remaining jacks in the deck and suddenly everyone was in the money.
It was an all in preflop by Giacomo Fundaro out of the big blind against the raise of Daniel Murphy and the Italian had about 12,000 or so chips left. Murphy called with and was delighted to see on the other side of the table.
The flop was even more exciting as Fundaro could not win the pot outright anymore. The on the turn provided some chop odds but the river was a brick.
Welcome back to the second day of play in the first event of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific, the AU$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator. Through three starting days, 611 entries were generated, and there are 93 players remaining.
Leading the way is Scott Clements with 76,575 in chips, coming from a massive Day 1a. He'll be joined by notables Jeff Madsen, Antonio Esfandiari, George Danzer, Jonathan Karamalikis, and Brandon Shack-Harris.
Only Julius Colman and Mace Turco advanced from more than one flight. Both survived Day 1a and 1c. Colman earned 7,375 from Day 1a and 21,475 from Day 1c for a total of 28,850. Turco earned 16,050 from Day 1a and 20,625 from Day 1c for a total of 36,675.
The prize pool and payout information will be made known shortly, and once received we'll be posting that for your viewing pleasure.
Play will begin at 12:30 p.m. local time, so stay tuned for things to kick off very shortly.