Sean Winter opened for 25,000 from the hijack and received a call from Mike Leah in the small blind. Michael Egan then three-bet all in for 178,000 from the big, Winter moved all in over the top, and Leah got out of the way.
Winter:
Egan:
Egan got it in good and was looking to hold, which is just what he did after the board ran out .
Joining the action on a flop, Phil Hellmuth bet 25,000 out of the small blind and Jesse Sylvia called from under the gun. They checked through the on the turn and the appeared on the river. Hellmuth checked and Sylvia bet 43,000, which the "Poker Brat" called after some consideration.
Sylvia turned over for two pair tens and eights, Hellmuth had that beat with .
From under the gun, Richard Lyndaker moved all in and Jesse Sylvia in the big blind asked the dealer to pull in his big blind to see how much more it would be to call. The result was an amount of 56,000 due still and Sylvia made the call.
Lyndaker:
Sylvia:
On the turn, Lyndaker was drawing dead and picked up his belongings. The meaningless river completed the board and the field was reduced to only 12.
When it just isn't your day, there's not much you can do. And that would be the case with Greg Merson's Day 2.
Merson entered the day with 174,200 in chips, and that was good enough for 11th overall. He worked his way up the leaderboard throughout the day, but suffered a big hit when his pocket kings lost out to Jonathan Duhamel's pocket deuces thanks to a deuce on the river after the money went in preflop. Then, Merson lost with pocket kings for a second time in another very important pot — this time losing to Jesse Sylvia who hit an ace with ace-king.
Although he did manage some double ups to stay alive, Merson was unlucky with another big pocket pair for a third important time, and this time saw his tournament come to an end.
Merson was all in with the against the for Brian Roberts. The board ran out to give Roberts a full house and send the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion to the rail.
Michael Egan's tournament just came to a close in a quick succession of two hands. First, Egan ran his into Sam Khouiss' in a preflop all-in clash. The board ran out , and Egan was forced to pay the 190,000 in chips to give Khouiss the double.
Then, action folded to Mike Leah in the small blind, and he raised to 29,000. Egan jammed from the big blind for 275,000, and Leah called with the . Egan had the . Thanks to the board, Leah won the pot and sent Egan to the rail.
Mike Leah raised to 24,000 from under the gun, and Sean Winter moved all in from the button for what looked like 168,000 in chips. [Removed:17] made the call out of the big blind, and Leah folded.
Winter:
Yan:
What started as a headache for Winter soon turned into a smile on the flop, almost locking up the double. The on the turn now gave Yan two outs to win the hand, and sure enough the fell on the river to give "MissOracle" the win.
Just as Sean Winter was enduring a runner-runner beat at the other table, Jesse Sylvia and Andrew Hinrichsen were battling it out at the other. We're not sure of the action, but we do know a preflop raising war resulted in Sylvia getting his stack of 340,000 all in against Hinrichsen.
Hinrichsen:
Sylvia:
If Sylvia busted the final table would be set and the bubble would burst. That didn't happen though as Sylvia's kings held after the board ran out .
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. He was called by Sam Higgs with the 
, and everyone else folded. The board came 
, and Khouiss doubled up.
appeared on the river. Hellmuth checked and Sylvia bet 43,000, which the "Poker Brat" called after some consideration.
turn, Lyndaker was drawing dead and picked up his belongings. The meaningless 
river completed the board and the field was reduced to only 12.
against the 
for Brian Roberts. The board ran out 
, and Egan was forced to pay the 190,000 in chips to give Khouiss the double.
. Egan had the 
. Thanks to the 
board, Leah won the pot and sent Egan to the rail.
