David Peters raised it up to 23,000 from middle position and Chris Bolek defended from the big blind. The flop came and Bolek check-called a bet of 42,000 from Peters.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Bolek checked one more time and Peters slid in a bet of 100,000. Bolek thought for over a minute before raising to 290,000. Peters went into the tank for at least five minutes before eventually tossing in a chip to signify a call. Bolek turned over for a full house and Peters was forced to muck his cards.
The board read and action checked to Shawn Buchanan who bet 42,000 into a pot of around 80,000.
Richard Tuhrim called and the river fell the . Tuhrim checked and Buchanan then fired 90,000 into the middle. Tuhrim took a few moments before finding the fold button and Buchanan added another pot to his stack.
In one of the last hands of the night, Dominik Nitsche opened to 20,000 and Patrick Truong three-bet to 55,000 directly to his left. The action folded back to Nitsche who moved all in for around 270,000 and Truong instantly called.
Patrick Truong:
Dominik Nitsche:
The flop came and Truong was still in the lead with a pair of kings. The turn was the , giving Nitsche the best hand, but the on the river reversed that as Truong made a set of kings.
The players are now bagging up their chips to return for Day 3 tomorrow. A recap and full chip counts will be posted shortly.
A total of 189 runners began Day 2 of Event #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em, adding 19 more players during the late registration period that was open until the tournament resumed at 2pm on Saturday, 9 June. The tournament brought in a total of 518 entries and generated a hardy $2,408,700 prize pool.
After the last chance saloon had closed for business it was Chris Bolek that had bagged the chip lead with an impressive 1,129,000 and is in the best of positions to take down the $537,710 top prize and coveted bracelet.
Bolek stayed around average for most of the day and started to stack up after the last break. The three table redraw was the highlight of his day when he got into a hand with Martin Mathis who moved all in on the turn into Bolek's flopped set. After that hand Bolek moved into first and never looked back. The 2017 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em-Bounty Champion will be looking to secure his second bracelet.
It was on level 16 when Matthew Parry was eliminated in 79th place on the money bubble by Kristin Bicknell. Parry moved all in under the gun with ace-jack and ran into Bicknell's aces. Once the money bubble busted all the remaining players were guaranteed $7,435, with a final table finish getting at least $34,862.
There were a lot of well know players that made the money but could not survive long enough to move on to Day 3. They had a jewelry box full of bracelets between them and these decorated individuals included Justin Bonomo (29th-$12,331), Bryn Kenney (40th-$10,659), Brian Yoon (47th Place-$9,417), Humberto Brenes (57th Place-$8,506), Erik Seidel (64th-$7,860), Tom Cannuli (65th-$7,860), and Ben Yu (75th-$7,435).
There is a large contingent of notable players moving on to Day 3 and that list includes Seth Davies (812,000), Jake Shindler (926,000), Shawn Buchanan (846,000), Arne Ruge (166,000), Stephen Chidwick (164,000), and two-time bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell (106,000).
Action will resume at 2pm local time on Sunday, 10 June, where players will return to play another ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. Blinds will resume at 6,000/12,000 with an ante of 12,000.
Seat Draw
Room
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
Amazon
431
1
Peter Neff
United States
683,000
57
Amazon
431
2
Seth Davies
United States
812,000
68
Amazon
431
3
Kristen Bicknell
Canada
106,000
9
Amazon
431
4
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
164,000
14
Amazon
431
5
Jeremy Wien
United States
437,000
36
Amazon
431
6
Ross Schultz
United States
244,000
20
Amazon
431
7
David Laka
Spain
673,000
56
Amazon
431
8
Michael Gagliano
United States
320,000
27
Amazon
431
9
John Amato
United States
420,000
35
Amazon
439
1
Asi Moshe
Israel
698,000
58
Amazon
439
2
Chris Bolek
United States
1,129,000
94
Amazon
439
3
Kenneth Smaron
United States
990,000
83
Amazon
439
4
Martin Mathis
United States
385,000
32
Amazon
439
6
David Peters
United States
171,000
14
Amazon
439
7
Jan Christoph Von Halle
Germany
593,000
49
Amazon
439
9
Patrick Truong
United States
655,000
55
Amazon
447
1
Nicholas Pupillo
United States
367,000
31
Amazon
447
2
Jake Schindler
United States
926,000
77
Amazon
447
3
Richard Tuhrim
United States
532,000
44
Amazon
447
4
William Remshardt
United States
342,000
29
Amazon
447
5
Arne Ruge
Germany
166,000
14
Amazon
447
6
Ran Ilani
Israel
924,000
77
Amazon
447
7
Eric Blair
United States
352,000
29
Amazon
447
8
Shawn Buchanan
Canada
846,000
71
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