David Moses raised to 9,300,000 from under the gun leaving himself a single 100,000 chip behind. Georgios Sotiropoulos called from middle position and Sejin Park called in the small blind.
The flop was the . Park and Moses checked then Sotiropoulos made it 3,100,000. Park folded and Moses put his last 100,000 chip in the middle and the cards were flipped over.
David Moses:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:
Moses was behind his opponent's set of queens but that all changed after the turn gave him a set of cowboys. Moses earned a double as nothing changed after the river completed the board.
Joseph Liberta raised to 5,000,000 under the gun, leaving himself with 1,000,000 behind, and the action folded around to David Moses on the button who announced 10,000,000. The blinds quickly folded and Liberta put in the rest of his chips.
Joseph Liberta:
David Moses:
Moses had him dominated and on the flop he was almost certain to knock Liberta out of the tournament. The board completed with the on the turn and the on the river, sealing Liberta's fate of seventh place and taking home $61,888.
A total 237 players of the 5,252 entry field came back for Day 2 and only six found bags at the end of 17 levels in Event #70: $888 Crazy Eights. The six finalists are returning at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16 to play down until a new champion is crowned earning the first-place prize of $888,891.
The lineup is led by Leonid Yanovski with a total of 62,200,000. Yanovski used his aggressive style to gain chips throughout the day, reaching the final two tables with over 14,000,000 in chips. He also is hot off another final table, finishing in fourth place inEvent #72: Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) and taking home $66,240.
Final Table Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
430
1
Georgios Sotiropoulos
21,800,000
11
430
2
Paul Fehlig
48,700,000
24
430
3
Leonid Yanovski
62,200,000
31
430
4
Timo Kamphues
7,400,000
4
430
5
Sejin Park
14,600,000
7
430
6
David Moses
49,100,000
25
Following Yanovski is David Moses, bagging a total of 49,100,000 in chips after being short-stacked most of the final table. Moses started to ramp up his stack after putting his last 10,000,000 in the middle with pocket kings against Georgios Sotiropoulos' pocket queens. Moses thought his tournament was done as the flop came with a queen on it but the king came on the turn securing his double up.
Sotiropoulos also found a bag at the end of Day 2, finishing with 21,800,000. Sotiropoulos is no stranger to final tables as he also is coming off a final table finish as he won his third WSOP gold bracelet and $432,575 in Event #65: MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold'em.
However, Sotiropoulos isn't the only bracelet winner as 2019 $400 Colossus Winner Sejin Park is looking to capture his second gold bracelet, coming into Day 3 with 14,600,000.
Georgios Sotiropoulos
Many notables made Day 2 but were not fortunate enough to make it to Day 3, including Ari Engel,Pierre Calamusa, Eric Baldwin, Michael Lech and Justin Arnwine.
All six players have locked up a payout of $79,888 and will continue to battle for the grand prize of $888,891. The next blinds will be 1,000,000/2,000,000 with a 2,000,000 big blind ante. Make sure to follow along with PokerNews on Tuesday at 2 p.m.