Anthony Zinno and Philip Long were eliminated early on Day 2 and Ian Bradley also walked out of the tournament area. According to the Brit, he flopped a pair and wrap with 
on 
and bet the pot, then jammed a 
turn. He was looked up by an opponent with 
and the river failed to improve Bradley.
According to the screens, there are 144 players out of 232 entries remaining.
Eelis Pärssinen raised to 8,500 and Christian Harder called only for Phil Ivey to then three-bet to 35,500 total out of the blinds. Both opponents came along and Ivey then jammed the 
flop for 48,500. Pärssinen raised to 125,000 and Harder called all-in for fewer than that.
Phil Ivey: 
Christian Harder: 
Eelis Pärssinen: 
The 
turn and 
river ensured the triple up for Ivey while Harder doubled through Pärssinen for the 43,500 he had behind.
Chris Brewer opened to 10,500 in early position, Christopher Meyers called in the hijack, and Ferenc Deak called in the big blind.
The trio checked the 
flop to the 
turn. Deak and Brewer checked to Meyers who bet 21,000. Deak then check-raised to 71,000, Brewer folded, and Meyers called.
The 
fell on the river and both players checked.
Deak tabled 
and claimed the pot with his turned straight.
On a completed board of 
, David Coleman bet 14,000 out of the small blind. Anson Tsang then made it 50,000 to go only for Coleman to raise the pot to 190,000 in total leaving just a few chips behind. Tsang mulled it over for a while and opted to fold.
With roughly 70,000 in the pot on a 
board, Ben Lamb checked in early position, Anthony Zinno bet 37,000 in middle position and Lamb called. Both players checked the river.
"You were supposed to bet," said Lamb as he showed his 
for a boat and collected the pot.
Heads up to the 
turn, Eddy Nedialkov checked and Clayton Kalisek bet 8,000. Nedialkov check-raised to 24,000 only for Kalisek to make it 75,000 to go. That forced out Nedialkov, who dropped below the starting stack as a result.
In a preflop raising war, Daniel Negreanu was the player at risk with 
and David Prociak looked him up with the 
. Both players had outs on the board but they settled for a chop, each holding pocket Aces.
"David wins because he has the king kicker," Cary Katz joked while Ben Diebold chimed in with a "man, you guys are gamblers".
On a completed board of , Chance Kornuth was spotted with a bet worth 76,500 but he then got out of the way when Krasimir Yankov raised it up to 177,000. That hand cost Kornuth more than a quarter of his stack and Yankov pulled ahead on the leaderboard.
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Daniel Negreanu opened to 8,000 in the cutoff, David Prociak flat-called on the button, and Benoit Galland raised to 26,000 in the big blind. Negreanu then moved in a stack of chips for a raise, Prociak folded, and Galland called all in for his stack of around 50,000.
Daniel Negreanu: 
Benoit Galland: 
The 
flop put Negreanu even further ahead with the nut flush, and the and 
completed the board to confirm the result.
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