Action started on the river with a full board of 
. George Holmes was heads up with his opponent fighting for a large pot.
Holmes moved in 125,000, enough to cover his opponent, who went deep into the tank.
After a couple of minutes, he tossed in a chip for the call.
Holmes had 
for the rivered straight, his opponent had 
, and shipped his stack over to Holmes.
Frank Funaro opened to 3,500 and only got called by the big blind, who check-called Funaro for 2,500 on a flop 
.
The turn brought the 
and both checked. The 
showed up on the river and after a last check from his opponent, Funaro sent a bet worth 7,000. The big blind didn't take long to fold.
Players are now on their final 20-minute break of the day. One more level will be played before the remaining field will bag for day 3.
Players are busting and stack are building as play continues on Day 2d. Gaelle Baumann sent two players packing just after dinner-break, Bryn Kenney got cheeky with ace-king, and Will Kassouf found a double up.
Niveau: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
In a heads-up pot, the flop read 
and James Richards check-called a bet of 7,000 from Eddy Ortega in the big blind.
Things heated up on the turn. Richards checked again and Ortega fired 13,000. Richards thought about his move for a minute and raised to 100,000, putting Ortega at risk for his last 35,000 chips. The latter called and they tabled their cards:
Eddy Ortega: 
James Richards: 
Richards had found a straight on the turn and Ortega didn't get any help with the 
river to be eliminated from the Main Event.
On a heads-up turn board of 
, former Main Event Champion and poker legend Scotty Nguyen bet 6,000 into the pot after the big blind checked to hin.
The big blind called and the players saw the 
on the river. The big blind took one last peek at his cards...
"You don't know what you have, baby?" Nguyen teased in his trademark manner.
The player just responded by checking over to Nguyen who quickly fired off a bet of 7,000. After a few moments his opponent folded and Nguyen was awarded the pot.
Doug Polk raised it up to 4,500 in middle position and Justin Chu defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Chu check-called a bet of 4,000 from Polk.
The turn brought the and Chu checked again. Polk tossed in another bet of 14,000 this time and Chu check-raised all in. Polk had just over 40,500 remaining and gave it some thought before making the call for his tournament life.
Doug Polk: 
Justin Chu:
Polk turned top pair but Chu had a pair and a flush draw. The river was the and Chu improved to a flush, sending Polk to the rail but not before everyone got a "good game".
Itai Levy opened and Andrew Shack three-bet to 12,000 next to him, which Levy called.
The flop fanned 
and Shack shoved for 58,500 after Levy checked. Levy asked for the exact count and went deep into the tank before releasing his cards into the muck.
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