The following notable players made the next pay jump to $3,105: Darryll Fish, Adiya [Removed:550], Joey Weissman, Ryan Smith, Tim West, Kevin Eyster, Michael Rocco, Haixia Zhang, Thomas Hall, and Nick Yunis.
On a board reading 
, David 'Dragon' Pham led out for 12,500 from the hijack and the player in the cutoff called.
The turn was the 
and Pham opted to check this time. His opponent bet 22,000 and Pham wasted no time calling.
The river was the 
. Pham thought for a moment and then fired out a bet worth 41,000. The cutoff thought for a moment and called. Pham tabled 
for a straight to the eight, and his opponent flung his cards face down into the muck,
Slade Fisher seems very calm, cool and collected sitting at his table under the disguise of his sunglasses and headphones. He has been using aggressive play to swim his way to the top of the leaderboard.
The player under the gun opened to 8,500 and Fisher three-bet to 23,500. Another opponent in late position made a four-bet to 42,000 and the action was folded around to Fisher who called. The flop came 
and Fisher check-called a bet of 33,000. On the 
turn, both players checked and the 
completed the board. Fisher gathered stacks of 1,000 chips and slid them forward to make a bet of 105,000. His opponent didn't think for very long before mucking his hand and Fisher raked in another pot.
The next pay jump was to $2,861, and some of the notables to cash in that range included Joseph Cheong, James Petzing, Aaron Mermelstein, Benjamin Sayer, Lizzy Harrison, Brian Pinkus, Michael Gagliano, Maria Lampropulos, Michael Addamo, Vojtech Ruzicka, Aymon Hata, Lander Lijo, Jean-Pascal Savard, Craig Varnell, and Antonio Esfandiari.
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Thomas Taylor came into the WSOP as one of the players to watch after his recent hot streak to start the year in Canada. He is coming into the series looking for that elusive gold bracelet, and no better event to do so than one paying over $1,000,000 for first place.
The action folded around to Taylor on the button who raised to open the pot, only to be three-bet by the big blind to 17,500. Taylor put out a four-bet to 43,000 and the big blind thought for a couple moments. He eventually moved all in and Taylor quickly snapped him off. Taylor was behind with 
versus his opponent's 
but, when the flop fell 
, the roles were reversed. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
as Taylor sent another opponent to the rail.
On a board reading 
, the player in the big blind checked, and Upeshka De Silva bet 6,500 from the cutoff. His opponent wasted no time and check-raised to 18,500. De Silva thought for a moment before calling.
The turn was the 
and the big blind moved all in for 61,500. De Silva took his sunglasses off and asked for a count. After about a minute, he called.
The big blind was at risk with for a flush draw, and De Silva tabled 
for two pairs, tens and fives. The river was the 
and De Silva scooped the pot and earned an elimination.
De Silva just took down the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'Em Shootout event, winning his second WSOP bracelet. He has a healthy stack halfway through Day 2 and is most definitely a threat with the chips he has collected thus far.
With about 30,000 in the pot, on a board reading 
, a player in late position led out for 14,000 and Allan Sannier called.
The turn was the 
and the late-position player led out for 25,500 this time. Sannier tossed in a single chip to call and slowly put the rest of the bet in the middle.
The river was the and the late-position player checked. Sannier reached into his stack and slid out a bet worth 47,500. His opponent thought for a moment before releasing his hand.
Sannier raked in the sizeable pot, adding to the mountain of chips he has amassed since the start of the day.
After starting the day filling up most of the room, Event #20 has been dwindled down to just one section in the Amazon Room. Some of the notables still remaining include Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Barry Greenstein, Kenny Hallaert, Jessica Dawley, and Federico Butteroni. Hallaert came into the day with a large stack and has continued to build on it, while Elky found himself all in earlier and needing a runner-runner flush to stay alive, but has since started the climb to the top.
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