The player in the hijack raised to 4,500, the button called, and Vivian Saliba three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded, and the button called.
The flop came , and Saliba checked. The button bet 12,000, and Saliba called. The turn brought the , and Saliba checked again. The button shoved for about 55,000, putting Saliba to a decision for her stack. She went into the tank for several minutes before the clock was called.
Saliba still hadn't acted when the 10-second countdown began, and when it ended, her hand was declared dead. Her opponent took the pot.
The cameras were rushing over to catch up on the action at Liv Boeree's table as she had her remaining 9,500 all in from the big blind and the player in the cutoff had her at risk. The board read and the hands had already been tabled.
Boeree's was good, as she made a runner-runner straight. Her opponent matched the 9,500 and Boeree collected the double up to stay alive.
With about 10,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Greg Raymer was on the button and heads-up against a player in early position. Raymer's opponent checked and Raymer checked behind.
The turn brought the and the early-position player checked. Raymer bet 3,000, and after brief consideration, his opponent called.
The river was the and both players checked. The early-position player tabled for a pair of tens and Raymer mucked.
2002 Main Event winner Robert Varkonyi has been eliminated from the tournament by Kenny Hallaert. It was Varkonyi who started the action by limping in under the gun. Hallaert raised to 6.500 on the button, Varkonyi limp-shoved for around 35.000, and Hallaert called.
Robert Varkonyi:
Kenny Hallaert:
The board ran out and Hallaert's ace-queen held up to send Varkonyi to the rail.
With the board reading and around 70,000 in the middle, the player in the big blind bet 35,000. Jessica Ngu was in middle position and put out a stack of 85,000, putting her opponent to a decision for his remaining 45,000 chips. Her opponent thought for a little while and called.
Ngu tabled for kings full of queens, and her opponent showed for a smaller full house before making his exit. Ngu is now over 400,000 chips as the end of Day 2B nears.
With about 17,000 chips in the pot and the completed board reading , the big blind checked to Adrian Mateos in the cutoff and he bet 5,300. The big blind jammed for what looked like 32,800, and after some thought, Mateos folded and the big blind took the pot.
[Removed:244] moved all in from the cutoff and the action folded to big stack Kyle Hartree in the big blind. He asked for a count and called Lehner's shove for 30,100.
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Kyle Hartree:
The board came and Hartree spiked an ace on the turn to send Lehner packing.
The tournament director has just announced a total of 6 more hands are to be played today. As soon as the 6th hand is done, the bagging and tagging begins. We'll be back with assorted end-of-day chip counts and an extensive recap of today's action.