With over 5,000 already in the middle we found four players looking down at a board of . There were two checks over to John Holley and he fired out a bet of 1,800. The player on the button called and the two original checkers stuck around as well.
The quartet of players saw the fall on the turn and immediately the first player to act moved all in for his last 2,600. The next player folded and Holley flat called. The button called as well.
"Check dark," said Holley. The button checked dark back. Meanwhile, the hit the river.
Holley threw up the for a rivered two pair. The button mucked and the all in player angrily tossed face up into the muck for a worse two pair. Holley dragged in the pot and is now sitting on about 35,000.
On a flop of , an early position player checked to Derrick Yamada who bet 450. The third player in the hand called and the original player folded.
We were heads up to the turn which was the . Yamada slowed with a check and his opponent bet 600. Yamada stuck around and the board completed with the . Another check from Yamada prompted a 1,200-chip bet from his opponent. Yamada flat called and tabled for two pair. His opponent showed for a busted straight before mucking his cards.
By scooping up this pot, Yamada has boosted his stack to about 24,000.
We caught up to find Rex Clinkscales heads up in a pot where the flop read . Clinkscales' opponent checked and he fired 725. She flung out a check-raise to 1,500 and Clinkscales took pause before opting to call.
The hit fourth street and both players checked to see the pair the board on the river. Clinkscales' opponent bet 1,000 and he called. She rolled over which caused Clinkscales to move his hand into the muck. With this hit he's down to about 17,000 early on here during Level 2.
The counts have officially been tallied and Andrew Rudnik has emerged as the top stack for the flight with 97,800. That means that Rudnik is the one to catch for the players hitting the felt in this second flight. Right on Rudnik's heels is Joseph McKeehan. McKeehan was the champion of the WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Main Event back in March and is currently one of the players closest to being the Main Event champion here in Philadelphia as well.