Loren Klein opened to 2,800 under the gun. The player on the button called.
Players saw a flop of 
. Klein checked. The button bet 3,000. Klein called. The turn brought the 
and was checked through to the 
river. Klein threw in a bet of 3,300, that was enough to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
||
Marc MacDonnell has just been moved to a new table here in the Miranda room which already included Christopher Kostoulas, Brad Albrinck, Robert Gussoni, Alberto Meran, Lior Segre, and Charlie Godwin.
MacDonnell decided to get involved immediately from the button by calling the 2,700 raise of Brad Albrinck (late position).
The flop came 
, Albrink continued with a bet of 3,000 and MacDonnell called.
The turn brought them the 
, Albrinck's continuation-bet of 7,500 was also called by MacDonnell.
The river completed the board with the 
, Albrinck now decided to check. MacDonnell bet 11,000 and after some careful consideration, Albrinck called. MacDonnel tabled 
for the rivered pair of aces to take down the pot.
Right after that, Kostoulas raised to 2,700 from under the gun and only MacDonnell called.
The flop came 
, Kostoulas check-called the 3,000 bet of MacDonnell.
They both checked through the 
on the turn and the on the river. Kostoulas showed 
and take was enough for MacDonnell to muck.
Shortly after, Charlie Godwin was eliminated by Albrinck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
237,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
205,000
77,400
|
77,400 |
|
143,000
-24,700
|
-24,700 |
|
114,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
72,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
71,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
Busted |
Over on the secondary feature, Farah Galfond faced a raise to 2,700 by Jeffrey Tanouye, who she had doubled earlier, and three-bet to 8,000 out of the small blind with 11,600 behind. Tanouye moved all in and Galfond called it off.
Farah Galfond: 
Jeffrey Tanouye:
The board ran out 
and Galfond was eliminated. Brian Altman continues to be the chip leader over on the secondary feature table towards the end of the penultimate level on Day 2a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
336,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
169,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
Busted |
Pedro Llanes raised and it folded to the big blind who three-bet all in. Llanes called.
Pedro Llanes: 
Opponent: 
The board came 
giving Llanes the nut flush, leaving his opponent stunned and eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
291,300
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
||
|
212,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
194,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
190,500
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
143,500
76,700
|
76,700 |
|
133,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
129,200
-800
|
-800 |
|
|
||
|
119,500
78,500
|
78,500 |
|
|
||
|
108,700
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
|
||
|
85,700
13,700
|
13,700 |
|
||
|
75,300
-17,400
|
-17,400 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
-122,000
|
-122,000 |
|
||
|
44,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
||
Joining the action on the 
turn, Timothy Lau in the blinds check-raised a bet from George Hamati to 24,500 and was called to see the on the river. Lau moved all in almost instantly and Hamati sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
410,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
62,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
The board read 
and there was about 110,000 in the middle already. Larry Hirschfield bet 40,000 from the big blind and Richard Gryko tanked for a while but then opted to fold.
Johnny Chan joined their table shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
|
272,000
211,700
|
211,700 |
|
170,000
18,900
|
18,900 |
|
||
|
165,000
33,300
|
33,300 |
|
67,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Lee Watkinson was in the cutoff, three-betting to 8,300 over a 3,100-raise from early position. Pierre Neuville cold four-bet shoved his 37,500 out of the big blind and the action stopped at Watkinson.
"What do you have, Pierre?" he asked. Neuville smiled but didn't say a word.
"Why so much?" Watkinson tried to get some information, but Neuville remained quietly waiting for Watkinson's move.
Watkinson eventually called and Neuville was ahead with 
versus 
.
Watkinson spiked some additional outs on the 
turn, but the river was the 
and the former November Niner doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,800
-1,200
|
-1,200 |
|
50,000
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
368,000
-133,000
|
-133,000 |
|
270,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
|
225,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
218,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
178,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
161,000
23,400
|
23,400 |
|
|
||
|
132,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
121,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
91,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
77,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
68,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
27,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
|
|
||
With just over 1,000 players left on Day 2b and fewer than 360 hopefuls on Day 2a, the penultimate level of the day has come to an end. All remaining players were sent into their final 20-minute break of the day.
