Nathan Holman with 
had Alex Vazquez all in pre-flop for 500,000 holding 
.
Vazquez improved to a set on a board of 
and doubled up to around 1,000,000.
Holman, who began the day as a big stack with 2,480,000, was left with 300,000 and busted on the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
1,145,000
|
1,145,000 |
|
Busted |
Richard Bai open-shoved on the button for 1,100,000. The small blind took time to think before going all-in for a matching stack of 1,1000,000.
Small Blind:
Richard Bai: 
The flop came 
giving the small blind a flush draw.
The turn card was the 
and the river was the 
. Bai's pocket fives held and he doubled his stack. The player in the small blind was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
1,990,000
|
1,990,000 |
Hung Tran with had a short-stack all in with 
.
Tran spiked an ace on the 
board and sent his opponent to the payout line.
He racked up a stack of 2,300,000 after the hand as the table broke immediately after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,300,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Clarence King was spotted collecting the remnants of Michael Thach's stack as the board read 
.
The dealer quickly sent all the chips toward King and the losing hand of Thach was swept away as King's 
was displayed as the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Roger Franco was all in for 1,050,000 with 
. Yik Chiu to his immediate right tabled 
.
Chiu failed to come from behind when the board ran out 
, securing the double up for Franco.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
350,000
830,000
|
830,000 |
Darrell Haywood was seen taking the remaining chips of a vanquished opponent to continue his momentum early on Day 2.
Haywood has made a move toward the top of the counts as he has more than doubled his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
The player under the gun raised to 150,000. It folded to Randall Harrison in the big blind who moved all-in for 280,000. He was called.
Randall Harrison:
Opponent:
The board ran out 
. Harrison made quads by the river to get a crucial double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
710,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Over at Barry Greenstein's table, Joshua Garber was all in with and up against .
The 
board gave Garber a straight to double up.
Garber, who began the day with 675,000, has nearly tripled his stack to 1,800,000 on Day 2.
The table broke immediately following the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
Christopher Simone raised from early position to 180,000 and was called by Faisal Siddiqui on the button. Mike Takayama, who began the day second in chips, then three-bet to 625,000. Simone called while Siddiqui got out of the way.
The flop came 
and Takayama slid a stack of green 100,000 chips forward, putting Simone all in for his tournament life.
Simone went into the tank for five minutes before the clock was called. "Is this a cooler? I've got an overpair," he said.
As the clock ticked down to zero, Simone eventually put in the chips to call and showed . He was ahead of the 
of Takayama, who failed to hit either the turn or river.
Simone was all in for 1,525,000 and doubled to 3,600,000, while Takayama fell down to 2,900,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000
2,430,000
|
2,430,000 |
|
2,900,000
1,675,000
|
1,675,000 |
|
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