David Johnston opened to 18,000 from middle position and Rocco Dicondina called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Dicondina checked to Johnston who continued for 20,000. DIcondina check-raised to 50,000 and Johnston called.
The turn was the 
and Dicondina bet 75,000. Johnston called.
The river was the 
and Dicondina checked to Johnston who bet 100,000. After about 90 seconds, Dicondina folded.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are on a 20-minute break.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Peter Smyth | UK | 327,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Robert Cheung | Canada | 117,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Chris Dombrowski | USA | 356,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Sridhar Sangannagari | USA | 437,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Matt Affleck | USA | 604,000 |
| 1 | 6 | --empty-- | ||
| 1 | 7 | Jovy Ounthongdy | USA | 365,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Tom Revello | USA | 284,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Jason Acosta | USA | 180,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Nick Aguilera | USA | 230,000 |
| 2 | 3 | John Kim | USA | 33,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Rocco Dicondina | USA | 430,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Dan Howe | USA | 152,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Gagliano | USA | 754,000 |
| 2 | 7 | David Johnston | USA | 547,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Eli Kim | USA | 208,000 |
After an early open to 14,000, Robert Cheung shoved on the button for 46,000. Chris Dombrowski reraised in the small blind to chase away the opener.
Dombrowski: 
Cheung: 
The flop came 
and Cheung grabbed the lead. The opener said he mucked ace-queen, which would have been good to bust Cheung, after the 
and 
runout.
Matt Affleck opened early and David Vamplew made it a three-bet to about 35,000 on his immediate left. Action folded back to Affleck, who opted to see the 
flop. Affleck came out betting after a long pause, sliding in 40,000. Vamplew called. On the turn, Affleck announced he was all in. Vamplew shrugged and looked ready to snap but then thought for about 30 seconds. Eventually, he did decide to call.
Vamplew: 
Affleck: 
Affleck just needed to dodge an eight, and he was successful when the 
fell.
Jesse Elliott raised all in for 68,500 from the cutoff and Chris Dombrowski called from the small blind.
Elliott: 
Dombrowski: 
The board ran out 
, no help to Elliott, ending his tournament in 17th place.
Nick Aguilera opened for a raise and called the all-in shove of Wayn Gerichten, who only had about 15,000 in the big blind.
Gerichten: 
Aguilera: 
Gerichten needed a six, and the 
board did not provide one.
Ruben Costa, who led the tournament going into Day 2, opened for a raise and then four-bet jammed for 95,000 over a three-bet from Tom Revello.
Revello:
Costa: 
Costa was dead after an ace-high flop and brick turn.
Peter Smyth three-bet a cutoff open from Dan Howe and saw Howe jam it in for 122,000 effective. Smyth snapped him off with and Howe was in awful shape with his 
. The board ran out clean for Smyth and he doubled.
Jovy Ounthongdy opened to 14,000 from under the gun, Jason Acosta called from the hijack, Randy Lew three-bet shoved from the button for about 90,000, Ounthongdy reshoved for about 260,000, and Acosta folded.
Ounthongdy: 
Lew: 
The board came down 
, no help to Lew, ending his tournament in 20th place.
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