The pace of the action slowed considerably as the bubble approached, which was predictable considering the amounts in question and the high level of tournament experience among the remaining 8 players. Nevertheless two more eliminations were reached to end Day 2.
7th place: Nicholas P Grippo
8th place: David Ormsby
The remaining players will return at 2pm to play to the end.
Players in the High Roller tournament were slated to play 9 levels today, but with the money bubble so close they chose to play down to the bubble so that everyone who will come back for Day 3 will be in the money.
Philippe Kerri was also short stacked entering the final table, and exits the event in 9th place.
9th place: Philippe Kerri
Matt Giannetti was extremely short-stacked for much of the day but played his short stack very well to stay alive and find his spot. And he found it – while there were still 11 in the tourney Matt, always active, managed to double up and gain some breathing room.
He was still relatively short stacked however and after flopping two pair, Matt got it in – and fall victim to a better two-pair held by Pascal Lefrançois.
10th place: Matt Giannetti
Players Club member Christopher McClung is out in 11th place after losing a pot to Shannon Shorr, who is the current chip leader.
Final Table
So it’s not a particularly meaningful bubble like a money bubble would be, but nevertheless the High Rollers event is on the final table bubble with just 11 left in the action. Jonathan Little was the most recent player to be eliminated in 12th place.
After the second break of the evening there are just 12 players left in the High Roller tournament. With the final table starting at 10 players we’re just two away from a single-table affair.
Some rough chip counts…
Table 22
Table 25
Bruce has been on the short stack since the beginning of Day 2, and although he threatened to start re-building his stack early on, nothing really took hold for him and he ended up playing his last 15K or so when the big blind had grown to 1.2K. He was eliminated in 13th position.
Sylvain Siebert has been eliminated by Shannon Shorr on an AK vs QQ hand with an Ace on the flop. Shannon chips up to over 250K.
With 14 players left here are some approximate counts
Table 22
Table 25