HomeDay 2 is all wrapped up and the players have gone on to enjoy the rest of their Saturday night. Bagging up the largest stack was Lim Yo Hwan with an enormous 947,000. We will have recap for you shortly. Congratulations to the 29 survivors! They are now all in the money entering Day 3.
| Yo Hwan Lim | Korea | 947,000 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | Germany | 666,000 |
| Nehmee Alegado | USA | 525,000 |
| Jae Hyun Lim | Korea | 517,000 |
| Joshua Chargualaf | Guam | 460,000 |
| Bobby Zhang | Australia | 420,000 |
| Marc Rivera | Philippines | 398,000 |
| Sun Tan | Malaysia | 382,000 |
| Ji Young Kim | Korea | 368,000 |
| Feng Zhao | Singapore | 358,000 |
| Steffen Endres | Germany | 343,000 |
| Hotsauce Marquez | Philippines | 326,000 |
| Tanaka Masatoshi | Japan | 325,000 |
| Si Yang Phua | Singapore | 252,000 |
| Walken Li | Philippines | 238,000 |
| Hung Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 226,000 |
| Lee Kyung Min | USA | 219,000 |
| Gavin Flynn | Ireland | 208,000 |
| Yuka Asaka | Japan | 205,000 |
| Terence Kwong | Canada | 196,000 |
| Oystein W.B. Nordli | Norway | 194,000 |
| Iori Yogo | Japan | 184,000 |
| Osmar Moraes | Brazil | 184,000 |
| Yoon Ho Kwak | Korea | 157,000 |
| Yoichi Uesugi | Japan | 154,000 |
| En Ching Wu | Taiwan | 87,000 |
| Kai Paulsen | Norway | 62,000 |
| Eli Luannan | Australia | 60,000 |
| Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 43,000 |
The bubble round is over! Short-stacked JC Sayo hung in there for as long as he could but with the blinds up, he put it all in and was called by two plaeyrs, Yoon Ho Kwak and Si Yang Phua. Both players checked the flop Q♦ 3♦ 5♣, the turn 5♦ saw a bet from Yoon. Phua folded.
Yoon 10♦ 2♦ flush
Sayo A♠ 10♣
Sayo was drawing dead and we are all done here! The river 2♥ was just for formality.
Time to bag up!
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 17k from hijack, button Yoon Ho Kwak and big blind Walken Li called. At the flop 4♦ 3♦ 4♥, Li checked, Rettenmaier bet 26k, Yoon called, and Li folded. On the Q♠ turn, another 33k by Rettenmaier but this time, Yoon gave up his stake on the pot. Rettenmaier showed his 4♣ 3♣ full house.
We’ve entered the next level. Usually players stop at the end of Level 16 in Day 2 but since we are at the bubble stage, play continues until it bursts.
Chip leader Lim Yo Hwan raised to 15k, Yoichi Uesugi shoved with just 89k total. Yo Hwan gave it a thought then called. Uesugi A♦ J♣, Yo Hwan 8♥ 5♥. The board ran A♠ 10♥ Q♦ to improve Uesugi to top pair. A scare card came on the turn 4♥, giving Yo Hwan a flush draw. No love came on the river instead 10♦. Uesugi doubled up.
Steffen Endres raised to 14k, small blind Bobby Zhang called, then big blind Richard Marquez popped it up to 44k. Endres moved all in for 238k, Zhang folded, and Marquez gave up his hand as well.
Bubble round continues…. 30 players remaining.
Another all in showdown here at the bubble stage. Masatoshi Tanaka with K♣ K♥ and Kyung Min Lee with 9♦ 9♥. No bad beats arrived for a double up to Tanaka.
On a flop 3♠ 8♣ 5♠, Marc Rivera bet 26k and Richard Marquez made the call. On the Q♦ turn, both checked. On the 9♥ river, Rivera led for 35k and once again got the call. His 5♥ 5♦ set won him the pot.
Bubble round continues…. 30 players remaining.
Bubble round contintues… Hung Sheng Lin and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa were all in.
Hung Sheng Q♠ Q♥
Tsuchikawa 8♣ 8♠
The board bricked for a double up to Hung Sheng.
Sun Tan
Dhanesh Chainani was hoping to scoop up a pot with A♥ 10♠ but when he ran into Sun Tan’s K♣ K♠, it was all over for him with the board running blanks.
This brings us to the bubble round with 30 players remaining!