Event #54: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em

The clock has been paused, the chips have been bagged, and play for Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em has ended for the night. 375 players returned for Day 2, and once in the money play was quick and action packed with players falling left, right and center. Men 'The Master' Nguyen clocked up his 65th cash along with wife Van. Hevad Khan, Dean Hamrick, Anthony Harb, Carlos Mortensen and Raymond Rahme all cashed also. There will be 28 returning tomorrow with Sergey Konkin leading the pack on a healthy 1,480,000 in chips. Konkin will be closely followed by Christopher DeMaci (1,332,000) and Joseph Chaplin (1,015,000). With play kicking off at 1:00pm local time, make sure to catch all the live action at PokerNews.com!

The Tournament Director has paused the clock and there will be just five more hands played for the night.

John Farrell pushed all in preflop with    and got called by John Spagnuolo who held   . When the board ran      , Spagnuolo rivered his flush and sent Farrell to the rail.

Play will continue for 30 more minutes before we end the day.

Action folded to Kenny Malott on the button who open shoved for 206,000. Kenny Nguyen went into the tank before finally making the call. Action then moved to Steven Rubinfeld in the big blind, who also thought long and hard about his hand before open folding pocket queens. Malott:    Nguyen:    The flop of     hit both players, but the   on the turn left Malott drawing to an ace or jack. A meaningless   hit the river, and Nguyen was down to just 4,000 while Malott increased his stack to nearly 430,000.

Gary Burks pushed his last 55,000 in before the flop and went heads up with Tony Veckey. Burks:    Veckey:    The flop of     was good for Burks, and the   on the turn was better. The   on the river was a killer though, making Broadway for Veckey.

Daniel Brown moved his last 55,000 into the middle and was called by Paulo Nunes. Brown:    Nunes:    Brown took the lead on the flop when it fell    , and when the   landed on the turn, Brown's shot at doubling up looked likely. However, when the river peeled the   Brown was sent packing thanks to Nunes' rivered full house.

Craig Gray raised to 25,000 from the button and the player in the big blind called. The flop came down       and the big blind checked. Gray moved all in for 102,000 and his opponent called. Gray held     and his opponent held    . The turn and river bricked out as far as Gray was concerned, with the   first followed by the  , and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Wayne Chow moved all in for 179,000 before another player reraised all in for 320,000. Everyone else folded and Chow revealed    . His opponent held    . The flop came down       and put Chow in the lead. The turn was the   and then the river was the  , tripping up Chow and doubling him up.

Mike Ratcliff moved all in on a board of      and got called by Raymond Rahme. Ratcliff:    Rahme:    A   on the river provided no help and Rahme hit the rail.