Day 2 of Event 6 ($125 No-Limit Hold’em w/ $150K Guarantee) has been underway for less than an hour, and the field has already shrunk down from 388 players down to 306. The Money Bubble shouldn’t be too far off, as the final 216 get paid.

One of the players eliminated was Bill Mullins, who came in relatively short and shoved his A-J for 12 big blinds over a raise from the hijack. Unfortunately, the hijack turned over A-A, and the best hand held up to send Mullins to the rail. The silver lining for Mullins is that he had just enough time to enter Event 7 ($560 NLHE w/ $1 Million Guarantee) before registration closed.

Nicholas Mahabee entered Day 2 ninth in chips with 227,900, but his luck has turned for the worst here in the early going.

With the board showing , David Gelley moved all in from the button for 110,000, and Mahabee tanked for a while before calling from the big blind with . Mahabee clearly called, but his body language almost made it look like a fold — and the dealer mucked his cards. But everyone on the table saw his A-J, and saw that it was slid to the very bottom of the muck, so when a floorperson came over, it was a very easy fix.

Mahabee had a queen-high straight, and he was ahead of Gelley’s trip eights. (Gelley also had a gutshot straight draw for a chop.)

The river card double-paired the board with the , giving Gelley a full house, eights full of nines, to win the pot and double up.

Gelley catapulted up among the chipleaders, while Mahabee dropped down below average.

David Gelley  –  324,500  (81 bb)
Nicholas Mahabee  –  78,000  (19 bb)