2008 World Series of Poker

Day 2 completed

Posted 06-10-2008 04:30 GMT-8

Official End-of-day Chip Counts Released

After a long Day 2 of play that saw the field whittled only as far as the final 18 players, the WSOP has now verified the players' chip counts for the final two tables on Tuesday.

Action will resume at 3pm PDT and it may be another long session before the winner is decided. Soheil Shamseddin sits at the top of a very tightly packed leaderboard with 243,000 in chips, but 10 of the remaining 18 have at least 119,000 in chips to start Day 3 play.

The complete standings:

Soheil Shamseddin 243,000
Andrew Brown 234,000
Scott Clements 228,000
Ted Forrest 204,000
Ralph Rudd 184,000

Allan Enciso 182,000
Ralph Perry 160,000
Lee Grove 132,000
Mallory Smith 125,000
Michael Sohayegh 119,000

Jose Paz 86,000
Kia Hooshmand 83,000
Joe Aronesty 72,000
James Richburg 66,000
Michael Reed 46,000

Pat Poels 44,000
Jimmy Fricke 33,000
Jim Pechac 2,000

Tags: Soheil Shamseddin.

Day 2 Has Ended, Play Resumes Tomorrow at 3 p.m.

It's been a long one. Out of the 553 players to enter the omaha tournament, 169 began play on day two. We're down to the final 18 players. Play was scheduled to last until there were only nine players remaining, but a tournament staff decision changed that and we ended play at 3:00 a.m. local time.

Soheil Shamseddin bagged up 243,000 chips and will start play tomorrow as the chip leader. Andrew Brown is in a close second place with 234,000 chips. Jim Pechac was down to a single 1,000 chip, but was able to double that up to two chips just before the end of the night. He'll come in tomorrow with a ton of work cut out for him.

Play will begin tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time. See you all there.

Final Two Table Chip Counts

Table 46:
Seat 1: Michael Sohayegh - 119,000
Seat 2: Ralph Rudd - 184,000
Seat 3: Mallory Smith - 125,000
Seat 4: Andrew Brown - 234,000
Seat 5: Jim Pechac - 2,000
Seat 6: Pat Poels - 49,000
Seat 7: Allen Enciso - 182,000
Seat 8: Lee Grove - 132,000
Seat 9: Kia Hooshmand - 55,000*

Table 47:
Seat 1: Scott Clements - 228,000
Seat 2: Jimmy Fricke - 33,000
Seat 3: Joe Aronesty - 72,000
Seat 4: Ralph Perry - 160,000
Seat 5: Ted Forrest - 204,000
Seat 6: James Richburg - 66,000
Seat 7: Jose Paz - 86,000
Seat 8: Michael Reed - 46,000
Seat 9: Soheil Shamseddin - 243,000

*unofficial

The Final 18

Table 46:
Seat 1: Michael Sohayegh
Seat 2: Ralph Rudd
Seat 3: Mallory Smith
Seat 4: Andrew Brown
Seat 5: Jim Pechac
Seat 6: Pat Poels
Seat 7: Allen Enciso
Seat 8: Lee Grove
Seat 9: Kia Hooshmand

Table 47:
Seat 1: Scott Clements
Seat 2: Jimmy Fricke
Seat 3: Joe Aronesty
Seat 4: Ralph Perry
Seat 5: Ted Forrest
Seat 6: James Richburg
Seat 7: Jose Paz
Seat 8: Michael Reed
Seat 9: Soheil Shamseddin

Recent Eliminations and Payouts

Places 19-27 were as follows:

19. Shirley Rosario ( $6,541)
20. William Sheppard ( $6,541)
21. Robert Oxenberg ( $6,541)
22. Cam McKinley ( $6,541)
23. Kevin Petersen ( $6,541)
24. Josh Arieh ( $6,541)
25. Ryan Carey ( $6,541)
26. Dave Stann ( $6,541)
27. Hilbert Shirey ( $6,541)

Cards Back In The Air

Players will finish out this level and then go home for the evening.

Controversy At The Break

Out of the blue, the tournament staff has decided to cut today's play at 3:00 AM local time. The players then took a vote to take a 20-minute break and the majority voted yes on it. After the break, players will be playing another 15 or so minutes before play ends. Jimmy Fricke didn't really see the point in taking a break and coming back for only 15 minutes. Scott Clements on the other hand, doesn't even want to stop play early. He'd rather play to the final nine as scheduled.

Tags: Jimmy Fricke, Scott Clements.

We're on a Break

The players will take a 20-minute break as they move down to two tables.

Last Woman Eliminated

Shirley Rosario reraised the rest of her chips after a flop of against Jose Paz.

Paz had the and Rosario showed .

The turn was the and the river was the and Rosario is out.

Tags: Jose Paz, Shirley Rosario.