Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andy Philachack | 936,000 | |
Mike Wang | 660,000 | |
Edgar Perez (Hugo Perez)
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610,000 | |
Jake Bazeley | 567,000 | |
Zo Karim | 559,000 | |
Brian Reinert | 547,000 | |
Maxx Coleman | 547,000 | |
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Chris Staats | 514,000 | |
Gordon Vayo | 513,000 | |
Long Duc Nguyen | 508,000 | |
Edgar Perez | 503,000 | |
Judd Morris | 447,000 | |
Layne Flack | 433,000 | |
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Jim Carroll | 427,000 | |
Brian Gordon | 411,000 | |
Vlad Mezheritsky | 405,000 | |
Richard Perry | 391,000 | |
Ben Ector | 379,000 | |
Jeff Duvall | 373,000 | |
Chip Pettit
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368,000 | |
Ryan Rogers | 365,000 | |
David Hudson | 360,000 | |
Clint Baker | 357,000 | |
Grant Hinkle | 348,000 | |
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Ben Perez | 348,000 |
While most of the country is lounging in a pool, attending a BBQ or maybe even a baseball game this Labor Day, the 107 returning players for Day 2 have a long day of hard work ahead of them. The returning 107 players have locked up at least a min-cash but all eyes are on the final table about ten levels ahead of them.
Andy Philachack returns with the overall lead with 936,000 after he won a huge hand at the end of Day 1A where his aces ran into kings and he earned a full double up. He has a talented top 10 chasing him down with Mike Wang, Jake Bazeley, Zo Karim, Maxx Coleman, Chris Staats and Gordon Vayo all in the top 10.
Experienced tournament veterans Grant Hinkle, Brandon Steven, Kane Kalas, and Andy Hwang all return six-figure stacks. Alex Greenblatt, Patrick Eskandar and Daniel Fuhs will have much steeper a climb to the final table starting the day at the bottom of the counts.
The prize pool has not been made official yet and as soon as that information is released, we'll get it posted.
The structure calls for 10 one-hour levels for Day 2 with the tournament director's discretion if the day runs long. Cards are scheduled to hit the air at 1 p.m. Follow all the action live on PokerNews.com.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Cards are in the air for the start of Day 2. They're playing ten 60-minute levels and the surviving players return at noon Tuesday to play down to a champion.
Brian Reinert opened in middle position and Kelli Shields moved her short stack all in. Reinert called holding and Shields was ahead with . The board ran , Reinet made a full house and Shields was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Reinert |
620,000
73,000
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73,000 |
Kelli Shields | Busted |
We found a pot north of 120,000 at the turn between Andy Philachack and Chino Rheem. The board was and Rheem was all in for 265,000.
"How do I keep getting myself into these big pots?" Philachack asked himself out loud.
Rheem chatted a bit, which convinced Philachack to muck. "You made a good fold sir," Rheem said. "I didn't want to see a club, a ten or something else stupid."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andy Philachack |
700,000
-236,000
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-236,000 |
Chino Rheem |
500,000
188,000
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188,000 |
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Adam Johnson moved all in from middle position and Dejuante Alexander called behind him in the big blind. Johnson rolled over pocket fours and Alexander held . The board ran , the fours held and Alexander took a shot to his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adam Johnson |
230,000
103,000
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103,000 |
Dejuante Alexander |
160,000
-94,000
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-94,000 |
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Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Jake Bazeley opened to 23,000. Matt Wilson called in the small blind and Brandon Steven called in the big. The flop came , action checked to Bazeley and he bet 32,000. Wilson called, Steven mucked and the turn came the . Wilson checked, Bazeley bet 52,000 and Wilson went into the tank.
He counted out his calling chips, counted out what seemed to be a raise and then counted his whole stack. At this point, a server from the Mexican restaurant arrived to deliver some carne asada tacos for Bazeley.
"Carne asada? Who ordered carne asada?" she asked.
Bazeley raised his hand slightly but was focused on Wilson. Another player at the table spoke up and said he was in a big hand. Wilson mucked his cards. Bazeley stacked the pot and took his taco delivery.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jake Bazeley |
440,000
-127,000
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-127,000 |
Matt Wilson |
60,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |