On the flop of 
, Rich Nunzio checked to Clifford Waite. He bet 15,000 and then Michael Chow raised to 34,500. Nunzio moved all in for about 100,000 and Nunzio called all in for 75,000 quickly. Chow got out of the way.
Nunzio tabled the 
, but was behind the 
for Waite as he had flopped two pair.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Both failed to improve Nunzio's hand and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Anthony Lazar raised from under the gun to 7,500. David Williams reraised from middle position to 18,000. Action then folded to Evan Lamprea in the cutoff seat. He moved all in for around 80,000 or so. Everyone folded, including Williams, and Lamprea won the pot. He showed the 
.
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Asheesh Boyapati's stack has blown away like smoke on the wind. Boyapati started the day with 109,000 chips, just less than the average. First, his kings were cracked by a player with 
who hit a gutshot straight on the river and got max value from a large river bet. That hand pushed Boyapati all the way down to 35,000. A few hands later he shoved from the cutoff position with 
. Ann Mong woked up with 
and sent Boyapati to the rail after the board bricked out.
The field is now complete. Chad Brown strode into the tournament room a few moments ago and took his seat at Table 51, just in time to catch the next hand being dealt at his table.
Over on Table 32, Erica Schoenberg and Jimmy Nickens checked through to the turn on a 
board. Schoenberg, the big blind, took a stab with a bet of 10,000. Nickens raised that bet to 25,000, only to see Schoenberg re-raise all in over the top. Nickens pursed his lips, counted down his stack a few times, and then mucked his hand.
"I played with you in the Bahamas and you were so tight," said Lenny Nguyen to Schoenberg after the hand. "Today you're so aggressive!"
"She had bad hands in the Bahamas," deadpanned Dave Stann.
Nguyen provided his own comedic relief ten minutes ago when an alarm started going off in his backpack. He didn't realize it until the whole table started staring at him and Stann said, "Really?" Nguyen then pulled an iPad out of his backpack but for more than a minute couldn't figure out how to shut the alarm off.
Suffice it to say he's awake now.
Of the 84 players who returned for Day 2 of this event, all have turned up to play their stacks -- except one. Local poker pro Chad Brown's seat is mysteriously empty 20 minutes into the day. His last tweet from yesterday stated, "made day 2 of the wsop circuit at caesars palace. i am about avg in chips. we had 496 players and are now down to about 90. back at noon", so clearly Brown was aware of the starting time. We'll update with more details as they're available but for now Brown's stack sits in a jumbled pile in front of his empty chair with the chip bag draped over top.
A battle of the blinds turned out poorly for Steve Billirakis. He started the day with more than 150,000 but has been cut in half after Lance Oliver limped the small blind, then jammed over Billirakis' big-blind raise. Billirakis leaned forward to glance at Oliver's stack, then called the all in with 
. Oliver showed 
, which stayed best all the way on a board of 
.
Oliver is up to about 145,000, while Billirakis has been cut in half to about 75,000.
Adam Hui's Day 2 started about the way his Day 1 ended. Hui opened pre-flop with a standard raise, then called the all in of short stack Kevin Calenzo. Calenzo was dismayed to see that his pocket 7s were up against Hui's pocket 8s. The board blanked out to send Calenzo off to the rail and Hui up to about 350,000.
The cards are in the air for Day 2 of the Main Event.
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
