2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$191,194
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$932,655
Entries
641
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Brletich Doubles Through Schulman

Greg Brletich opened from under the gun for 35,000 and action passed to Julian Schulman in the cutoff. Schulman moved all in for 181,000 and after a few moments of consideration Brletich called.

Schulman: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Brletich: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}

The board ran {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} {K-Hearts} {5-Spades} {7-Diamonds} and Schulman stayed alive.

Player Chips Progress
Julian Schulman
Julian Schulman
380,000
180,000
180,000
Greg Brletich
Greg Brletich
185,000
-120,000
-120,000

Tags: Julian SchulmanGreg Brletich

Higgins Gets Three Streets of Value

Ryan Higgins wins a nice pot.
Ryan Higgins wins a nice pot.

When we arrived at the table, Ryan Higgins and Ryan Eriquezzo were heads up with the board reading {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Higgins led for 57,000, and Eriquezzo called.

The turn was the {5-Spades}, and Higgins led again - this time for 88,000. Eriquezzo tank-called.

The {9-Clubs} completed the board, and Higgins led one last time for 155,000. Eriquezzo called once more, and mucked when Higgins turned over {q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Higgins
Ryan Higgins
1,505,000
305,000
305,000
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
415,000
-335,000
-335,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Ryan EriquezzoRyan Higgins

End-of-Day Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Higgins
Ryan Higgins
1,477,000
-28,000
-28,000
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
955,000
470,000
470,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
893,000
213,000
213,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Greg Brletich
Greg Brletich
807,000
622,000
622,000
Garry Gates us
Garry Gates
805,000
54,000
54,000
Roland Israel
Roland Israel
675,000
170,000
170,000
Alex Rivera us
Alex Rivera
626,000
126,000
126,000
Eugene Fouksman
Eugene Fouksman
610,000
-70,000
-70,000
Edward Pham us
Edward Pham
578,000
148,000
148,000
Dave Johnston
Dave Johnston
565,000
-120,000
-120,000
John Andress us
John Andress
548,000
3,000
3,000
Run It Once
Tyler Kenney us
Tyler Kenney
446,000
151,000
151,000
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
421,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
354,000
-76,000
-76,000
Chris Lovett
Chris Lovett
264,000
-276,000
-276,000
Besnik Ziba
Besnik Ziba
261,000
-89,000
-89,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
146,000
-169,000
-169,000

Higgins Leads the Field Into Day 3

Level 23 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Ryan Higgins - Day 2 Chip Leader
Ryan Higgins - Day 2 Chip Leader

Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Main Event has come to a close and only 22 players remain of the 300 plus that started the day. Ryan Higgins will enter Day 3 as the chipleader with 1.477 million.

Chasing the only seven-figure stack are Aaron Overton (955,000) and Justin Liberto (893,000). Also moving on to Day 3 are Roland Israel (675,000) and John Andress (548,000). Israel won this event in 2010 and then both he and Andress made the final table of this event last year, with Andress turning in an 2nd place finish.

Also returning for Day 3 are Garry Gates (805,000), Josh Brikis (354,000), Edward Pham (578,000) and Tyler Kenney (446,000).

The start of the day saw swift action with players busting at a quick rate and the field was only a handful players away from the money bubble when the dinner break hit.

It was a day of attrition with a slew of notables hitting the rail, including; Dwyte Pilgrim, Jacob Bazeley, Christian Harder, Andy Frankenberger, Lee Childs, Sirous Jamshidi, Matt Glantz, Kurt Jewell, Wendeen Eolis, Anthony Gregg and Ari Engel.

Midway through the day, the WSOP decided to boot up the live stream at the feature table due to the number of accomplished players seated at the table. Josh Brikis, David Fox, Garry Gates, Manh Nguyen and Edward Pham were all deep stacked. This was the first instance this season a non-final table was streamed. But the poker gods would not have it. Five minutes after going live the spotlight on the table burnt out and couldn’t be fixed easily. The table broke with a collective sigh of relief.

For almost the whole evening no single player was able to pull away from the field. The chiplead changed multiple times and as many as a dozen different players held the lead at one time or another following the dinner break.

Day 3 action will get underway at noon EST and they will play down until we crown a Main Event champion. Watch the live streaming final table on WSOP.com and follow all the action on Pokernews.com

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerChip Count
1Ryan Higgins1.477 million
2Aaron Overton955,000
3Troy Erickson917,000
4Justin Liberto893,00
5Greg Brletich807,000
6Garry Gates805,000
7Roland Israel675,000
8David Zeitlin650,000
9Alex Rivera626,000
10Eugene Fouksman610,000

Tags: Ryan Higgins

Main Event

Day 2 Completed