Day 2 Is Done: Freddy Deeb Looking to Make History
We have wrapped up another long day here at the WSOP-C Main Event at Harrah’s Rincon, and after over twelve hours of play, we have just 11 players remaining. Amazingly, Freddy Deeb bagged the most chips, clocking in at a whopping 1.1 million chips. This is a feeling that Deeb is used to, as the last time we saw him, he won the WSOP-C Main Event at the Bicycle Casino in January. He is now setting himself for an improbable second Main Event title in just three months! If he's able to finish it off, Deeb would be the first player to win two main events in the same season.
Deeb is followed closely by Joe Kuether, who is also looking to accomplish quite an impressive feat. Joe Kuether finished seventh in the WSOP-C Main Event at Caesers Palace, and is looking for his second main event final table in a row as well!
Deeb set himself up for this run when he got a big double up against Brandon Cantu earlier in the day. Cantu was the chip leader at the time, but he wasn’t able to hang onto it after this hand. Freddy Deeb limped in the cutoff before Cantu raised to 31,000 on the button. Action folded back around the Deeb who made the call and the 
flop was heads up. Deeb checked to Cantu who fired out 36,000. Deeb opted to call.
The turn was the 
and Deeb stacked out chips and led into Cantu for 60,000. Cantu quickly moved Deeb all in and was called even faster.
Cantu: 
Deeb: 
Deeb had spiked a set on the turn and avoided the redraw on the river.
We started the day with 156 players, and of those, only 36 were able to walk away with money in their pockets. Amongst the players who didn’t make the money were Ray Henson, Scott Clements, Bryan Devonshire, Gavin Smith, Gavin Griffin, Joe Tehan, David “ODB” Baker, and Allen Carter, who was our bubble boy.
Some of the players who made the money, but weren’t able to survive the day were Matthew Chang, David Levi, Alex Masek, Matt Salsberg, and Eric Baldwin, who was eliminated in a brutal kings vs. aces preflop cooler with two tables left.
There are still a few big names that are still in contention, and a few of them are familiar faces to the Circuit. Ty Spires (896,000) is still alive, looking to top his third place finish in the main event at the Bike in January. Brandon Cantu (335,000) is also still kicking, fresh off a win in a $1,000 buy in prelim event here at Harrah’s.
The remaining players are off to get some sleep, and they will be back bright and early tomorrow for poker player’s standards, as they will be returning at noon. There we will play down to a winner, no matter how long it takes, so be sure to come back to Pokernews tomorrow to follow all of the action. Good night everyone!