Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
With 154 players returning from the break, the chip average has crossed into six figures.
Drazen Ilich is the second player to pass the 300,000 mark today, but still has a long way to go before catching up to John Riordan.
Picking up the action on a board with about 53,000 in the middle, the bet was 35,000 to Ilich. He studied his opponent intently before opting to call.
His opponent quickly mucked while Ilich tabled to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Drazen Ilich |
335,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Samantha Cohen | 220,000 | |
Ben Mintz |
170,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Barry Wiedemann |
165,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
David Stefanski |
130,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
David Sidler |
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Philip Samuels |
107,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Loni Harwood |
93,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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Kyle Bowker |
60,000
-108,000
|
-108,000 |
|
||
Chad Batista
|
Busted | |
John Dolan | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Riordan |
620,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Huy Nguyen |
265,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Raj Vohra |
184,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
||
Ralph Robinson | 125,000 | |
Aaron Massey |
95,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Eugene Fouksman | 85,000 | |
Maxim Sorokin |
75,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Jacob Viccellio |
65,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Danny Suied |
48,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Barry Hutter | Busted | |
|
We've just broken another table, and we followed Chris Tryba over to his new seat. He now resides in Seat 5 at Table 52, and it's a tough spot.
On Tryba's direct right is Brian Hastings, and they're sitting across the table from Jeremy McLaughlin in the nine seat. McLaughlin is well known in Atlantic City where he habitually crushes mid-level tournaments. He made a Circuit final table there in 2008, finishing in fourth place back when the buy-in was $5,000. Hastings is best known for his dominating online presence where he owns faces as "Stinger 88". And Tryba — well, he's best known for being a goofball and an all-around likable guy. He's also a guy who plays all the games pretty well, and he's got a couple WSOP final tables in Stud variations. Besides all that, he too is fairly well known around in Atlantic City, and he and McLaughlin traded a smirk across the table as Tryba took his seat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Tryba |
130,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
||
Jeremy McLaughlin |
105,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Brian Hastings |
50,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
While we were busy writing about him, Jeremy McLaughlin was busy winning a big pot. It may have been a double up even, because his count has increased to about 200,000 in the last few minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeremy McLaughlin |
200,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
With many thanks to Eric, Lori, and the staff at IMPDI, here's a round of photos from this Day 2.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
What do empty seats at John Riordan's table mean? More chips for last year's champion, now with about 770,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Riordan |
770,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|