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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
||
|
|
105,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
50,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
265,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
184,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000 | |
|
95,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
85,000 | |
|
75,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
65,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
48,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | |
|
170,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
165,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
130,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
107,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
93,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
-108,000
|
-108,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
With 154 players returning from the break, the chip average has crossed into six figures.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
We've put six levels in the books, and that's the end of the 40-minute rounds. The players are off for another ten-minute break, and the black T100 chips are being colored up and raced off.
When the players return, the levels switch to 60 minutes, and we've got another eight of those to play before putting a bow on Day 2.
John Riordan's table was just broken, and there was a bit of a problem. He's got heaps of chips.
Rather than summoning a wheelbarrow to move his 8 or 10 racks, the staff brought a few new T25,000 chips in and colored off 200,000 of his stack. The new chips are yellow, and T.D. Bill Bruce made sure to indicate the new chips several times so that Riordan's table was aware of the change.
Mr. Riordan is the only one with yellow chips in play for now, so if we seem them appear elsewhere, we'll know whence they came.
John Riordan is closing in on 600,000 just prior to the second break of the day.
We caught his latest hand on the river as the board read 
. The pot had what looked to be about 55,000 in the middle and Riordan's opponent was all in for roughly 73,000. After a good minute in the tank, Riordan called.
His opponent immediately began to push his stack Riordan's way as last year's champ tabled 
. His opponent flashed 
before making his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
595,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
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