Brandon Fish just knocked out another player, trimming the field further and inching everyone else one step closer to the money.
Up against an opponent all in for about 90,000 with 
, Fish held 
, and after the board ran out 
, Fish had scored the knockout and a healthy increase to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
David Diaz opened to 8,000 under the gun and action foled around to the player in the cutoff who went all in for 28,500. A call from Diaz revealed 
, a slight underdog to his oppponent's 
.
However, the board ran out 
to give Diaz the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
T.J. Crews began the day as our leader, but recently became one of those busting without quite making the final 63 and the cash. Crews joins the several who have hit the rail of late, including Chris Klodnicki and David Stefanski.
Right now the big board is showing 75 players remain — an even dozen off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Jamie Kerstetter continues to battle as we move through Day 2. She'd built a leading stack earlier in the afternoon, and although has taken a couple of hits since dinner is still sitting with a healthy amount of chips.
After losing to a short stack's all-in when her 
failed to hold against her opponent's 
, Kerstetter soon found herself vying for a larger pot against another all-in opponent. This time Kerstetter had 
, but it was her opponent showing up with 
.
The flop came 
in that latter hand, and by the turn Kerstetter was drawing dead. After those hands Kerstetter has slipped to about 165,000 — still an average stack with 75 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
We arrived at Dan Buzgon's table and found an under-the-gun raise from Barry Leventhal to 15,000 and a call in middle position. Buzgon was in the big blind and took a few moments before pushing out his gray stack of T5,000 chips, covering both opponents.
Leventhal snap-called all in for 166,500, the middle-position player folded, and Buzgon saw that his 
was in dire straits against Leventhal's 
.
The board ran out 
, cutting Buzgon's stack to less than 20 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | |
|
75,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
With 66 players remaining, we are just three eliminations away from making the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
430,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
|
370,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
360,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
A slight adjustment has just been announced to the prize pool so that it will pay $1,500 per entry. With 616 entries, that equals a $924,000 prize pool altogether.
Here are the new adjusted payouts:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $194,040 |
| 2 | $120,018 |
| 3 | $87,762 |
| 4 | $65,124 |
| 5 | $49,000 |
| 6 | $37,376 |
| 7 | $28,903 |
| 8 | $22,656 |
| 9 | $18,000 |
| 10-12 | $14,488 |
| 13-15 | $11,809 |
| 16-18 | $9,748 |
| 19-21 | $8,150 |
| 22-24 | $6,902 |
| 25-27 | $5,914 |
| 28-30 | $5,128 |
| 31-33 | $4,509 |
| 34-36 | $4,010 |
| 37-45 | $3,604 |
| 46-54 | $3,280 |
| 55-63 | $3,021 |
A series of raises preflop led to a player all in and at risk for his healthy stack of about 150,000 with against chip leader Wade Woelfel's
.
The flop brought no help to Woelfel, but he spiked a on the turn to take the lead. After fading the river, Woelfel is up to about 680,000.
65 players remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
