Main Event
Day 2 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Bicycle Casino
Main Event
Day: 2
Derrick Yamada Leads Going Into Day 2
Welcome back to beautiful Southern California for Day 2 of the WSOP-C Bicycle Casino Main Event. We won’t have the official number of registrants until after we start today, as players have the option to register up until the start of Day 2. However, we can say that 221 players made it through yesterday’s flights, and Derrick Yamada is standing at the top with 211,300. Yamada finished runner up in Lake Tahoe late last year, and is looking to repeat his final table success here. The only other player over the 200k mark is Toan Nguyen, who bagged up 203,300.
While many big names came and went yesterday, we still have a handful who will be joining us today, and some of them are wielding big stacks of their own. This list includes Joe Tehan (148,300), Eric Baldwin (146,000), Allan Le (127,000), Doug Lee (116,300), AJ Jejelowo (112,000), and actor James Woods, who showed he also has skills at the poker table by bagging up a whopping 109,100.
Some of the players who are below the 100k mark but are still very much alive in their pursuit for that Gold WSOP ring include Nam Le (81,900), Kyle Cartwright (79,000), Michael Noori (65,000), and another actor, Kirk Acevedo (27,000). In addition, Soi Nguyen, David Randall, and Erik Roussakis are still alive in their pursuit of back-to-back Circuit Main Event Final Tables.
One player who we didn’t see yesterday was defending champion Freddy Deeb. That is because Deeb plans on doing exactly what he did last year: Register on Day 2. Deeb will come in today with a fresh stack of 20,000, but he will have to get moving early, as the blinds start at 700-1400 today.
It will be a long, action packed day today here at the Bike! The schedule is calling for 14 levels of play, and the hope is to get to a final table tonight. If we fall short of that, we will call it a night at the end of Level 26. Pokernews will be here all day bringing you the action, so sit back, turn the games on, and enjoy our live coverage!
Play Almost Underway
The players are filing in, and most of them have taken their seats. The clock reads 250 players remaining, meaning that we got almost 30 entrants this morning. Play will start momentarily!
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Let's get it started!
Level: 13
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 200
Deeb Not Here Yet
Level 13
: 700/1,400, 200 ante
Freddy Deeb planned to come in today and enter before the day started, but we have yet to see him in the room. There are a couple dead stacks out there, so we are assuming that he has one of those. Once we spot the man, we will let you know.
Speak of the Devil
No more then four seconds after we posted that Deeb had yet to arrive, we looked up and saw him standing in the middle of the room. The champion...is here. Oh and by the way, he has already doubled up to 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | |
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Level: 14
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Deeb Loses A Few
Last year, Freddy Deeb registered on Day 2, and everytime we walked by, he had more chips then the time before. Well he was on pace to repeat that this time around with an early double up, but we just caught Deeb giving some back to the table.
The player under the gun raised to 3,000, and he got three callers, including Deeb in the big blind. Everyone checked when the dealer fanned out a 
flop, and the turn brought the 
. Deeb sprung into action with a 9,000 bet, and the under the gun player called, as did the button.
The river came the 
, and all three players checked. The button tabled 
, and that was good enough to beat both players. After that hand, Deeb dipped down to 36,000, which is still almost double what he started with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
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WhoJedi Has The Force On His Side
Jay Newnum, or "WhoJedi" as he is known on twitter and in the poker media world, is holding his own on the felt here at the Bike. Newmun bagged 48,000 last night, and he has already worked that up to 80,000 today. Newmun has done this despite what could be some of the toughest seating assignments in the tournament.
Yesterday, Newnum was rubbing shoulders with the likes of Ben Yu and AJ Jejelowo. Yu busted halfway through the day, but he was replaced by another well known pro, Joe Tehan. Newnum persevered to make it to Day 2, where he was given a warm welcome by WPT Champion Nam Le, who is on his immediate left today. Despite these bad draws, Newnum is still above the average stack, and looking for a deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
31,100
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31,100 |