Main event
Day 2 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Philadelphia
Main event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Philadelphia
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$526,500
Entries
351
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 2 Action About to Kick Off
Welcome back to our coverage of the World Series of Poker Circuit presented by Southern Comfort 100 Proof. We're live for the Harrah's Philadelphia Main Event where 174 of the 333 original entrants will return for Day 2 play. Across two starting flights and several re-entries, it was Rachel Kranz who rose above the field to claim the top chip position heading into Day 2 with 143,700.
Yesterday's play saw a slew of notable names fall either once or twice. Those to have their dreams of taking down the Harrah's Philadelphia Main Event dashed include Cord Garcia, last year's third-place finisher Pete Kaemmerlen, Doug Carli, Robert Cheung, Chris Reslock, Roland Israelashvili and Octo-Niner Russell Thomas.
While those players fell, others thrived. Both returning to play today are last year's first and second place finishers Christopher Bonn and Ken Silberstein who bagged up 45,100 and 75,100 respectively. Other notable to return today are Joseph McKeehen (88,200), Aaron Overton (85,000), Jonas Wexler (85,000), Tom Christopher (73,200), Ari Engel (68,700), Rex Clinkscales (59,800), Matt Glantz (36,300), Allen Kessler (27,000) and Michael Esposito (17,100).
Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Hometown | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel Kranz | New York, NY | 143,700 |
| 2 | Aditya Prasetyo | Amherst, MA | 115,800 |
| 3 | Andrew Rudnik | Arlington, VA | 97,800 |
| 4 | Sterling Savill | Dover, FL | 93,800 |
| 5 | Joseph McKeehen | North Wales, PA | 88,200 |
| 6 | Kyle Bowker | Walton, NY | 85,000 |
| 7 | Aaron Overton | Philadelphia, PA | 85,000 |
| 8 | Jonas Wexler | Southampton, PA | 85,000 |
| 9 | Asher Conniff | Brooklyn, NY | 78,300 |
| 10 | Nathan Parsons | Pittsburgh, PA | 78,000 |
Play kicks off here in the Harrah's Room at 2:00 PM EST so be sure to stay tuned here as we provide you with all of the big pots, bad beats, and bustouts from the WSOPC Harrah's Philadelphia Main Event!
Slight Delay
There is a slight delay in starting as some players have the option of re-entering today. Once those late registrations are finalized play will begin for the day.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Cards are in the air here for Day 2 of the WSOPC Harrah's Philadelphia Main Event!
Tournament staff has announced that there were about 15 new entrants to the field this morning. The number has yet to be finalized, however.
Wexler Cracks Aces
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
We arrived at the table to find Jonas Wexler pondering the decision of calling the all in of a shorter stacked opponent. Eventually, Wexler let out a sigh and dropped in calling chips.
Wexler: 
Opponent: 
The board dropped down 
and just like that Wexler was able to make two pair and send his opponent packing. Wexler's opponent stared at the board for a bit and did not stir until the dealer announced "Two pair!" and pushed the pot toward Wexler.
Wexler began the day as a top ten stack and has increased that now to about 98,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
One For Voccia
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
We caught up to find Daniel Voccia and an opponent looking down at a board of 
. With a substantial amount already in the pot, Voccia bet an unknown amount and his opponent stuck around.
The turn brought a third diamond in the form of the 
. Voccia fired 13,000 into the middle and his opponent went into the tank. A moment passed before he finally released and the pot was pushed to Voccia. He's now sitting on about 58,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
Interesting Chop For Cheung's Life
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Action folded to Rex Clinkscales on the button who made it 1,800. The small blind then cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount. Robert Cheung looked down at his cards in the big blind and announced all in for 15,600. Clinkscales went into the tank before finally folding and the small blind snap called.
Cheung: 
Opponent: 
Both players held cowboys and chopped it up after the board came 
.
"I had eights," remarked Clinkscales. Pockets eights would have made a straight on the river to take down the pot.
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Small One For Kranz
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Start-of-day chip leader Rachel Kranz opened with a min-raise from the hijack and her opponent in the cutoff called. The blinds released and the flop brought down 
. Kranz cut into her stack and came out with a continuation bet of 2,700. Her opponent tanked for a bit before folding his cards.
Kranz took down the pot and is now sitting on about 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
5,000
|
5,000 |