That brings an end to a long Day 2 of the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em event from the 2010 World Series of Poker where our field of 205 players has been reduced to our final two tables.
There were plenty of highlights and we lost plenty of big names along the way including James Akenhead, Brian Lemke, Tony G, Jason Mercier, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth, Chino Rheem and Annette Obrestad who managed to sneak in for her first WSOP cash in the United States.
Ahead of us we have an exciting day tomorrow with a stellar lineup that is capable of producing a special final table. With the fearless aggression of Jason DeWitt, Amit Makhija and Jeff Williams, and the pure entertainment factor of Antonio Esfandiari and Perry Friedman in the mix, we're going to have a great day on the felt tomorrow.
Here's how they will lineup:
Table 331
Seat 1: Dragan Galic - 226,000
Seat 2: Perry Friedman - 361,000
Seat 3: Manelic Minaya - 300,000
Seat 4: Jason DeWitt - 1,873,000
Seat 5: Jesse Chinni - 400,000
Seat 6: Sam Trickett - 945,000
Seat 7: Nico Behling - 352,000
Seat 8: David Benefield - 326,000
Seat 9: Paul Foltyn - 1,246,000
Table 336
Seat 1: Amit Makhija - 1,317,000
Seat 2: Joshua Macciello - 385,000
Seat 3: James Carroll - 637,000
Seat 4: Veronica Dunn - 252,000
Seat 5: Anthony Gargano - 223,000
Seat 6: Antonio Esfandiari - 883,000
Seat 7: Jeff Williams - 1,323,000
Seat 8: Peter Gilmore - 380,000
Seat 9: Joshua Cooper - 475,000
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flop and Esfandiari checked over to Makhija who fired 57,000. Esfandiari made the call. The 
hit the turn and Esfandiari checked to Makhija who fired again for 90,000. Again Esfandiari made the call.
and again it was checked to Makhija who fired a third barrel worth 225,000. Esfandiari decided to give it up as Makhija win a nice pot without showdown. Makhija is up to 1.3 million with Esfandiari down to 882,000.
which was disastrous for Schwarmann as Friedman flopped the stone-cold nuts. The turn was the 
and river the 
and Schwarmann departs in 19th place as Friedman moves up to 410,000.
and Behling doubles through to 375,000 to leave Schwarmann crippled with under 50,000.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Cooper fired 65,000 with Carroll again making the call. Cooper showed 
for a turned full house which was well and truly good. He's up to 600,000 with Carroll down to 740,000.
