Dan O'HairAmnon Filippi - second in chips going into Day 2.
Hello and welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, where 297 survivors will return to the Amazon room in hopes of getting closer to a final table and eventual gold bracelet! Best positioned to do so heading into Day 2 is Tony Welds, who managed to bag up 131,900 in chips after eleven hard-fought levels of play during Day 1. Nipping at his heels is Amnon Filippi with 130,900 in chips. Filippi, who has over $2 million in live-poker tournament earnings, will be looking for his first World Series of Poker bracelet.
Some notables who failed to make it past Day 1 include Jason Senti, Tony Cousineau, Kathy Liebert, Liv Boeree, Barry Shulman and Terrence Chan - who, as a short stack, ran his into the pocket queens of Richard Acorino.
However, where there are victims in poker, there are also survivors. Notable names who managed to make it into Day 2 include Jude Ainsworth (96,600), Jonathan Little (63,500), Joe Cada (54,800), Soi Nguyen (46,500), Ivan Demidov (23,700), William Reynolds (15,700) and Blair Hinkle (90,200), who recently got 4th in Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
The plan today is to play ten levels or reach a final table, though, with so many entrants remaining, the former seems more likely.
Play is set to begin at 1:00 PM PST, so please stick with us here at PokerNews as the drama unfolds and we work our way toward a final table!
Chip leader Jeremy Halaska opened with a raise from middle position and it folded around to a player in the big blind who reraised all in for 26,200 more. Halaska sat with his sunglasses proppped up on his forehead and thought for a while, looking over the 40-chip high stacks in front of him as he did.
Finally he shook his head "no" and let his hand go. "You have an ace?" he asked his opponent across the table. "Two," came the reply, and Halaska's eyes widened before he settled his shades back down.
Despite that small hit, Halaska is nearing 400,000.
Soi Nguyen's tumultuous day on the felt has come to an end. The 2010 November was just eliminated by 2008 November Niner Ivan Demidov. Nguyen was all in preflop with against Demidov's , and the board rolled out to send Nguyen to the rail.
Demidov, meanwhile, has cashed in his first event in the World Series of Poker since 2009 when he min-cashed a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event for $2,808. His two WSOP cashes before that were for a combined $6.4 million — he took third place at the WSOP Europe Main Event ($608,995) and second in the WSOP Main Event ($5,809,595).
Jacob Schindler opened to 20,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around to Adam Latimer on the button, who went all in for his last 180,000. Directly behind him, Nelson Robinson announced he was all in and everyone else got out of the way.
Robinson:
Latimer:
The board ran out , leaving Robinson with nines-full of deuces and eliminating Latimer.
Blair Hinkle opened to 20,000 from the hijack position and was re-raised by Thomas Conway from the cutoff. It was folded around to Mazin Khoury in the small blind and he went all in for his last 165,000. Action folded back around to Conway, who snap-called to put Khoury at risk.
Khoury:
Conway:
The board ran out , giving Conway a winning straight on the river and sending Khoury to the rail.
We picked this one up on the flop at which point there was about 45,000 in the middle, with showing in the center. Acting first Niel Mittelman pushed out a bet of 25,000, and after a pause Blair Hinkle called. The turn was the , and Mittelman again led with a bet, this time for 50,000.
Hinkle sat quietly for close to a minute, then announced he was raising all in for around 250,000 more. Mittelman quickly called, tabling for top set of aces. Hinkle had for two pair, meaning the river was no matter.
Klein Bach pushed all in for a bit over 100,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Kevin Elia in the small blind, who pushed all in himself. The big folded and hands were revealed.
Bach:
Elia:
The board was no help to Bach and he was sent to the rail in 22nd place.
We unfortunately were unable to catch the hand, however, we are being told that Paul Sokoloff had called an all-in push from Jacob Schindler to put him at risk. Sokoloff held the and Schindler held the . Schindler failed to improve and he was eliminated.
The eliminations keep coming, with David Copeland the latest to fall. Jason Everett was the beneficiary in this one.
With the board reading and a pot of 20,000 or so, Everett fired a bet of 12,000 which Copeland then raised to 26,000. Everett thought a moment, then called. The turn brought the and a check from Everett, and after a lengthy pause Copeland announced he was pushing the rest of his short stack all in, and Everett quickly called.
Copeland had for tens, while Everett had him dead with the for a straight, making the river just an extra bit of trivia.
One more elimination before another redraw — and a pay jump.
into the pocket queens of Richard Acorino.
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against Demidov's 
, and the board rolled out 
to send Nguyen to the rail.
, leaving Robinson with nines-full of deuces and eliminating Latimer.
, giving Conway a winning straight on the river and sending Khoury to the rail.
, and Mittelman again led with a bet, this time for 50,000.
for top set of aces. Hinkle had 
for two pair, meaning the 
board paired Conway's seven and Daymon was eliminated.
board was no help to Bach and he was sent to the rail in 22nd place.
. Schindler failed to improve and he was eliminated.
for tens, while Everett had him dead with the 
for a straight, making the river 
