Last year in 2006's Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Marvin Rettenmaier ended the day with the chip lead. History did not repeat itself tonight though with Rettenmaier finishing the day near the top of the pack with 99,100. The person who does sits atop the chip count throne is Ryan D'Angelo who bagged 190,300 for the day.
With 1,607 players coming out for their chance at poker glory only 233 will be returning tomorrow with their bracelet dreams and chip stacks still intact. With the field size reaching over 1,500 play consisted of 11 levels today.
Some notables who will be making the rounds on day 2 are Vanessa Selbst who spent her day gathering chips; René Angélil, Martin Staszko, and Randy Lew. All these players fought tooth and nail to get where they are, and look to put themselves in prime positions to win the $694,609 first place money.
Jason Somerville had an interesting time today almost proving the old adage "a chip and a chair" true. After losing a hand Somerville was left with a single green chip with 25. Somerville was able to turn that 25 into 1,100 and put himself in a position where moving all in wasn't his only move. Unfortunately his mini rush of doubling and tripling up could only last so long and we lost him in the chaos of the day.
Day 2 begins at 1:00 PM tomorrow in the Amazon room and we plan on playing down til 9 players are left, or until 10 levels are completed. Make sure to tune in here at PokerNews tomorrow for all the live WSOP updates.
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Chris Moorman trying to find JP Kelly's stack
With just 387 players remaining, the Red and Bronze sections of the Amazon room, look desolate. All of the players have been squeezed into the Silver and Gold sections and here is the news from the Silver part of that combination.
First some eliminations.
Newly crowned two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Carter Phillips, has been eliminated. He moved his last few big blinds into the pot holding and was pipped to the post by the of his opponent.
Tony Dunst has seventeen WSOP cashes to his name and that is how it is going to remain (until tomorrow at least). Dunst squeezing his last ounces of blood out of his stack with only to run into .
Ryan Julius was seated on the shoulder of Dunst all day, and he too has been eliminated. Julius four-betting with before suffering the same fate as Dunst when he ran into a pair of aces.
Andrey Gulyy was our early chip leader, but he too has been driven into an early grave. Gulyy squeezing with only to run into the brick wall cemented by the of Justin Young and Gulyy was out.
Also out are Chris Brammers conqueror Kharim Lehoussine, high-roller Igor Kurganov, Thibaud Guenegou, Michael Telker and Roberto Romanello.
Stuart Rutter was nearly joining them when he fell as low as 3,975, but he managed to double up with v and now has a 9,500 chip stack. Chris Moorman is eating people alive as he moves up to 90,000, Jordan Young is also growing his stack quicker than the world Jenga champion but none have more chips than Fabrizio Gonzalez. The Uruguayan has 100,000 chips and leads the Silver Section.
A short stacked Christina Lindley moved all in from the cut off for 4,650 and found a caller in the small blind player. The big blind folded and the players flipped over their cards.
Lindley:
Opponent:
The board came and Lindley's queen high came up second best. Ace high was good enough to send Lindley packing and she said her good byes and left.
A few tables over JJ Liu's day ended. We don't know what happened, but we know her chips were pushed over to another player.
A few tables over from that sat Dennis Phillips who faced a bet 1,100. Phillips opted to three-bet all in and pushed the rest of his 9,000 stack in the middle. A call was made and Phillips was at risk.
Phillips:
Opponent:
The board came eliminating Phillips. The ever kind Phillips wish everyone good luck and made his gracious exit.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Craig McCorkell has just taken his seat after dinner and doubled up in his first hand. He found and got it in good against the of the German Michael Eiler. The board ran out and McCorkell moved up to 15,000.
It's one hell of a table for McCorkell as well, check this out.
Joseph Gualtieri has just eliminated Erick Lindgren, but it took two bites of the cherry to finish him off.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder was all-in for around 4,400 and he had his opponent, Gualtieri, covered by a mere 150 chips.
Gualtieri
Lindgren
Board:
Lindgren was left with 150 chips and Gualtieri had a little over 10,000. In the next hand Lindgren placed his 50 ante in the middle and mucked. Then he placed his 50 ante in the middle and was all-in for the other 50. Toby Lewis opened to 800 in first position, but he was forced to fold after Gualtieri raised to 2,400. Gualtieri showed , Lindgren showed , and despite a scare on the flop, Lindgren was out when the bricked for him on the turn and river.
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Multi-tabling is too much even for Ivey
Phil Ivey has just jumped into his seat during a lull in Event #45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship and it must have ben a hot one, because he has jumped right back out of it again. Jonas Wexler was the man who sent Phil Ivey packing in a three way all-in. Wexler held , Ivey (who had moved all-in over the Wexler raise) held and the third person in the hand (who was also all-in) held . Wexler eliminated both opponents and moved up to 27,000 chips. Ivey can now put his full attention back onto the $50,000 Players Championship.
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Andrey Gulyy is still leading the Silver Section
With 801 players left from our starting field of 1,607, here is an update from the Silver Section of the Brasilia Room.
The Welsh wizard Roberto Romanello has moved into Table #21 and has 11,600 chips. Romanello came very close to achieving the Triple Crown (European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker titles) when he finished in 7th place in Event #36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Romanello looks focussed, serious and his A game look about him.
Last time we trounced around the Silver Section, Andrey Gulyy was the chip leader. He still holds that title despite losing a decent size pot to Justin Young. But Gulyy has some smart company now that Chris Moorman has moved to his table. Moorman sits on 26,000 whilst Gulyy sits on 45,500.
Those Internet whizz kids, we wrote about, are dropping like flies. Gabriel Nassif and Kyle Weir bit the dust early and we have also lost Jack Ellwood and Chris Brammer. Brammer just moved all-in on a board of , and after the clock was called, Kharim Lehoussine made the call and it was good. Lehoussine tabling to beat the bluff from Brammer holding . Lehoussine moved up to 41,000 with victory in that hand.
Another casualty in the Silver Section is Jon Aguiar. Hiren 'Sunny' Patel took the large majority of Aguiar's chips just prior to his elimination. Patel raised to 450, Aguiar three-bet to 1,175, Patel four-bet to 2,650 and Aguiar called. The flop was (rainbow), Patel bet 1,625 and Aguiar made the call. The turn was the (putting two clubs on board), Patel checked, Aguiar moved all-in for around 10,000 and Patel called.
Patel
Aguiar
So Patel was ahead, the draws didn't materialise and that loss put Aguiar on 1,500 chips. They went into the middle holding (suited) and ran into resulting in his elimination.
The Gold Section of the Brasilia room has just lost three very talented players, who each have World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold on their resume's.
James Dempsey has won over $1.9 million in live tournament earnings that includes a WSOP bracelet and World Poker Tour (WPT) title. But none of that means anything if you get it in with a flopped set of fives versus pocket queens, only to see a queen hit the turn.
Moving up the pay scale and we have Andy Frankenberger. The former Derivatives Trader has only been in poker a short while, but that hasn't stopped him amassing a personal fortune of $2,529,472 in live tournament winnings. Cluttered amongst all that money are two WSOP bracelets and a WPT title. Frankenberger got all of his chips into the middle in a 70BB pot against Kyle Bowker (suited) versus (suited) and Bowker came out on top.
Next you have David Williams. Williams has earned over $8,329,268 including a WSOP bracelet and WPT title spanning an 8-year career that sparked when he finished as the runner up to Greg Raymer in the 2004 WSOP Main Event. Williams raised with from the cutoff, the small blind shipped with and Williams called. A jack appeared on the flop and for a moment it looked the suckout was on, until the queen found its way to the board on the river to even up the score.
So Dempsey, Frankenberger and Williams are all out, and they are joined by Pratyush Buddiga and Heinz Kamutzki.
The top dog in the backyard called the Gold section is still Ryan D'Angelo with 45,000 chips.
There are a host of notable names missing from the Silver Section. Olivier Busquets, Vitaly Lunkin, John Eames, Dominik Nitsche and Gabriel Nassif are all missing and presumed bust.
In other eliminations, Kyle Weir moved his last few chips into the middle with pocket sevens and ran into pocket queens, Nicolas Yunis lost a chunk of his stack in a hand against Ivan Mamuzic. Yunis was holding versus the of Mamuzic and a cruel ace hit the flop sending Yunis down to 1,300 chips. Then Yunis put those little babies into the middle with , ran into and never saw them again.
Antonio Esfandiari is also out of Event #46 after moving all in on a monotone diamond board holding and finding himself behind to a set and a king-high flush. We don't care how many magic tricks he has, he just ain't getting out of that one! (Thanks to Paul Y for the info)
One person who did not join the elimination station was Ryan Julius. He raised to 400 on the button, the small blind three-bet to 1,100, Julius moved all-in for 2,050 more and his opponent called.
Julius
Small Blind
Board:
A full-house for Julius and he moved up to 6,450.
The top dog in the Silver Section is the Russian Andrey Gulyy who has 47,000 chips.
A quick skirt around the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room reveals three notable eliminations. Chris McClung was eliminated in rather unfortunate circumstances. He managed to get it in good on a board of holding versus , but his opponent spiked an on the river to send the Canadian packing.
Chris De Maci was the recent runner-up to our first ever Japanese World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Naoya Kihara. That event was Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six Handed and De Maci earned $316,308 for that close shave. He was extremely short when we last did a swoop and can confirm that he has been eliminated in the two-card version of things.
A final notable who is no longer spraying chips around is the cheeky-chappie known as Joseph Cheong. He was eliminated by Steven Karr who now has 30,000 chips - more than anyone else in the Bronze section - and it was a barnstormer of a hand.
We believe that Karr opened to 425 from early position and both Liv Boeree and Mathew Frankland called before Joseph Cheong three-bet from the button making it 1,350. The player in the small blind moved all-in for approx. 4,000, Karr also moved all-in and Boeree and Frankland (pocket tens) both folded.
Karr
Cheong
Small Blind
So a cooler for all and after five communities were hung, drawn and quartered Cheong and the small blind were out, whilst Karr moved up to 30,000.
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and McCorkell moved up to 15,000.
flop, Lindgren was out when the 
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. Lehoussine moved up to 41,000 with victory in that hand.
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(putting two clubs on board), Patel checked, Aguiar moved all-in for around 10,000 and Patel called.
(suited) and Bowker came out on top.
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