$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day 2 Completed
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$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 2
Hemingway Leads Final 17 After Day 2 of the Main Event
Level 27
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Day 2 of the Texas State Main Event was one to remember as 218 hopefuls started the day dreaming of the grand prize and when the dust settled at the end of the day after 14 hours of play, just 17 remained.
Leading the way in chips to end the day was Jared Hemingway who bagged 11,325,000. He started to accumulate a large stack with eight tables left as his chip counts rose to one of the higher ones. After a slight dip he was able to rise again during the last three tables and put himself in pole position at the end of play.
A player who had one of the more notable days was second place bagger, Christopher Doan who finished with 10,000,000. The start of day chip leader was involved in many big hands throughout the day, rapidly rising his stack early, plateauing for a while and then shooting it up again late in the day.
Michael Wang, Gabriel Andrade and Nick Shkolnik rounded out the top 5 in chips, each bagging large stacks as well, all over 9 million.
Many players were cut down over the course of the day to create the final 17. Including Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer who hit the rail early in the day.
Matt Berkey was taken out in 78th place and Darren Elias made a deeper run, making it down to the final four tables before succumbing in 30th place.
The 17 payers will return for the final day of the main event at 2 p.m. local time to Level 29.
PokerNews will bring you the conclusion in its entirety.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 27
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,325,000
4,925,000
|
4,925,000 |
|
10,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
9,650,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
||
|
9,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
9,200,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
6,300,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
5,250,000
2,550,000
|
2,550,000 |
|
4,500,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
4,500,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
3,575,000
2,475,000
|
2,475,000 |
|
3,575,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
3,200,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
2,975,000
2,515,000
|
2,515,000 |
|
2,850,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
1,825,000
-1,825,000
|
-1,825,000 |
|
1,375,000
-2,125,000
|
-2,125,000 |
|
1,200,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Wang Takes Out Calvert
Level 27
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
It was a preflop flip for Joshua Calvert's tournament life as he held 
against the 
of Michael Wang.
He was safe on the flop as it came 
. But the turn was not safe as a came off and the river was a 
and Wang gathered in his fallen opponent's chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,250,000
3,950,000
|
3,950,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Andrade Gets Value With Flush
Level 27
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Action arrived on the river as the board showed 
.
Gabriel Andrade bet 1,000,000 into a pot of around the same amount over to Tony Potis who called after a few moments.
Andrade tabled the 
which was the winner as Potis mucked and Andrade added more chips to his growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,700,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
-1,950,000
|
-1,950,000 |
McVicker's Deuces Hold
Level 27
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Jesse McVicker called the all in from Jason Daly.
Daly had vs of McVicker.
The board ran out safely for McVicker 
and Daly was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,150,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Final Three Table Redraw
Level 26
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | |
| 1 | 1 | Michael Steinbacher | |
| 1 | 2 | Christopher Gonzales | |
| 1 | 3 | Jared Hemingway | |
| 1 | 4 | Tony Potis | |
| 1 | 5 | Michael Wang | |
| 1 | 6 | Galen Kester | |
| 1 | 7 | Joshua Calvert | |
| 1 | 8 | Gabriel Andrade | |
| -- | |||
| 2 | 1 | Brandon Packard | |
| 2 | 2 | Teddy Conner | |
| 2 | 3 | Aaron McEvoy | |
| 2 | 4 | Shawn Rice | |
| 2 | 5 | Robert Wright | |
| 2 | 6 | Christopher Doan | |
| 2 | 7 | Nick Shkolnik | |
| 2 | 8 | Josh Thibodaux | |
| -- | |||
| 3 | 1 | Chip Ervin | |
| 3 | 2 | Brett Murray | |
| 3 | 3 | Jason Daly | |
| 3 | 4 | Joon Park | |
| 3 | 5 | Jesse Jones | |
| 3 | 6 | Jesse McVicker | |
| 3 | 7 | Kevin Kaylor | |
| 3 | 8 | Brad Freeman |
Conner Calls to Eliminate Rising
Level 26
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action was on the turn as the board read 
.
Kelly Rising moved all in for 825,000 over a bet of 325,000 from Teddy Conner.
Conner thought for about 30 seconds before eventually calling. He had the 
which was on top of the 
of Rising.
The river came the 
and Rising was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,650,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hemingway Shoves Out Freeman
Level 26
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river with the board reading 
.
The pot was at least 1,800,000. Brad Freeman mad a bet of 1,200,000. Hemingway thought a while before moving all in, Freeman folded quickly to ship the pot to Hemingway and create a shift in chips at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,400,000
4,700,000
|
4,700,000 |
|
|
4,700,000
-5,500,000
|
-5,500,000 |