After two recent casualties took to Twitter for a quick postmortem of their respective bustout hands, we learned that Loni Harwood just chipped up in a major way by busting fellow pros Chris Moorman and Alex Rocha.
According to Harwood, she opened to 2,800 from under the gun and called when Alex Rocha three-bet jammed for his last 16,000. Harwood found herself dominated with against Rocha's , but "Luscious Lon" found the lady she needed on the turn.
Soon afterward, Harwood went toe-to-toe with the best player to ever grind the virtual felt, opening to 3,000 before engaging in a raising war with Moorman. He popped it to 6,800, Harwood four-bet to 19,000 and Moorman five-bet shipped for his last 75,000 or so with Harwood making the call to put him at risk.
Harwood:
Moorman:
The board ran out clean for Harwood's tens and with that she sent two players to the rail while building a big stack early on in the day.
We passed by the table to catch the tail end of a confrontation between Matt Glantz and Matthew Waxman, with the latter coming up on the short end of the stick.
The final board and there was a sizable pot already built, one that appeared to contain around 30,000 or so. Glantz held the button and a bet of 17,000 was pushed up near it, as Waxman had checked the river. After finishing up his nutritious breakfast of a banana (paging Harry Kaczka), Waxman made the call to see Glantz roll over the for a turned set.
"Ahh..." said Waxman when he saw the bad news. "If I had to guess a hand there, that's the one. Nice hand sir."
Back in the poker boom of the mid 2000's, it wasn't surprising to see a poker player look across the table or room, see a poker superstar and run over and ask for a picture with that player... even if it was in the middle of a hand. That doesn't happen as much any longer but the other day, while bagging up one of the biggest stacks of the night, that's precisely what She Lok Wong did.
Wong was looking at Phil Hellmuth, looking much like a kid who just walked into a candy store. "That's Phil Hellmuth," he said, barely able to spit the words out of his mouth. That's how excited he was. Wong had his phone in hand. "You think he would let me take a picture with him?"
Of course he would. We got Phil's attention and he obliged and Wong looked at the picture on his phone over and over again while waiting for his chips to get counted down.
The next day, Wong would walk into the room. "What are you doing here," we asked him.
"I'm looking for poker players. Where's Daniel Negreanu. He's my favorite!"
We broke the bad news that Kid Poker would not be playing in this event and a look of disappointment came over Wong's face.
Taking all of this in mind, it would be easy to confuse Wong as a rank amateur at the tables. That would be a mistake for those playing against him. Wong took 2nd place at the 2013 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship Event for $203,394. He also has three wins in the last year, including one that was good for $95,000.
"I am really nervous," Wong told us at the beginning of Day 1a. He overcame those nerves to bag 176,200. Regardless of how things turn out today for Wong, one thing will be certain. He'll be smiling and having fun. And trying to take everyone's chips.
Day 2 of the Season XII WPT World Championship is set to begin in a few minutes, and the players are starting to file into the Signature Room at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. The overall chip leader is Jason Koon, who enters the day with 252,800, and he is closely followed by Athanasios Polychronopoulos (223,100), Keith Lehr (220,900), Lee Markholt (217,700), and Day 1a chip leader Paul Volpe (215,300).
There are obviously several huge names still vying for a place on the WPT Champions Cup, including Tony Gregg, Scott Seiver, Shannon Shorr, Phil Hellmuth, and Greg Merson. Season XII WPT Player of the Year Leader Mukul Pahuja is still alive and well as is Shaun Suller, who can capture that title if he wins this event and Pahuja fails to cash.
The prize pool information will be released at some point during Day 2, and we will bring that to you as quick as possible.
The cards are about to be in the air, so be sure to stay tuned for all of your live updates straight from the tournament floor here on PokerNews!
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against Rocha's 
, but "Luscious Lon" found the lady she needed on the turn.
and there was a sizable pot already built, one that appeared to contain around 30,000 or so. Glantz held the button and a bet of 17,000 was pushed up near it, as Waxman had checked the river. After finishing up his nutritious breakfast of a banana (
for a turned set.
