Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship Day 2 | 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

04-23-2014 12:17 UTC-4

"You're Good"

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Harrison Gimbel checked to Jared Bleznick on a completed board of . Bleznick bet 15,000 - roughly a pot-sized bet - and Gimbel tanked for a bit before making the call.

"You're good," Bleznick announced, prompting the 2010 PCA Main Event winner to reveal for a lowly pair of fours.

Bleznick mucked, and Gimbel picked up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Gimbel	167,000	32,200
Jared Bleznick	53,000	-29,400

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04-23-2014 12:08 UTC-4

She Lok Wong Proving He's More Than Just a Fan

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

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.

Tags: She Lok Wong

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

04-23-2014 12:00 UTC-4

Day 2 Set to Begin

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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!

Tags: Jason Koon

04-23-2014 10:19 UTC-4

Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Chips
1	1	Lee Markholt	217,700
1	2	Tony Dunst	92,200
1	3	Eli Berg	123,300
1	4	Joe Serock	48,600
1	5	Curt Kohlberg	96,300
1	6	Jason Koon	252,800
1	7	Tony Cousineau	88,000
1	8	Jordan Siegel	163,500
1	9	Brock Parker	40,000

2	1	Kristina Holst	95,100
2	2	Dani Stern	38,900
2	3	Orson Young	130,000
2	4	Noah Bronstein	47,800
2	5	David Paredes	129,200
2	6	Joshua Lawson	52,400
2	7	Ty Reiman	34,100
2	8	Tony Gregg	190,600
2	9	Tom Marchese	33,500

3	1	Larry Wright	10,900
3	2	Nicholas Gerrity	96,000
3	3	Malkiel Berlianshik	53,500
3	4	David Tuthill	96,600
3	5	Harrison Gimbel	134,800
3	6	Jared Bleznick	82,400
3	7	Greg Merson	51,900
3	8	Faraz Jaka	14,000
3	9	--empty--	--

4	1	Brian Lemke	91,300
4	2	Allen Kessler	145,300
4	3	Joseph Mckeehen	114,000
4	4	Nick Schulman	47,900
4	5	Ravi Raghavan	114,900
4	6	Allard Broedelet	28,200
4	7	Hans Winzeler	157,900
4	8	Brian Yoon	85,600
4	9	--empty--	--

5	1	Sean Jazayeri	90,100
5	2	Vimy Ha	57,100
5	3	Bartley Dowling	186,200
5	4	Abraham Korotki	172,300
5	5	Simon Lam	20,800
5	6	Amir Babakhani	92,100
5	7	Alexander Queen	96,300
5	8	Kevin Rabichow	189,700
5	9	Jeff Papola	149,200

6	1	Taylor Paur	77,200
6	2	Daniel Buzgon	78,900
6	3	Michael Sukonik	76,000
6	4	Dan Kelly	58,500
6	5	Maruti Yarlapati	29,100
6	6	Brandon Steven	195,500
6	7	Scott Baumstein	88,400
6	8	Mark Herm	79,400
6	9	Gregory Marcus	24,100

7	1	Donald Dorey	19,000
7	2	Thomas Winters	72,300
7	3	Layne Flack	19,300
7	4	Matt Stout	117,300
7	5	Jeremy Ausmus	32,500
7	6	Ardavan Yazdi	35,600
7	7	Ariel Albilia	80,500
7	8	Ying Wong	131,800
7	9	Eric Baldwin	127,300

8	1	Josh Brikis	29,700
8	2	Narendra Banwari	28,600
8	3	Gerard Kane	81,900
8	4	Scott Eskenazi	41,900
8	5	Eric Buchman	107,800
8	6	Daniel Sparacino	42,000
8	7	Scott Blackman	45,000
8	8	Michael Lavoie	162,700
8	9	--empty--	--

9	1	Matt Glantz	110,300
9	2	Athanasios Polychronopoulos	223,100
9	3	Miles Austin	81,300
9	4	Andy Philachack	35,000
9	5	Chris Klodnicki	57,300
9	6	Thomas Sheets	56,200
9	7	Matt Waxman	47,800
9	8	Robert Suer	34,300
9	9	Jesse Sylvia	137,500

10	1	Jeff Gross	62,000
10	2	David Inselberg	73,300
10	3	Corrie Wunstel	77,500
10	4	Alex Rocha	18,600
10	5	Christian Harder	97,300
10	6	Chris Moorman	71,900
10	7	Chris Tryba	117,700
10	8	Loni Harwood	116,000
10	9	--empty--	--

11	1	Justin Young	166,600
11	2	Thuan Nguyen	67,000
11	3	Christina Linderman	127,600
11	4	Elia Ahmadian	53,800
11	5	Joseph Cheong	49,800
11	6	Robert Panitch	75,800
11	7	Alexey Rybin	80,800
11	8	Joe Kuether	38,400
11	9	Shaun Suller	54,300

12	1	James St Hilaire	31,700
12	2	Jonathan Little	28,000
12	3	Scott Seiver	182,500
12	4	Michael Zduniak	66,300
12	5	Matt Giannetti	69,100
12	6	Paul Volpe	215,300
12	7	Melissa Burr	58,900
12	8	Justin Zaki	96,400
12	9	Michael Stonehill	120,800

13	1	Anthony Zinno	31,600
13	2	Carlos Chadha	77,300
13	3	Maurice Hawkins	130,200
13	4	Eugene Todd	90,500
13	5	John Hennigan	58,600
13	6	Chris Orourke	108,400
13	7	Phil Hellmuth	82,900
13	8	Ronald Lee	73,200
13	9	Nicholas Manfredo	65,900

14	1	Men Nguyen	28,300
14	2	Leonardo Palermo	37,700
14	3	Russell Thomas	154,000
14	4	Daniel Howe	75,200
14	5	Glenn Lafaye	105,000
14	6	Jacob Millstein	106,800
14	7	Garrett Greer	83,400
14	8	Kevin Eyster	81,200
14	9	--empty--	--

15	1	Catherine Dever	76,500
15	2	Roland Israelashvili	93,400
15	3	David Randall	98,900
15	4	Lawrence Sharp	97,000
15	5	Eric Afriat	33,000
15	6	Tim West	36,000
15	7	Matt Salsberg	15,700
15	8	Dmitrii Prusov	28,800
15	9	--empty--	--

16	1	John Andress	54,200
16	2	Ryan D'Angelo	149,300
16	3	Bobby Oboodi	79,900
16	4	Kevin Song	59,800
16	5	Jordan Cristos	127,500
16	6	Tom McCormick	101,700
16	7	James Carroll	102,000
16	8	David Daggett	45,500
16	9	Harrison Beach	14,700

17	1	Allen Bari	39,900
17	2	Harry Kaczka	62,700
17	3	Jonathan Tamayo	148,700
17	4	Daniel Walsh	51,000
17	5	John Racener	42,900
17	6	Keith Lehr	220,900
17	7	Matthew Alexander	17,500
17	8	Mike Leah	91,500
17	9	Amit Makhija	55,100

18	1	Marvin Rettenmaier	69,000
18	2	Ken Aldridge	35,200
18	3	David Grandieri	158,100
18	4	Kevin Saul	47,400
18	5	Lily Kiletto	79,700
18	6	Alistair Melville	13,800
18	7	Dean Schultz	87,700
18	8	Scott Matte	57,400
18	9	Ray Qartomy	77,300

19	1	Joseph Wertz	132,600
19	2	David Baker	111,500
19	3	Leonardo Deborba	34,800
19	4	Shannon Shorr	151,600
19	5	Byron Kaverman	75,000
19	6	Kevin Choe	74,100
19	7	Will Failla	119,700
19	8	Todd Terry	71,000
19	9	Matt Affleck	21,900

20	1	Mukul Pahuja	68,600
20	2	Corey Hochman	88,900
20	3	Tomislav Dobrilovic	131,900
20	4	Keven Stammen	66,500
20	5	Jonathan Aguiar	24,200
20	6	Jeff Madsen	59,800
20	7	Patrick Eskandar	56,800
20	8	Matt Brady	62,300
20	9	--empty--	--

21	1	Andy Frankenberger	76,100
21	2	Blake Bohn	109,600
21	3	Daniel Brits	89,900
21	4	David Farah	78,300
21	5	Jared Jaffee	141,300
21	6	Michael Dentale	152,000
21	7	Jeremy Kottler	47,000
21	8	Yuval Harosh	110,300
21	9	Cliff Josephy	47,100

22	1	Daniel Wach	66,200
22	2	Bryn Kenney	28,400
22	3	Steven Silverman	28,000
22	4	George Kelly	30,500
22	5	Vanessa Rousso	29,900
22	6	Lawrence Greenberg	34,800
22	7	Kawal Jit Singh	147,600
22	8	Jean Gaspard	36,100
22	9	Alexander Condon	37,800

23	1	David Peters	37,900
23	2	Ronit Chamani	24,700
23	3	Taylor von Kriegenbergh	85,600
23	4	Adam Friedman	16,900
23	5	Laurence Wolf	35,200
23	6	Jerry Wong	198,000
23	7	Ketan Pandya	28,400
23	8	Kyle Frey	45,800
23	9	She Lok Wong	176,200

04-23-2014 10:10 UTC-4

Official Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	252,800
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	223,100
Keith Lehr	220,900	200
Lee Markholt	217,700
Paul Volpe	215,300
Jerry Wong	198,000
Brandon Steven	195,500
Tony Gregg	190,600
Kevin Rabichow	189,700
Bart Dowling	186,200	-5,800
Scott Seiver	182,500	-10,000
She Lok Wong	176,200	-1,000
Abraham Korotki	172,300
Justin Young	166,600	600
Jordan Siegel	163,500
Michael Lavoie	162,700
David Grandieri	158,100	158,100
Hans Winzeler	157,900	107,900
Russell Thomas	154,000	99,000
Mike Dentale	152,000	67,000
Shannon Shorr	151,600
Ryan D'Angelo	149,300	69,300
Jeff Papola	149,200	92,200
Jonathan Tamayo	148,700	71,700
Kawal Jit Singh	147,600	147,600

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