On the flop of 
, Isaac Baron checked and Hoyt Corkins bet 3,000. Baron made the call to see the 
fall on the turn. He then checked again. Corkins made another wager, upping his bet this time to 6,500. Baron folded and Corkins won the pot.
Dan Shak got the last of his chips in with 
but was up against the 
of Jason Mercier. The board ran out 
which was not enough to keep Shak from hitting the rail.
Mercier climbs up the leaderboard with that hand as he now sits with 250,000.
Vitaly Lunkin, Jeremiah DeGreef and Sorel Mizzi were three-handed to a flop of 
. The first two players checked to Mizzi and he bet 5,100. Lunkin decided to raise to 12,200 which folded out DeGreef and got a call from Mizzi.
The turn was the 
and Lunkin led out this time for 15,100. Mizzi made the call and the two players saw the 
hit the river. Lunkin quickly checked and Mizzi wasted little time checking as well. Lunkin tabled 
and Mizzi mucked his hand.
Lunkin now has 150,000 while Mizzi falls back to 80,000.
The cards are now in the air for Day 2.
Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage the Epic Poker League Main Event here in Las Vegas at Palms Resort Casino. After the 137-player starting field was whittled down to 63 players yesterday, the stage is set for an amazing Day 2 in front of us. What lies ahead could be a shot at the money bubble, although that's an outside chance to be reached today.
Leading the way into Day 2 is Eugene Katchalov. He bagged up a whopping 356,300 in chips yesterday and was the only player to eclipse the 300,000-chip mark. To round out the top five we have Ben Lamb (287,200), Brian Rast (260,500), Antonio Esfandiari (244,100) and Noah Schwartz (220,200). On top of those stars, plenty of other big names still remain in the field including Erik Seidel, Vanessa Selbst, Huck Seed, Jason Mercier and Isaac Baron.
Day 2's action is set to kick off at noon local time with another six 90-minute levels in store for the day. Be sure to keep your browser pointed right here to PokerNews for all the live coverage of this inaugural EPL event. Action begins shortly.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Frank Kassela | 57,900 |
| 1 | 2 | Erik Cajelais | 90,700 |
| 1 | 3 | Lee Markholt | 70,100 |
| 1 | 4 | John Racener | 153,600 |
| 1 | 5 | Dan Fleyshman | 152,200 |
| 1 | 6 | Shawn Buchanan | 155,700 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Alaei | 50,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Matt Graham | 110,100 |
| 2 | 3 | Chino Rheem | 131,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Matt Marfioti | 50,900 |
| 2 | 5 | Antonio Esfandiari | 244,100 |
| 2 | 6 | Shannon Shorr | 87,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Matt Brady | 56,300 |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Martin | 39,900 |
| 3 | 3 | Gavin Smith | 161,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Eugene Katchalov | 356,300 |
| 3 | 5 | Brandon Meyers | 149,500 |
| 3 | 6 | Dwyte Pilgrim | 55,600 |
| 4 | 1 | Tim West | 73,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Jason Lester | 107,200 |
| 4 | 3 | Sam Stein | 107,100 |
| 4 | 4 | Nam Le | 25,100 |
| 4 | 5 | Matt Hawrilenko | 54,200 |
| 4 | 6 | Brian Rast | 260,500 |
| 5 | 1 | Alec Torelli | 69,400 |
| 5 | 2 | Vitaly Lunkin | 121,200 |
| 5 | 3 | Tom Marchese | 100,100 |
| 5 | 4 | Jeremiah DeGreef | 38,600 |
| 5 | 5 | Hasan Habib | 128,100 |
| 5 | 6 | Sorel Mizzi | 117,300 |
| 6 | 1 | Huck Seed | 96,300 |
| 6 | 2 | James Mackey | 99,100 |
| 6 | 3 | Erik Seidel | 161,200 |
| 6 | 4 | --empty-- | |
| 6 | 5 | Ben Lamb | 287,200 |
| 6 | 6 | Sean Getzwiller | 95,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Phil Laak | 28,700 |
| 7 | 2 | Justin Bonomo | 140,800 |
| 7 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 7 | 4 | Nenad Medic | 16,400 |
| 7 | 5 | Chad Brown | 59,300 |
| 7 | 6 | Adam Levy | 87,000 |
| 8 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 8 | 2 | Isaac Baron | 167,700 |
| 8 | 3 | Amit Makhija | 100,100 |
| 8 | 4 | Matt Glantz | 111,300 |
| 8 | 5 | Hoyt Corkins | 187,400 |
| 8 | 6 | Mike Sexton | 108,700 |
| 9 | 1 | Sam Trickett | 50,700 |
| 9 | 2 | Noah Schwartz | 220,200 |
| 9 | 3 | Steve Brecher | 79,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Hafiz Khan | 53,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Justin Young | 154,200 |
| 9 | 6 | Ted Lawson | 83,000 |
| 10 | 1 | Dan Shak | 87,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Jason Mercier | 146,700 |
| 10 | 3 | Clifford Waite | 39,700 |
| 10 | 4 | Brandon Cantu | 68,500 |
| 10 | 5 | McLean Karr | 191,800 |
| 10 | 6 | James Van Alstyne | 42,100 |
| 11 | 1 | JJ Liu | 107,500 |
| 11 | 2 | David Bach | 33,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Gavin Griffin | 41,400 |
| 11 | 4 | Vanessa Selbst | 107,400 |
| 11 | 5 | Dan O'Brien | 163,300 |
| 11 | 6 | David Steicke | 57,800 |
Main Event
Day 2 Started
