$600 Grand Poker Series Championship No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2021 Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series

$600 Grand Poker Series Championship No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Started

10-10-2021 17:59 UTC

Day 2 Seat Draw

Shirley Ang

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	[Removed:321] Affaneh	100,000	13
1	2	Cynthia Keller	273,000	34
1	3	Andrew Johnson	24,000	3
1	4	Boris Vaynberg	217,000	27
1	5	Alexander Ziskin	111,000	14
1	6	Benjamin Jacobs	397,000	50
1	7	Nativ Shmueli	472,000	59
1	8	Gregory Oneil	410,000	51
1	9	Stuart Hosen	181,000	23

2	1	Kate Kopp	139,000	17
2	2	Johnny Tan	156,000	20
2	3	Manija Shahali	173,000	22
2	4	Christopher Meyers	194,000	24
2	5	Everton Taylor	315,000	39
2	6	Antonio Parradorodriguez	58,000	7
2	7	Empty		-
2	8	Robert Pisel	54,000	7
2	9	Raymond Speck	311,000	39

3	1	Roberto Valdez	91,000	11
3	2	Edward Antonacci	83,000	10
3	3	Zheng Wu	407,000	51
3	4	Timothy Reilly	748,000	94
3	5	Allen Kerlin	80,000	10
3	6	Noam Muallem	106,000	13
3	7	David Mcconachie	169,000	21
3	8	Timothy Ollinger	40,000	5
3	9	Jose Ramos	253,000	32

4	1	Eric Leonard	324,000	41
4	2	Phillip Latimer	414,000	52
4	3	Empty		-
4	4	John Robertson	179,000	22
4	5	Alexandre Mongrain	83,000	10
4	6	Dai Ong	109,000	14
4	7	Neal Corcoran	284,000	36
4	8	Kristaps Kalva	244,000	31
4	9	Billy Poindexter	130,000	16

5	1	Rogov Ilya	95,000	12
5	2	Robert Clark	579,000	72
5	3	Gregory Joslyn	114,000	14
5	4	Empty		-
5	5	Satyajit Dixit	22,000	3
5	6	Matthew Shafer	87,000	11
5	7	Andre Butler	172,000	22
5	8	Frank Marasco	112,000	14
5	9	Michael Oar	180,000	23

6	1	Corey Zedo	514,000	64
6	2	Mark Harraka	369,000	46
6	3	Sandy Sanchez	49,000	6
6	4	Benjamin Keathley	352,000	44
6	5	Jeffrey Arruda	81,000	10
6	6	John Gonzalez	98,000	12
6	7	Derrick Contreras	544,000	68
6	8	Ryan Peterson	118,000	15
6	9	Larry Spacek	217,000	27

7	1	Bladimir Mercedes	119,000	15
7	2	Kim Lam	206,000	26
7	3	Roey Dadon	21,000	3
7	4	Antonio Delacruz	530,000	66
7	5	Howard Wolper	28,000	4
7	6	Christopher Shebat	37,000	5
7	7	Michael Policastro	164,000	21
7	8	Lonny Weitzel	265,000	33
7	9	John Gardner	379,000	47

8	1	Horacio Collia	53,000	7
8	2	David Coffelt	227,000	28
8	3	Roderto Marinmartinez	122,000	15
8	4	Nicholas Kapla	322,000	40
8	5	Patrick Lacey	373,000	47
8	6	Neshan Piloyan	48,000	6
8	7	David Davis	58,000	7
8	8	Rigoberto Mendez	23,000	3
8	9	Kyle Mccarthy	31,000	4

9	1	Liav Hemo	162,000	20
9	2	Gennadiy Dvosis	173,000	22
9	3	She Wong	290,000	36
9	4	Robert Powell	230,000	29
9	5	David Avina	296,000	37
9	6	Greg Koutelidakis	203,000	25
9	7	Anthony Tomita	88,000	11
9	8	Eric Hayes	257,000	32
9	9	Empty		-

10	1	Genefredo Legaspi	28,000	4
10	2	David Danheiser	106,000	13
10	3	Daniel Sears	120,000	15
10	4	James Saracho	28,000	4
10	5	Rodney Spriggs	124,000	16
10	6	Dave Banerjee	97,000	12
10	7	Keith Brennan	573,000	72
10	8	Alan Denkenson	83,000	10
10	9	Brian Johnson	451,000	56

11	1	Thuy Nguyen	90,000	11
11	2	Aleksandr Merzhvinskii	87,000	11
11	3	Andy Cruzavelar	184,000	23
11	4	Dustin Lee	64,000	8
11	5	Rafael Arango	246,000	31
11	6	Eddie Matthews	147,000	18
11	7	Donnie Phan	87,000	11
11	8	Richard Bruning	182,000	23
11	9	Ken Huynh	208,000	26

12	1	Daniel Quesada	60,000	8
12	2	Barbara Rogers	160,000	20
12	3	Jesse Jaurigue	304,000	38
12	4	Daniel Dagostino	367,000	46
12	5	Justin Ligeri	148,000	19
12	6	Robert Bland	33,000	4
12	7	James Patterson	245,000	31
12	8	Douglas Kingery	36,000	5
12	9	Charles Jones	135,000	17

13	1	Jules Bui	124,000	16
13	2	Michael Rosado	168,000	21
13	3	Eric Rivera	201,000	25
13	4	Darius Studdard	98,000	12
13	5	Christopher Ochoa	256,000	32
13	6	James Anderson	134,000	17
13	7	Felix Wright	224,000	28
13	8	Susan Segura	72,000	9
13	9	Tao Dai	154,000	19

14	1	Ira Kroopneck	85,000	11
14	2	Phillip Brazeel	228,000	29
14	3	Joseph Sandoval	301,000	38
14	4	Jason Bartholomew	469,000	59
14	5	Fabien Lecardonnel	532,000	67
14	6	David Somers	21,000	3
14	7	Daniyal Gheba	251,000	31
14	8	Empty		-
14	9	Jie Bai	201,000	25

15	1	Steven Firestone	228,000	29
15	2	Aaron Moorefield	125,000	16
15	3	David Yokoyama	214,000	27
15	4	Anthony Alonso	369,000	46
15	5	Scott Herrmann	243,000	30
15	6	Gennaro Proscia	377,000	47
15	7	Xiao Yu	164,000	21
15	8	Ernest Myers	41,000	5
15	9	Patrick Bonilla	70,000	9

16	1	Empty		-
16	2	Ruth Graham	213,000	27
16	3	Burton Boutin	166,000	21
16	4	Gustavo Rodriguezvaquero	375,000	47
16	5	Joseph Crowley	377,000	47
16	6	Brian Gorman	81,000	10
16	7	Lucas Tae	280,000	35
16	8	Erik Glenister	253,000	32
16	9	Brian Link	134,000	17

10-10-2021 18:00 UTC

A Champion Will Soon Be Crowned as Day 2 of Event #22: $600 Championship No-Limit Hold'em $500,000 Guaranteed Begins at 12 p.m.

Brandon Bloom

Day 2 of Event #22: $600 Championship No-Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guarantee, the Main Event of The Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget, will begin shortly.

There were three Day 1 flights with Derrick Contreras ending as the Day 1A chip leader (544,000), Tim Reilly (748,000) finishing as the Day 1B chip leader and overall chip leader heading into Day 2, and Robert Clark (579,000) ending Day 1C as the chip leader.

Overall from the three starting flights, there were 1,096 total entries for a total prize pool of $565,536. 138 players will return today and they have all already cashed for a minimum of $825. However, all eyes will be on the final table where one winner will take home $100,266.

Day 2 Starting Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chips
1	Tim Reilly	748,000
2	Robert Clark	579,000
3	Keith Brennan	573,000
4	Derrick Contreras	544,000
5	Fabien Lecardonnel	532,000
6	Antonio De La Cruz	530,000
7	Corey Zedo	514,000
8	Nativ Shmueli	472,000
9	Jason Bartholomew	469,000
10	Brian Johnson	451,000

Stay tuned here at PokerNews for all the action on Day 2.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-10-2021 19:01 UTC

Shuffle Up and Deal

Brandon Bloom

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cards are in the air and play is now underway for Day 2.

10-10-2021 19:14 UTC

Nguyen Finds an Early Exit

Brandon Bloom

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Thuy Nguyen got the rest of his chips in preflop against Aleksandr Merzhvinskii.

Thuy Nguyen:
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii:

The board ran out and Nguyen was gone from the tournament with a min-cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii	160,000
Thuy Nguyen	Busted

10-10-2021 19:29 UTC

Matthews Stays Alive in Classic Race

Brandon Bloom

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Eddie Matthews had all his chips in the middle preflop and was up against Aleksandr Merzhvinskii.

Aleksandr Merzhvinskii:
Eddie Matthews:

It was a classic race of big slick versus ladies. The flop came to put Matthews ahead.

The turn made things interesting by keeping Matthews in the lead with a flush but also putting boat possibilities out there for Merzhvinskii. The river changed nothing however and Matthews doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Matthews	270,000 123,000	123,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii	80,000 -80,000	-80,000

10-10-2021 19:42 UTC

Huynh's Cowboys Find Help Versus Aces

Brandon Bloom

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Aleksandr Merzhvinskii was all in preflop with his short stack and Ken Huynh and Rafael Arango built a side pot and went to the flop.

The flop was and Huynh got the rest of his chips in against Arango.

Aleksandr Merzhvinskii:
Ken Huynh:
Rafael Arango:

Huynh ran into a classic cooler but soon found himself on the right side of the cooler as the hit the felt on the turn and he could only say "Oh my goodness".