2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

$10,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$1,859,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$9,573,900
Entries
987
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

$10,000 Main Event

Day 2 Started

Start-of-Day Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
253,700
Maxim Lobzhanidze
Maxim Lobzhanidze
248,900
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
216,900
Gilbert Diaz fr
Gilbert Diaz
215,900
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
191,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
186,200
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
WSOP 3X Winner
181,100
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
181,100
Nicolas Godoy
Nicolas Godoy
173,100
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
WPT 1X Winner
165,700
Rumen Nanev bg
Rumen Nanev
160,900
Gjergj Sinishtaj us
Gjergj Sinishtaj
160,300
Vegard Froshaug
Vegard Froshaug
159,800
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
WSOP 4X Winner
159,000
Angelo Recchia
Angelo Recchia
150,100
Jozsef Hegyi hu
Jozsef Hegyi
150,000
[Removed:172]
[Removed:172]
147,500
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
142,700
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
134,100
Owen Crowe ca
Owen Crowe
134,000 9,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
WPT 1X Winner
132,500
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
WSOP 1X Winner
132,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
129,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
WPT 1X Winner
128,600
Joel Micka us
Joel Micka
127,700

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Day 2 Table Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
11Dimitar DanchevBulgaria 92300
12Lorenzo SabatoItaly28500
13Nicholas VerkaikCanada84000
14Gerard DonoghueCanada 61400
15Maksim TiurinRussia75600
16Daniel NegreanuCanada 11500
17Jozsef HegyiHungary 150000
18Gabor FarkasHungary 43900
     
21Joao SantosPortugal 90500
22Calvin AndersonUSA159000
23Juan RosaArgentina 29200
24Lily KilettoUSA85000
25Daniel ShiffUSA38900
26Joao Moreira da SilvaPortugal29500
27Christopher KlodnickiUSA121800
28Robert KokoskaCzech Republic 18500
     
31Ryan DangeloUSA48800
32Will JaffeUSA18600
33Andrew LichtenbergerUSA32100
34Sam GraftonUK 71900
35Ravi RaghavanUSA132500
36Robert MizrachiUSA44100
37Eugene KatchalovUkraine 22200
38Timothey MilesUSA48500
     
41Mayu RocaColombia49600
42Jesse VilchezMexico 50400
43Corey BurbickUSA26400
44John BlanchfieldCanada 54500
45Tyler CornellUSA46300
46Joao RibeiroPortugal6800
47Hoyt CorkinsUSA27200
48Curt KohlbergUSA29400
     
51Denis GodinCanada 10500
52Dwyte PilgrimGuyana72000
53Paul VolpeUSA186200
54Ruben EchevarriaUK 17700
55Bastian Winde HarboNorway 58100
56Miguel Cieri Di PentimaVenezuela 12000
57Xuan LiuCanada 42500
58Hoi Ting LeeHong Kong 40400
     
61George Clyde-SmithUK 18700
62Greg MuellerCanada181100
63Jakub OlivaCzech Republic 64300
64John AndressUSA98500
65Adam IversenCanada66900
66Dmitry GrishinRussia64300
67Edo NaftalyIsrael 34400
68Marko NeumannGermany 52300
     
71Amir Pasha EsfandiaryUSA48600
72Elijah BergUSA45800
73Yakov OnuchinRussia93700
74Jarko TijssenNetherlands 71000
75Santiago NadalMexico 49700
76Sami Nadim NasserGuatemala 13500
77Ismael BojangGermany 34700
78Martin StaszkoCzech Republic 28200
     
81Leandro CsomeArgentina 66300
82Pethe KrisztianHungary 29600
83Victor RamdinUSA78500
84Timothy ReillyUSA52500
85Alexander Alves PaulinoParaguay 39400
86Laurain GuillaumeFrance 56700
87Matthew David VolosevichCosta Rica 94100
88Ran AzorIsrael54000
     
91Brian HawkinsUSA21400
92Aram SargsyanArmenia44800
93Frank OhlssonSweden 49000
94Tanel TomingasEstonia 36600
95Antonio David Lafosse FernandezPeru50900
96Stephen BokorUSA62600
97Eli ElezraUSA89700
98Manke KarstenGermany28200
     
101Tomasz PanekPoland 22600
102Mohsin CharaniaCanada53200
103Rodger JohnsonUSA42500
104Kyle JuliusCanada 70000
105Shannon ShorrUSA16400
106Vasiliy DemushkinRussia111300
107Jonathan TurnerUSA36500
108Nick SchulmanUSA53500
     
111Florence AlleraFrance28100
112Daniel DodetBelgium 13600
113Mark IoliUSA69600
114Anton AstapauBelarus 34500
115Douglas ProtzCanada 39900
116Hui-Chen KuoChina87300
117Greg OstranderUSA32700
118Inge ForsmoNorway 34300
     
121Sylvio UlrichGermany 26900
122Daniel OspinaColombia 20700
123Harry MaurerGermany90900
124David VamplewUK 47600
125Adam BitzCanada34900
126Gjergj SinishtajUSA160300
127Justin ZakiUSA28100
128Mike DaleidenLuxembourg 87000
     
131Gleb TremzinRussia110000
132Christophe De MeulderBelgium 117300
133Raymond DehkharghaniUSA63100
134Carter SwidlerCanada46400
135Jesper HoogSweden 110800
136Grayson RamageCanada 63800
137Gert ZumkehrSwitzerland72200
138Jack SchanbacherUSA85100
     
141Robert HaighUK 72300
142Andres AllsaluEstonia 30300
143Abdelhakim ZoufriNetherlands 91500
144Manig LoeserGermany24500
145Erik ScheidtGermany 21800
146Ivan DemidovRussia27100
147Andy PhilachackUSA75000
148Tark AbboudVenezuela 102500
     
151Micah SmithUSA52200
152Michael TelkerUSA16500
153Michael VelaUSA44200
154Josh PragerUSA100800
155Nicolas GodoyArgentina 173100
156Andre AkkariBrazil58300
157alexander scherdinSweden 26000
158Natalia GromovaRussia18600
     
161Jeffrey HakimCanada 89300
162Domien DeconinckBelgium 18400
163David A HiltonUSA53400
164Michael MizrachiUSA216900
165Jamie RosenUSA59700
166Jean-Guy DuboisCanada21000
167Jesus Alfaro GarridoUK 18200
168Julius ColmanAustralia90300
     
171Ashton GriffinUSA253700
172Sam ChartierCanada 66100
173Pimentel QuintasPortugal 95000
174Henrik WerenskioldNorway 56100
175Vegard FroshaugNorway 159800
176Christopher HunichenUSA28200
177Lawrence DicristinaUSA63400
178Urban NilssonSweden 82600
     
181jamie mugasethUK 13900
182Daniel LococoCanada 14000
183Fabio FreitasBrazil15400
184Joao NunesPortugal 24500
185Steven BegleiterUSA71900
186Jacob BazeleyUSA78000
187David AssoulineCanada 48700
188Rhys JonesUK 2700
     
191Grant LevyAustralia 53000
192Mike McDonaldCanada94600
193Fredrik MagnilSweden 88900
195Paul NeweyUK51400
196Mathieu BezkorowajnyCanada 46400
197Tyler ReimanUSA83400
198Scott ZakheimUSA52200
     
201Richard TothHungary 48200
202Felix SeelGermany 13600
203Tom LutzCanada 74900
204Alexander EllingsenNorway 63400
205Adria Maria BalaguerSpain58400
206Travis KleinUSA91500
207Nenad BrkicItaly 116500
208Jeremy WrayUK 38100
     
211David CowlingCanada 102700
212Branimir BaracCroatia46700
213Maslak KonstantinRussia56300
214Robin KestonUK 64600
215David BokorCanada 43800
216Noah Jordan VaillancourtCanada 35600
217Matt GlantzUSA84100
218Pedro Cuervo QuincheColombia 38600
     
221Yury GulyyRussia82200
222Gary BainCanada 49300
223Nicholas BlumenthalUSA44100
224Tim FinneUSA33300
225Mark De FariaCanada30800
226Lipman MichaelUSA33100
227Paul KuzmichUK43200
228Allyn ShulmanUSA64800
     
231Guillaume RivetCanada114700
232Andrei GalukhinRussia5400
233Matt SalsbergUSA53000
234Ryan PignatelliCanada35800
235Nesrine KourdourliFrance12300
236Michael PhelpsUSA92000
237Miguel DrayerVenezuela 21400
238Evan ParkesCanada 26000
     
241John GordonUSA98300
242Shawn BuchananCanada129000
243Jonas LauckGermany69100
244Audun Aass EngstromNorway43000
245Andreas RojdemarkSweden 9700
246Jan VeitAustria 36700
247Jake CodyUK84400
248Tomas SamolSlovakia22100
     
251Henry StrasserCanada50800
252Phillip HellmuthUSA24800
253Simon CharetteCanada 86100
254Tatiana BarausovaRussia99990
255Jeremy KottlerUSA70600
256Florian DecampsFrance 108100
257Narendra BanwariUSA51300
258Robert HeidornGermany 39600
     
261Bolivar PalaciosPanama 14200
262Sergey LebedevRussia79800
263Dominik StopkaGermany 101600
264Andreas MeyerGermany 68700
265Noah SchwartzUSA15300
266Ville WahlbeckFinland 46300
267Patrick KellyUSA75200
268Jason DuvalCanada53500
     
271Rafal ZgadzajPoland 125300
272Michele TocciItaly35800
273Felipe RamosBrazil 72100
274Daniel Osvaldo AdesArgentina49900
275Dan SmithUSA54500
276Sean JazayeriUSA82600
277Brett RicheyUSA44600
278Pawel BrzeskiPoland 28800
     
281Trapenok VyazeclavRussia15700
282Andrey GulyyRussia36300
283Georgios TopalidisGreece 26600
284Ilan BoujenahIsrael 73600
285Angelo RecchiaItaly150100
286Max SilverUK 107400
287Daniel PerperUSA19400
288Andrew BadeckerUSA81400
     
291Michael DrillingUSA33700
292Christian HarderUSA64100
293Fernando BritoPortugal21100
294Luca PaganoItaly 49100
295Facundo LambreArgentina83000
296David BernsteinCanada49900
297Mor Ben DavidIsrael 40500
298Peter BayerGermany64300
     
301Aleksei TimashkovRussia56200
302Jorge CuelloSpain103800
303Konstantin FedotovRussia11800
304Cornelis de RuiterNetherlands 53500
305Jelle BoekemaNetherlands 54800
306Roman ValersteinUSA41000
307Rens FeenstraNetherlands 142700
308Noah BoekenNetherlands43200
     
311Patrick ThibaultCanada 48800
312Perez Cortes AgustinArgentina 51100
313Paul KnebelGermany 99800
314Daniel Cascado SilveiraUK 45900
315Jeffery McLaughlinCanada 78200
316Dzmitry HanakBelarus 26900
317George DanzerGermany57900
318Amit ZulkowitzIsrael50300
     
321Barry ShulmanUSA29500
322Igin ViacheslavRussia32100
323Luke GrahamUSA40300
324Mikolaj ZawadzkiPoland 27300
325Nikolai YakovenkoUSA22000
326Anthony GreggUSA82500
327Yigit YildizTurkey 51200
328Ryan HigginsCanada17500
     
331Steven FriedlanderUSA27100
332Brian LeeCanada 24200
333Steven MartinaNetherlands 35400
334Matthew StoutUSA85500
335Byron KavermanUSA71300
336Javier EtayoSpain54700
337Stefan OlofssonSweden38100
338Carlos MortensenSpain111200
     
341Jarosaw BarglikPoland 10000
342Andrew FrankenbergerUSA44800
343Jose PereiraBrazil16200
344Athanasios PolychronopoulosUSA33600
345Artem MetalidiUkraine 36000
346Christian de LeonMexico 42500
347Alexander VenovskiUSA62900
348Jan Uwe KunzGermany 21700
     
351Cristian-Andrei FolescuRomania94000
352Daniel DvoressCanada 86500
353David PetersCanada 21700
354Philipp RuppertGermany 14000
355Garik ManukyanRussia20300
356Damian SalasArgentina74900
357Jonathan LittleUSA27800
358Christopher FrankGermany 83500
     
361Jaime Eli KaplanUSA14800
362Steve GrossUSA15000
363Jan-Joost van den BogertUK 39100
364Ashley CheungCanada 41100
365Ryan FairUSA94900
366Elliot SmithCanada 46700
367Timothy ChangUK28500
368Vanessa PengUSA15400
     
371Malgin RomanRussia79400
372Rumen NanevBulgaria160900
373Rory BrennanIreland 78300
374Cherish AndrewsUSA91600
375Diego SanchezMexico31500
376Benjamin SmithUSA63000
377Dumitru AlexandruRomania 14300
378Bryon SpringerCanada 53600
     
381Max LeonhardGermany 48800
382Rokas KelminskasLithuania 37600
383Brian AdamUSA84200
384Mark MageeUK 35300
386Max GreenwoodCanada110900
387Patsis ThomasGreece 22800
388Lisa HamiltonUSA92200
     
391Mihail SkvortsovRussia19000
392David BachUSA63300
393Matthew ReedUSA26400
394Erik CajelaisCanada65900
395Fabrizio SalinaSwitzerland 13600
396Anton KozlovskyRussia66200
397Fabian QuossGermany43200
398Brian LemkeUSA79200
     
401Jonathan RoyCanada85600
402Reinhard WerdanGermany 92000
403Jesse SylviaUSA63000
404Ramzi JelassiSweden96400
405Matthew KayCanada27900
406Elfad MammadovAzerbaijan 15800
407Dor GellerMexico19500
408Timo EckertGermany 45500
     
411Darren EliasCanada 191000
412Milan CickaSlovakia87100
413Andrey LobzhanidzeRussia18100
414Dennis JentsonGermany 25100
415Orson YoungUSA45300
416Maxim LobzhanidzeRussia248900
417Gilbert DiazFrance215900
418Gregory MersonUSA63200
     
421Tom MarcheseUSA45500
422Ricardo Gomes de SousaPortugal 34200
423Istvan BirizdoHungary 64000
424Sykes AdamUK14900
425George AnaRomania60800
426Joseph McgowanUSA73600
427Vladislav DonchevBulgaria 54700
428Francisco BragaBrazil89400
     
431Glenn McCaffreyUSA45500
432Yoni UzanIsrael 16200
433Andrey EgorovRussia29400
434Dominik Helmut SchulzeGermany 41200
435Francois BillardCanada55300
436Michael BartholomewCanada 40000
437Jorge Luiz RibeiroBrazil58200
438Aliaksei BoikaBelarus 22500
     
441Allen KesslerUSA48600
442Christopher DayUK 38400
443Johnny FluitNetherlands 30100
444Frederik JensenDenmark 33900
445John KrpanCanada15000
446Jonathan AguiarUSA50500
447Liv BoereeUK 40700
448David SandsUSA54400
     
451Martin FingerGermany 25800
452Brandon MeyersUSA16900
453George LindCanada 31900
454Aleksandras RusinovasLithuania 30200
455Ariel MantelArgentina54700
456Emanuel FaillaUSA13800
457Alexandr KomarovRussia18600
458Pierre NeuvilleBelgium 74100
     
461Cary KatzUSA60600
462Sam GreenwoodCanada127500
463Walter OaquimBrazil51000
464Alexey MakarovRussia38700
465Zachary ClarkUSA24300
466Fabio BandieraBrazil 40800
467Ilkin AmirovAzerbaijan37000
468Joseph SerockUSA124900
     
471Otto LemkeGermany 49000
472Daniel AlaeiUSA71100
473Marco LeonzioItaly42200
474Andrej NagySlovakia78500
475Kyle FreyUSA30000
476Stefano RossomandoFrance 25600
477Domenico ScalamognaCanada44300
478Will MolsonCanada 103600
     
481Miguel Velasco HoyosColombia53600
482Miklos ZsuffaHungary 51300
483Simon HigginsUK 181100
484William JohnsonUSA19300
485Jason HelderUSA95900
486Alexey TreskovRussia38200
487Scott ClementsUSA102200
488Mikal BlomlieNorway 82000
     
491Bram VerhelstBelgium 77400
492Nicola LateganoUK56100
493Benoit GariepyCanada 36900
494Ramiro PetroneArgentina 104600
495Oscar TrestiniVenezuela118800
496Jacob NaquinUSA110200
497Joseph CadaUSA34000
498David HofferGermany 26100
     
501Michael DenisBelgium 76300
502Chris UnderwoodUSA11300
503Konstantin PuchkovRussia134100
504Lothar MeierGermany19000
505Jamie KerstetterUSA13700
506Guy CruickshanksCanada42600
507Steven RosenUSA110400
508Kathy SarafUSA11000
     
511Osvaldo Javier VenegasArgentina 77100
512Daniel SternCanada 22300
513Jason KoonUSA36000
514Aaron MasseyUSA86900
515Kenneth HicksUSA25200
516Scott ChahleyCanada 15900
517Tommy VedesUSA71100
518Stefan SchulzeGermany 27000
     
521Colin JohnsonIreland 45500
522Matthew WaxmanUSA106200
523Alexander IsenbergGermany19500
524Giacomo FundaroItaly165700
525Abdelaziz MouslihNetherlands 23200
526Vyacheslav StoyanovRussia97300
527Paul RichardCanada 53500
528Fatima Moreira de MeloNetherlands 44600
     
531Isaac SaylesCanada 78000
532Georgios TzimasGreece 40400
534Michal MarekSlovakia26600
535Vincent Van der FluitNetherlands 32600
536Justin BonomoUSA38700
537Ronald JamesUK 75100
538Roberto Zarate ReskChile5800
     
541Maxim PanyakRussia102300
542Georgy MirelRussia17600
543Nadav ShenhavIsrael 69900
544Terrence ChanCanada62000
545Eric TheissenLuxembourg 95200
546Anthony BordeNetherlands 60300
547Norbert MadarasHungary 103500
548Boris BeckerGermany 40200
     
551Jose AlastueyUK73800
552Martin RausCanada34300
553Samuel PanzicaCanada 29800
554Robert HuberAustria 33400
555Chris MoormanUK70500
557Ezequiel KleinmanArgentina 40700
558Mazin KhouryCosta Rica 42900
     
561Ashley MasonUK 114400
562Eddy SabatUSA70000
563Fabio SousaBrazil 25700
564Melanie WeisnerUSA42200
565Thomas FranklinCosta Rica 13200
566Kyle MyersCanada89800
567Angel GuillenMexico 65800
568Igor KurganovGermany24400
     
571Ami BarerCanada 132000
572Bruce YamronUSA42200
573Yann DionCanada 124200
574Antonio MatiasPortugal 61200
575Ryan FranklinCanada 69200
576Rui FerreiraPortugal 25000
577Patrick DevlinCanada 24800
578Danick landriaultCanada 43200
     
581Henrik OlberdingGermany 6700
582Evgenii StarikovRussia40000
583Einar LindestadNorway 97700
584Govert MetaalNetherlands35000
585Dylan LindeUSA114700
586Clifford GoldkindUSA17500
587[Removed:413]France66700
588Magnus SellenSweden 69100
     
591Ryan CarterCanada102100
592Nacho BarberoArgentina 79600
593Grzegorz WyrazPoland 117800
594Zachary DonovanUSA55400
595Roberto RodriguesBrazil38500
596Maksim SemisoshenkoRussia61100
597Michael McNeilUSA14800
598[Removed:172]Germany147500
     
601Jan Christian OlafossonSweden8200
602Stephan StevensNetherlands 100600
603Griffin BengerCanada 79000
604Douglas Ferreira SouzaBrazil52100
605Henning WendlandtGermany 27500
606Steve O'DwyerUSA125700
607Farhad HakimUSA36300
608German SakavichyusRussia26300
     
611Marcello MiniucchiItaly 80800
613Tom AlnerUK42100
614Olivier BusquetCanada 128600
615Andrey ShatilovRussia62500
616Jerry WongCanada79000
617Andrey ZaichenkoRussia112500
618Benjamin PalmerCosta Rica67400
     
621Hamid Nateghi banehSweden 24700
622andreas roosGermany 44200
623Christian NiederhauserSwitzerland 68400
624Phil IveyUSA5600
625Alex BilokurRussia64700
626ryan biermannCanada 24600
627Antonin DudaCzech Republic 43200
628Alistair MelvilleCanada6900
     
631Owen CroweCanada134000
632Peter AkeryUK 52100
633Joel MickaUSA127700
634Nikodinovic LidijaSerbia 22000
635Aroldo FioroniSwitzerland 64000
636Alex KravchenkoRussia27200
637Cristinel DumitruRomania 79200
638Linster MichaelUSA57900

Griffin Leads Final 500 Into Day 2!

Ashton Griffin
Ashton Griffin

Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event is about to begin at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Between the two starting flights, the tournament attracted 987 entries—500 of which will be in action today.

The field was saturated with pros, so it’s no surprise to see a well-known pro leading the pack. Ashton Griffin emerged as the Day 1b chip leader with 253,700, which is slightly ahead the 248,900 of Day 1a chip leader Maxim Lobzhanidze, who begins today second in chips. Nipping on both their heels is the ever-dangerous Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who has the third biggest stack with 216,900.

Other notables who will be returning with decent stacks are Darren Elias (191,000), Paul Volpe (186,200), Greg Mueller (181,100), Ravi Raghavan (132,500), Shawn Buchanan (129,000), Olivier Busquet (128,600), Steve O’Dwyer (125,700), Joe Serock (124,900) and 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps (92,000).

Joining them are Team PokerStars Pros Christophe de Meulder (117,300), Tatiana Barausova (99,990), Jake Cody (84,400), Jose “Nacho” Barbero (79,600), Victor Ramdin (78,500), Angel Guillen (65,800), Andre Akkari (58,300), George Danzer (57,900), Luca Pagano (49,100), Richard Toth (48,200), Ville Wahlbeck (46,300) and Fatima Moreira de Melo (44,600), just to name a few.

The plan is to play six 90-minute levels with a 15-minute break after each. Throw in a dinner break after Level 13, and we’ll bag and tag at approximately 11:15 PM EST. We expect the field to whittled itself down drastically during that time. The question is—who will thrive and who’ll fail to survive.

Day 2 will kick off at 12:00 EST, so stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the rest of the day as we provide you with the latest coverage from the Main Event!

Tags: Ashton Griffin

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The returning 500 players have taken their seats and cards are in the air here for Day 2 of the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.

Ivey Eliminated

Antonin Duda opened to 2,000 from early position and Phil Ivey defended his big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Ivey went all in for about 4,300. Duda called and revealed {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Ivey revealed {Q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a pair of queens, but was drawing dead once the {9-Spades} turn fell. The {4-Diamonds} river was of no consequence as Ivey was already out of his chair and on his way out.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Antonin DudaPhil Ivey

Twenty-Three Thousand

We arrived on scene to find some controversy brewing at Table 10. In a hand between Tomasz Panek and Shannon Shorr, the board read {6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. Panek, who was first to act, threw out a single blue t5,000 chip to bet and said "Twenty-three thousand, I mean twenty-three hundred."

The dealer insisted that the bet would stand as 2,300 as Panek's words were clearly a mistake. Shorr, however, was adamant that the bet of 23,000 should stand.

The floor was called and an initial ruling was made in favor of Panek, saying that the bet would stand at 2,300.

"If that's the ruling then you're making a bad ruling," insisted Shorr.

After a moment the ruling was then confirmed with another floor supervisor and the ultimate decision was in favor of Shorr. The bet was 23,000 which was enough to put Shorr all in.

Panek: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}
Shorr: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

Shorr was way out in front with top set and stayed that way as the {8-Diamonds} turned and the {Q-Hearts} rivered. With this win Shorr doubled to around 40,000 while Panek fell to only about 2,100 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
40,000 23,600

Tags: Shannon ShorrTomasz Panek

Failla Doubles

George Lind opened to 2,000 under the gun and the next player to act went all in for about 25,000. Will Failla called all in from middle position for 6,400 and the rest of the table, including Lind, folded.

Failla tabled {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}, racing with his opponent's {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

With his tournament life on the line, Failla leaned over to Jeffrey the dealer. "Jeffrey, listen to me. I have a lot of sidebets and I really need you to put an ace, king, or a lot of clubs on the table. Make it happen."

Jeffrey obliged Failla's request as he delivered a {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} board to give Failla a winning pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
Will Failla us
Will Failla
WPT 1X Winner
15,500 1,700

Tags: Will Failla