Chris Moneymaker has been eliminated and he briefly retold the hand. He had 
in the big blind. Under the gun raised and at someone else called before Moneymaker shipped with big slick. The under the gun raiser re-shipped with 
.
They hit a pair and Moneymaker couldn't catch up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Cynthia Keller came back to Day 2 with 17,000 and busted shortly after play began. As she headed to the rail another player was about to bust.
Wendy Freedman three-bet shoved all in for 145,000 and DJ Alexander four-bet shoved for more. Mo Khan, who raised originally, folded and Alexander knocked out Freedman with pocket queens versus Freedman's jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 153,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
On the first hand of the day, Aaron Massey was in the small blind with a dead big blind, since Patrick Eskandar hadn't arrived yet.
Sam Phillips opened in late position to 13,000 and Massey shoved all in. Phillips got a count and was happy with the rough estimate Massey gave him. Phillips called 71,500.
Massey had 
against the 
of Phillips. The board ran out 
and Massey was able to dodge the flush draw and earn the double up.
"This is exhilarating, I've been waiting three days to double up."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000 | -77,000 |
|
180,000 | 101,500 |
Players are in their seats and cards are in the air for Day 2 of the WinStar River Poker Series $2 Million Guaranteed Main Event.
The players will play ten 60-minute levels today with a one-hour dinner break after level six.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wei Zhang | 38,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Steve Booth | 397,500 |
| 1 | 3 | Aaron Massey | 78,500 |
| 1 | 4 | Patrick Eskandar | 403,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Randy Clements | 156,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Lou Barlow | 88,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Roy Hall | 53,500 |
| 1 | 8 | James Carroll | 54,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Charles Bass | 292,000 |
| 1 | 10 | Sam Phillips | 447,000 |
| 34 | 1 | Hao Dong | 166,000 |
| 34 | 2 | Juan Lozano | 470,000 |
| 34 | 3 | Larry Wright | 26,500 |
| 34 | 4 | Adam Gonzales | 408,000 |
| 34 | 5 | Carlos Requena | 226,500 |
| 34 | 6 | Richard Tygum | 248,000 |
| 34 | 7 | Les Meeks | 111,000 |
| 34 | 8 | Jon Scarborough | 181,500 |
| 34 | 9 | Dale Perryman | 148,000 |
| 35 | 1 | Chance Walker | 76,000 |
| 35 | 2 | Grant Hinkle | 250,500 |
| 35 | 3 | Phillip Lee | 149,000 |
| 35 | 4 | Mike Liegl | 9,000 |
| 35 | 5 | Billy Rodgers | 230,500 |
| 35 | 6 | Michael Perrone | 357,000 |
| 35 | 7 | Karen Robison | 184,000 |
| 35 | 8 | Ahmad Popal | 82,000 |
| 35 | 9 | Aaron Mermelstein | 622,500 |
| 36 | 1 | Nikola Mircetic | 60,000 |
| 36 | 2 | Chris Hooper | 130,000 |
| 36 | 3 | Tony Paydar | 121,000 |
| 36 | 4 | Robert Wolf | 69,000 |
| 36 | 5 | Alex Greenblatt | 131,000 |
| 36 | 6 | Roger Hendren | 177,000 |
| 36 | 7 | Brian Gordon | 226,000 |
| 36 | 8 | Taylor Black | 66,500 |
| 36 | 9 | Donald Thurman | 331,000 |
| 37 | 1 | Rex Clinkscales | 179,500 |
| 37 | 2 | George Bronstein | 318,000 |
| 37 | 3 | Chris Beavers | 186,500 |
| 37 | 4 | Tien Phan | 159,000 |
| 37 | 5 | Andy Philachack | 510,000 |
| 37 | 6 | Gary Otake | 109,000 |
| 37 | 7 | Greg Himmelbrand | 112,500 |
| 37 | 8 | Mike Rieck | 282,500 |
| 37 | 9 | Arnie Block | 65,000 |
| 44 | 1 | AJ Niwer | 129,000 |
| 44 | 2 | Ravi Gokaraju | 150,000 |
| 44 | 3 | Allen Kessler | 78,000 |
| 44 | 4 | Max Sanchez | 28,000 |
| 44 | 5 | Darrell Hopkins | 131,000 |
| 44 | 6 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 521,500 |
| 44 | 7 | James Mordue | 222,000 |
| 44 | 8 | Cynthia Keller | 17,000 |
| 44 | 9 | Valy Fabian | 186,000 |
| 44 | 10 | Justin Kruger | 365,000 |
| 45 | 1 | Brandon Steven | 164,000 |
| 45 | 2 | Cory Smith | 484,000 |
| 45 | 3 | Lang Nguyen | 112,000 |
| 45 | 4 | Krishna Machavarapu | 69,000 |
| 45 | 5 | Nipun Java | 362,000 |
| 45 | 6 | Orlando Romero | 246,500 |
| 45 | 7 | Charlie Claffey | 303,500 |
| 45 | 8 | Michael Hackney | 245,000 |
| 45 | 9 | Jim Carroll | 275,500 |
| 45 | 10 | Cary Marshall | 130,500 |
| 46 | 1 | Brian Green | 124,000 |
| 46 | 2 | Peter Nguyen | 23,500 |
| 46 | 3 | Paul Lackey | 300,000 |
| 46 | 4 | Chengce Jiang | 275,000 |
| 46 | 5 | Gauran Raina | 461,000 |
| 46 | 6 | Ian Kalman | 361,000 |
| 46 | 7 | Benny Nguyen | 103,000 |
| 46 | 8 | Lisa Sheehy | 128,000 |
| 46 | 9 | Daniel Rodriguez | 290,000 |
| 47 | 1 | James Ohlweiler | 152,500 |
| 47 | 2 | Gnana Duddukuru | 198,000 |
| 47 | 3 | Hiren Dharani | 326,500 |
| 47 | 4 | Todd Elwood | 310,000 |
| 47 | 5 | Daniel Lu | 317,000 |
| 47 | 6 | Larry Ogilbee | 246,000 |
| 47 | 7 | Austin Payne | 117,000 |
| 47 | 8 | Collin Grubaugh | 425,000 |
| 47 | 9 | Trung Pham | 315,000 |
| 54 | 1 | Tim Gray | 63,000 |
| 54 | 2 | Thomas Neville | 97,000 |
| 54 | 3 | Marco Shoals | 129,500 |
| 54 | 4 | Chris Barnett | 152,000 |
| 54 | 5 | Frank Berry | 164,000 |
| 54 | 6 | Ben Zamani | 275,000 |
| 54 | 7 | Lawrence Porath | 160,000 |
| 54 | 8 | Ricky Green | 305,000 |
| 54 | 9 | Dwight Sellars | 195,000 |
| 54 | 10 | Tommy Vedes | 124,000 |
| 55 | 1 | DJ Alexander | 197,000 |
| 55 | 2 | Mike Dentale | 252,000 |
| 55 | 3 | Raul Lozano | 100,000 |
| 55 | 4 | David Coker | 76,500 |
| 55 | 5 | Paul Baffi | 223,000 |
| 55 | 6 | Greg Jennings | 104,000 |
| 55 | 7 | Johanssy Joseph | 191,000 |
| 55 | 8 | Charles Stubblefield | 47,000 |
| 55 | 9 | Mo Khan | 656,000 |
| 55 | 10 | Wendy Freedman | 144,500 |
| 56 | 1 | Maxx Coleman | 835,500 |
| 56 | 2 | Jeff Littlefield | 76,000 |
| 56 | 3 | Johnny Millsap | 32,500 |
| 56 | 4 | Vance Minter | 83,500 |
| 56 | 5 | Jianmin Xu | 240,500 |
| 56 | 6 | Mykel Comroe | 157,000 |
| 56 | 7 | Chris Moneymaker | 59,000 |
| 56 | 8 | Pamela Stiehler | 55,000 |
| 56 | 9 | Anthony Spinella | 230,500 |
After three starting flights, it's time for Day 2 of the WinStar River Poker Series $2 Million Guarantee Main Event. Maxx Coleman will lead the way with 835,500 atop a field of 113 returning players.
The remaining field is packed with notables and former champs. Jim Carroll (275,000) and Aaron Massey (76,500) join Coleman as players who've won this event before. Grant Hinkle (250,500) chopped this event five ways last year and will be looking for back-to-back final tables.
Former Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker made it through to Day 2 as well. He bagged 59,000 and is obviously capable of building his stack from this point. WinStar Ambassador Maria Ho looked like she might be on the verge of making a run last night, but eventually busted and didn't bag for Day 2.
The remaining 113 players will restart at 1 p.m. PokerNews will be covering all the action with photos and updates throughout the day.
Main Event
Day 2 Started
