Neal Seiwert Leads at the End of Day 2
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After over 13 hours of play, Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here at Choctaw is down to 14 players.
Neal Seiwert is our chip leader with 1.92 million chips. He ascended to the top of the charts near the end of the day after bouncing back from a cooler against Drazen Ilich. Seiwert ran queens into Ilich's aces, but never gave up and now leads the pack entering Day 3. Biting at his heels are Shallum Lynch (1.8 million), Andrew Watson (1.62 million) and Jeff Gibralter (1.53 million). They too built stacks before the dinner break and are prepared to wield them tomorrow.
Traci Brown is the last woman standing with 585,000 chips. She wasn't the only female to go deep in this event however, Ruth "Ruthless" Hall, Ashley Cox and TJ Cloutier's daughter Elizabeth Hymel all cashed. Hymel ran a bluff against Watson with just king-high and Watson picked it off with a pair of sixes. Hymel failed to hit a three-outer on the river and was eliminated from the tournament.
Cloutier and fellow Hall of Famer Berry Johnston also cashed. Johnston was battling especially hard until he too was eliminated by Watson. It was a race between Johnston's 
and Watson's 
. The board ran 
and Johnston hit the rail.
Other notables who cashed include Lyle Glover, Gus Voelzel and Richard Lee who shared the bubble with three other players.
Lance Freeman was crippled by the sickest hand of the day. At 15,000/30,000/4,000 Joe Bui limped in from late position and Ilich limped behind. Freeman raised to 100,000 from the big blind and Bui back-re-raised to 200,000. Ilich got out of the way, Freeman moved all in for a little less than 500,000 and Bui called. Bui was light-years behind with 
against Freeman's 
, but the flop fell 
giving Bui two-pair. He retained the lead after the turn and river bricked 
, respectively, leaving Freeman with just 16,000 chips. He busted in 17th place soon after.
Here's how the two remaining tables will look tomorrow:
Table 81
| Seat 1 | Bobby "Shooter" Hempkins | 705,000 |
| Seat 2 | --empty-- | |
| Seat 3 | --empty-- | |
| Seat 4 | Robert Cheung | 890,000 |
| Seat 5 | Traci Brown | 585,000 |
| Seat 6 | Huy Nguyen | 1,095,000 |
| Seat 7 | John Loza | 1,390,000 |
| Seat 8 | Basil Lombardo | 915,000 |
| Seat 9 | Andrew Watson | 1,620,000 |
Table 55
| Seat 1 | Joe Bui | 1,500,000 |
| Seat 2 | Drazen Ilich | 835,000 |
| Seat 3 | Shallum Lynch | 1,800,000 |
| Seat 4 | --empty-- | |
| Seat 5 | Victor Haynes | 535,000 |
| Seat 6 | Neal Seiwert | 1,920,000 |
| Seat 7 | --empty-- | |
| Seat 8 | Charles "Woody" Moore | 1,035,000 |
| Seat 9 | Jeff Gibralter | 1,530,000 |
We will resume tomorrow at noon local time and play until there's a Main Event champion. Until then, goodnight from the Choctaw Casino!