Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - IP Casino Resort & Spa
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - IP Casino Resort & Spa
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
270
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Day 2 Comes to an End with Travis Lutes in the Chip Lead
The World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event in Biloxi, Mississippi, continued Monday with the remaining 60 players of a 270-player field returning to IP Casino Resort & Spa to play down to a final table. Action was fast and furious at the start of the day. In fact, the field was halved within the first two hours. From there the money bubble quickly burst, Bubble Boy honors going to Yong Chen, and the eliminations just seemed to mount. Headlining the final table is Travis Lutes who holds a stack of 1.725 million.
Farid Nasserazad is right behind Lutes with 1.697 million. With 12 players remaining, Nasserazad positioned himself as the second big stack when the following hand developed. Action folded to Will "Monkey" Souther in the hijack and he put in a standard raise. Nasserazad then made it 150,000 to go from the button and both blinds folded. Souther moved all in for about 540,000, Nasserazad snap-called and turned up 
, and Souther found himself behind with 
. The board ran out 
and Souther was bounced from the tournament in 12th place while Nasserazad jumped up to 1.6 million.
Here is a look at the final table:
Seat 1- Jerry Monroe (154,000)
Seat 2- Jason Cluxton (589,000)
Seat 3- Steven Marshall (106,000)
Seat 4- Yair Alon (404,000)
Seat 5- Farid Nasserazad (1.697,000)
Seat 6- John Holley (315,000)
Seat 7- Robert Gunter (144,000)
Seat 8- Bob Talbot (276,000)
Seat 9- Travis Lutes (1,725,000)
Play resumes at 12 p.m. local tomorrow where a winner will be determined. Our Live Reporting team will be covering the final table action, so be sure to check back then.
Mike Hill Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,080)
Mike Hill was extremely short-stacked and moved all in from middle position with about 90,000. Farid Nasserazad called him from the button and everyone else got out of the way.
Hill: 
Nasserazad: 
It was a race on the final table bubble and Hill would need to improve. The 
flop was not in his favor and neither was the 
turn. The 
on the river gave Nasserazad the pot and sent Hill home in 10th place as the final table bubble boy. With that, the final table is set and players are bagging their chips.
Table Redraw
Seat 1- Jerry Monroe (130,000)
Seat 2- Jason Cluxton (581,000)
Seat 3- Steven Marshall (142,000)
Seat 4- Yair Alon (425,000)
Seat 5- Farid Nasserazad (1.62 million)
Seat 6- John Holley (260,000)
Seat 7- Robert Gunter (160,000)
Seat 8- Bob Talbot (278,000)
Seat 9- Travis Lutes (1.6 million)
Seat 10- Mike Hill (58,000)
Jeremy Drewery Eliminated in 11th Place ($7,080)
On a flop of 
, Travis Lutes bet 85,000 and Jeremy Drewery raised to 190,000. Lutes, who had the bigger stack, reraised all in and Drewery made the call.
Lutes: 
Drewery: 
The 
on the turn didn't help Drewery and neither did the 
on the river. Lutes chipped up to 1.6 million while Drewery was eliminated from the tournament in 11th place. The final ten players are now redrawing and combining to a single table.
Will "Monkey" Souther Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,080)
Action folded to Will "Monkey" Souther in the hijack and he put in a standard raise. Farid Nasserazad then made it 150,000 to go from the button. The blinds both folded and Souther moved all in for about 540,000. Nasserazad called and turned up , which was dominating Souther's .
The board ran out and Souther was bounced from the tournament in 12th place. Meanwhile, Nasserazad is up to 1.6 million.
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Shane Sigsbee Eliminated in 13th Place ($5,840)
Action folded to chip leader Travis Lutes on the button and he raised to 42,000. Shane Sigsbee reraised to 132,000 from the small blind and Lutes responded by moving all in. Sigsbee snap-called for his stack of around 400,000 and turned over . Lutes revealed .
This was a monster pot and the winner would practically be assured a spot at the final table. The dealer put out the flop . . . 
! Lutes hit his ace and was in the lead. The turn was the and Sigsbee needed to catch a king on the river to stay alive. It was not meant to be as the 
appeared and Lutes took down the pot and increased his chip lead to 1.36 million. Sigsbee, the chip leader at the start of the day, was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place.
Big Stacks Battle
Everyone folded to Travis Lutes on the button and he promptly raised to 42,000. The small blind declined but Farid Nasserazad made the call from the big. Nasserazad then checked the 
flop and Lutes fired out 75,000.
Surprisingly, Nasserazad check-raised to 175,000 and Lutes called. When the 
fell on the turn, Nasserazad checked and Lutes moved all in for 450,000. Nasserazad mucked and left himself with 830,000. Lutes took down the pot without a showdown and chipped up to 885,000.
Dale Hinson Eliminated from the Tournament in 14th Place ($5,840)
Dale Hinson was short-stacked and moved all in for 43,000 with after action folded to him in the cutoff. Yair Alon called from the big blind with 
and the two saw a flop of 
.
Alon had flopped the nut straight and Hinson was in big trouble. The on the turn left him drawing dead. The was put out on the river for good measure as Hinson was eliminated from the the tournament in 14th place.