ET MacMurray, who began the day as one of the big stacks, was recently eliminated from the tournament. He got all in preflop holding and was called by the of Christopher Juul.
The flop paired Juul and left MacMurray in bad shape. The turn and river ensured MacMurray's elimination from the WSOP-Circuit Harrah's St. Louis Main Event just shy of the money. On the other hand, Juul has managed to chip up to 215,000.
A short-stacked player moved all in preflop holding and ran straight into the of ET MacMurray. Unfortunately for MacMurray, the flop came down and gave his opponent a set. The was no help, and MacMurray was left looking for a king on the river. It was not meant to be, however, as the hit. MacMurray dropped to 220,000 after the hand.
Kyle Cartwright, who started the day with 47,500, has been on quite the heater. The Harrah's Tunica Casino Champion recently eliminated an opponent when he held in the big blind against the of the small blind on a board reading .
Cartwright's full house brought him one step closer to the money and gave him a stack of 150,000.
"Cowboy" John Land had a rough going early on Day 2. He doubled a couple short stacks after losing to both pocket nines and fours. That left him short stack, and likely a bit frustrated. Things must have continued to get worse for Land, and ultimately led to his elimination as his former seat is now empty.
We're not even two levels into Day 2 and we've already lost 33 players. At hour-long levels, that works out to losing one player every three and a half minutes or so. At this pace, we'll crack the money bubble (14 players to go) in no time.
Not long after the Elimination of Dennis Phillips, the WSOP-Circuit Harrah's St. Louis lost another big name in 2004 WSOP Main event Champion Greg Raymer. It began when Raymer and an opponent got all of the money in on a board containing {X}. Raymer held for a broadway straight, but couldn't overcome the flush of his opponent. That hand crippled Raymer.
Not long after, Raymer got his remaining chips in with against the pocket kings of Mark Koeln. The board did not deliver the help Raymer needed and he was eliminated from the Main Event. Meanwhile, Koeln is up to 175,000.