Day 2 on the Way
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Today is Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon. Yesterday saw 91 players put up the $10,000 buyin, and registration is still open until 1:00 AM to accommodate a few latecomers. We know of at least one pro who's en route to the casino as we speak. Check out Negreanu's tweet from about four hours ago:
@RealKidPoker: "[In] the car headed to airport. Looks like I'm going to make it to Rincon for day 2 WSOPC. Start with more chips than @dwpoker @phil_hellmuth"
In fact, he's just arrived to the tournament room with his luggage in tow as we speak. Negreanu's tweet comes with a little jab in the side of David Williams and Phil Hellmuth, both of whom bagged up a smaller-than-starting stack at the conclusion of Day 1. Negreanu will begin play with his full stack of 30,000, 50 big blinds worth of chips with which to do some damage. In Hellmuth's defense, he was battling food poisoning for most of the day yesterday and only showed up to play one full level.
Despite their chip deficits, Williams and Hellmuth are still faring better than a few of their peers in this event. Ari "BodogAri" Engel was the first player eliminated yesterday, and he was followed to the door by Jon "FatalError" Aguiar, Justin "BoostedJ" Smith, Joseph Cheong, Kathy Liebert, and Jerry Yang. Even all the run-good Erik Seidel has going couldn't keep him from an early exit.
On the flip side of things, there is still plenty of talent left in this thinning field. Carlos Mortensen and Victor Ramdin both had amazingly volatile days, and both managed to end the day on the uphill climb of the roller-coaster ride. Mortensen is in the top ten with 87,600 chips, chased by the champion of the Wynn Poker Classic just days ago, Tim West (83,725). Scott Montgomery, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Shannon Shorr, Dwyte Pilgrim, Todd Terry, and Allen Kessler are just a few of the other pros still fighting. All told, 59 of the 91 starters survived to see Day 2 with Ali Eslami setting the pace in the Chip Counts category. Eslami turned 30,000 chips into 128,500 by night's end, and he's one of five players who bagged up six figures. Kyle Bowker (121,500), Cary Katz (116,500), Tim Murphy (114,375), and David Miscikowski join Eslami in the hunt for the big stack, but the field is littered with the landmines of dozens of crafty players.
We're just about 15 minutes away from getting rolling here in the cozy Bordeaux Room, so don't wander off. Day 2 is on the way!
Here's how the field will be set up to begin play:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | Allen Kessler | 20,050 |
| 7 | 2 | Joe Parker | 32,775 |
| 7 | 3 | Mike Heshmati | 21,350 |
| 7 | 4 | Dana Kellstrom | 70,550 |
| 7 | 5 | Conrad Monica | 33,725 |
| 7 | 6 | Sam Stein | 56,050 |
| 7 | 7 | Pejman Niyati | 28,500 |
| 7 | 8 | Jesse Martin | 11,525 |
| 7 | 9 | Justin Kruger | 18,550 |
| 8 | 1 | David Peters | 60,825 |
| 8 | 2 | Victor Ramdin | 28,275 |
| 8 | 3 | Dwyte Pilgrim | 34,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Rocha | 10,600 |
| 8 | 5 | Cary Katz | 116,500 |
| 8 | 6 | Eddy Sabat | 14,750 |
| 8 | 7 | Ali Eslami | 128,550 |
| 8 | 8 | Romik Vartzar | 54,675 |
| 8 | 9 | Pat Walsh | 35,075 |
| 9 | 1 | Erhart Edquist | 9,525 |
| 9 | 2 | David Baker | 21,950 |
| 9 | 3 | Joshua Field | 29,650 |
| 9 | 4 | Grant Lang | 64,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Sott Montgomery | 54,550 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Masek | 38,925 |
| 9 | 7 | Mike Baxter | 89,575 |
| 9 | 8 | Todd Terry | 31,500 |
| 9 | 9 | Kyle Bowker | 121,500 |
| 10 | 1 | Carlos Mortensen | 87,600 |
| 10 | 2 | Tim Murphy | 114,375 |
| 10 | 3 | Harold Wasson | 67,050 |
| 10 | 4 | Jonathan Little | 41,925 |
| 10 | 5 | Tim West | 83,725 |
| 10 | 6 | Louis Werman | 29,375 |
| 10 | 7 | Phil Hellmuth | 23,575 |
| 10 | 8 | D.J. Blanchard | 29,650 |
| 10 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
| 11 | 1 | Steve Sanders | 32,050 |
| 11 | 2 | David Miscikowski | 102,800 |
| 11 | 3 | Saul Frank | 31,450 |
| 11 | 4 | Alejandro Garcia | 28,400 |
| 11 | 5 | Jordan Morgan | 18,025 |
| 11 | 6 | David Williams | 20,450 |
| 11 | 7 | Denise Molloy | 41,200 |
| 11 | 8 | Kevin Jonna | 68,050 |
| 11 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
| 12 | 1 | Kwinsee Khoa Tran | 71,525 |
| 12 | 2 | Gregory Brooks | 45,125 |
| 12 | 3 | Roland Israelashvili | 17,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Benjamin Hamnett | 21,325 |
| 12 | 5 | Brian Green | 28,325 |
| 12 | 6 | Dylan Wilkerson | 30,800 |
| 12 | 7 | Travis Pettey | 19,450 |
| 12 | 8 | Miller Dao | 39,650 |
| 12 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |
| 13 | 1 | John Farrell | 42,500 |
| 13 | 2 | Richard Woodall | 61,850 |
| 13 | 3 | Steve Brecher | 44,375 |
| 13 | 4 | Dmitriy Shilnikov | 43,025 |
| 13 | 5 | Adam Geyer | 65,040 |
| 13 | 6 | Shannon Shorr | 41,100 |
| 13 | 7 | Steven Burkholder | 63,125 |
| 13 | 8 | Adam Levy | 43,875 |
| 13 | 9 | --empty-- | -- |