Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Chester
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Chester
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$467,055
Entries
322
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
And We're Back!
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Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The dinner break is over, the players (and bloggers) have been fed and cards are in the air. We are six eliminations from the money.
Monica Doubles in a Flip
Conrad Monica's chip stack had been hovering around average or just below for most of the day. He moved all in preflop from the cutoff and Anthony Mayo called from the small blind.
Monica: 
Mayo: 
The board ran 
and Monica doubled up with a runner-runner flush to get above average for the first time in a long while.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
170,000 |
Overton Climbing Back
After losing some chips earlier, start of the day chip leader Aaron Overton seems back in the swing of things. Action folded around to him in the cutoff and he popped it up to 11,500. The player on the button pushed out a three-bet to 27,000 and it folded back to Overton. Overton pondered for a bit before grabbing a handful of grey chips and making it 55,000 to go. His opponent made the call.
The flop came 
and Overton sat thinking for about two minutes before pushing 44,000 into the middle. His opponent mucked his hand and Overton took down a nice sized pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Doerr Doesn't Cash
After a raise to 17,500, Eric Doerr moved all in for about 110,000. Action folded back around to the original raiser who made the call tabling 
. Doerr flipped up 
and was in need of some help.
The board ran out 
and just like that Doerr was sent packing, sending the tournament into hand for hand play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Hand For Hand
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The remaining four tables are now entering hand for hand play.
Pace Slowing
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
There is a whole lot of nothing happening during hand for hand play thus far. We've had a few semi-dramatic moments where the entire room rushes over to the table, but no climactic event yet. There are no severely short stacked players so we may be at this stage for a while.
The Bubble Has Burst
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Normally this is the time where we give all sorts of details about the bubble boy, but not this time. We caught the hand but the player that busted was in no mood to talk to us, or even slow his speed walk out of the room. For simplicity's sake we'll refer to him as Mr. Bubble.
From under the gun Mr. Bubble opened to 10,500 and action folded around to Ed Stannish in the small blind. Stannish shoved for 69,500 and Mr. Bubble called.
Mr. Bubble: 
Stannish:
The board ran 
Stannish's flush ended Mr. Bubble's tournament and he was the last person to leave without collecting any money.
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Almost Wasted Level
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Hand-for-hand lasted for nearly the entire level and action slowed down to a mind-numbing pace. We're hoping to see things pick up from here and have some short stacks busting.