Two to Go
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament clock says we're sitting with 173 players, meaning we need to lose only two more before we reach the money.
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,349,825
Entries
1,615
Level
35
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Bianchi Attempts to Bring Us to the Money Bubble
Paul Bianchi started the day as the chip leader but has had a tough time getting anything going today. In a recent hand, action folded to a short-stacked player in the small blind and he shipped for 34,000. Bianchi was in the big blind and snap-called after looking down at his cards.
Showdown
Bianchi: 
Small Blind: 
The 
flop kept Bianchi firmly in the lead, but the 
spiked on the turn to give his opponent the lead. The 
river changed nothing, and Bianchi was knocked down to 390,000. He's still primed to coast into the money, even if he couldn't bring us to the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Money Bubble Jelly Time
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The tournament staff has just initiated hand-for-hand play, which means we are on the money bubble. Only one more player need be eliminated for the rest to received a payday. For those interested, here are the payouts for the event:
1st: $393,584
2nd: $243,818
3rd: $183,991
4th: $139,815
5th: $106,447
6th: $81,774
7th: $63,680
8th: $50,051
9th: $39,947
10th-12th: $32,193
13th-15th: $26,318
16th-18th: $21,759
19th-21st: $18,141
22nd-24th: $15,274
25th-27th: $12,948
28th-30th: $11,091
31st-33rd: $9,587
34th-36th: $8,365
37th-45th: $7,378
46th-54th: $6,580
55th-63rd: $5,922
64th-72nd: $5,381
73rd-81st: $4,935
82nd-90th: $4,535
91st-99th: $4,183
100th-108th: $3,854
109th-117th: $3,548
118th-135th: $3,266
136th-153rd: $3,008
154th-171st: $2,773
Brown Punishing the Bubble
We stumbled by Chad Brown's table just in time to see him put out a bet of 85,000 into a pot of over 300,000 with a board reading 
. His opponent, who barely had more than the bet, thought long and hard, bemoaning his luck, before folding. "Two aces in the muck, sir," said the downtrodden player to the poker pro.
Brown is up to 570,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Show Us the Money!
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Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Play was held up for a few minutes as tournament officials were confirming the count and hand for hand play was not needed.
A Look at the National Leaderboard
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
WSOPC National Leaderboard Top Ten*
| Player | Points | Rings | Cashed | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Schwalich | 80 | 1 | 3 | $34,846 |
| Robert Newman | 77.5 | 1 | 3 | $29,930 |
| Thomas Cronin | 77.5 | 0 | 3 | $18,891 |
| Felicia Johnico | 77.5 | 1 | 2 | $16,060 |
| Kevin Davis | 70 | 1 | 3 | $16,831 |
| Matthew Chang | 70 | 1 | 3 | $9,724 |
| Russell Ivy | 65 | 0 | 2 | $49,948 |
| Jennifer Parrish | 65 | 0 | 5 | $20,098 |
| Gregory Joslyn | 62.5 | 1 | 3 | $24,345 |
| Oran Haynes | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | $19,747 |
*Leading up to the WSOP Circuit Hammond stop.
The Race to the Buffet
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Tournament officials have announced that the field will be taking a 75 minute dinner break at the end of the current level.
Brikis Makes a Good Laydown
Action folded to Josh Brikis in the hijack and he put in a raise to 17,000, which was called by the cutoff and big blind, with the latter checking the 
flop. Brikis took the opportunity to continuation-bet 21,000, only to have the cutoff instantly move all in for about 110,000.
The big blind got out of the way, and Brikis did the same. The cutoff then tabled 
, confirming that Brikis had in fact made a good lay down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Pauly Walnuts Rebuilding
Paul "Pauly Walnuts" Bianchi entered today as the chipleader but lost that claim as Mark Kroon, Chad Brown and Eric Crain were winning big pots. Bianchi is on the comeback trail after scoring an elimination. A player in front of him moved all in and Bianchi re-raised 150,000 to isolate the all in. Action folded around and the hands were tabled.
Bianchi: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Bianchi rejoined the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Dinner Break
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break.