Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$899,190
Entries
618
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Phan's The Man Entering Day 3
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Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s Atlantic City is in the books. The day began with 215 players, but that number skyrocketed when over a hundred players lined up to be alternates. When the dust finally settled, the tournament fielded 618 entrants, generating a prize pool of $899,190. Make the final table, you’re guaranteed $17,516, win and you take home $188,830 and the gold ring.
No player had a more turbulent day than our chip leader; Tuan Phan. Phan was unafraid to get all of his chips in the middle, and was fortunate enough to win a 200,000-chip pot against Chris Reslock when he flopped a set against Reslock’s flopped flush. The board paired on the river, eliminating Reslock from the tournament and propelling Phan to the top of the leaderboard. Phan finished with an impressive 1.060 million chips – we’ll see if he can go wire-to-wire tomorrow.
Hung Truong entered the day as our leader with 211,200 chips, and survived with 692,000 chips in his stack. He could’ve finished stronger, his peak was well over 700,000, but he’s certainly happy with advancing to Day 3. Jimmy Born was second in chips entering the day, and he too will return tomorrow to chase the gold. Like Truong, Born was at one time flirting with seven figures, but only managed to bag 510,000 chips.
Peter Ippolito cashed, but failed to reach a second final table at this stop. He won Event #1 for $37,926, and added $4,388 to that today with his 33rd place finish. Other notables that cashed include Sirous Jamshidi (57th, $2,940), Mark Rose (54th, $3,192), Ashira Lavine ($3,192), Jeffrey Papola (38th, $3,507), and Steven Tabb (26th, $5,755).
A gaggle of well known players busted short of the money, including Mark “Pegasus Smith, Mike “Little Man” Sica, Chris Tryba, Drazen Ilich, Carter Phillips, Josh Brikis and Matthew Chang.
The final 20 look like this:
| Table | Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 1 | Mark Andre Roy | 672,000 |
| 52 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 52 | 3 | Tuan Phan | 1,060,000 |
| 52 | 4 | Spiro Stathakis | 687,000 |
| 52 | 5 | --empty-- | |
| 52 | 6 | Steve Karp | 302,000 |
| 52 | 7 | Denis Gnidash | 391,000 |
| 52 | 8 | Anthony Zinno | 856,000 |
| 52 | 9 | Ken Taylor | 754,000 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 1 | Hung Truong | 692,000 |
| 62 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 62 | 3 | Danny Rohde | 352,000 |
| 62 | 4 | Craig Logue | 185,000 |
| 62 | 5 | --empty-- | |
| 62 | 6 | Manh Nguyen | 947,000 |
| 62 | 7 | Blake Mason | 194,000 |
| 62 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 62 | 9 | Jason Steinhorn | 414,000 |
| Table | Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 1 | Avdo Djokovic | 609,000 |
| 83 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 83 | 3 | Kevin Kaikko | 288,000 |
| 83 | 4 | Jimmy Born | 510,000 |
| 83 | 5 | --empty-- | |
| 83 | 6 | Jeff Fielder | 911,000 |
| 83 | 7 | Hao Le | 705,000 |
| 83 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 83 | 9 | Mike Devinsky | 1,032,000 |
The tournament resumes tomorrow at 12 p.m. EST, where we will play down to a champion. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.com for exclusive coverage of the WSOP-C!
End of Day Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,060,000 | 478,000 |
|
1,032,000 | 897,000 |
|
947,000 | -153,000 |
|
911,000 | -2,000 |
|
856,000 | -4,000 |
|
846,000 | 441,000 |
|
754,000 | -226,000 |
|
705,000 | 35,000 |
|
692,000 | 372,000 |
|
687,000 | |
|
672,000 | -8,000 |
|
609,000 | -11,000 |
|
510,000 | -90,000 |
|
|
414,000 | -101,000 |
|
391,000 | |
|
352,000 | 217,000 |
|
302,000 | -113,000 |
|
288,000 | |
|
194,000 | |
|
185,000 |
Two Hands, Two Tables, Two Bustouts
Marc Andre Roy eliminated Jeff Wilker when Wilker steam-shoved all in preflop and Roy called holding 
. Wilker held 
and the board ran 
.
At the other table Jeff Fielder eliminated Denis Gnidash in unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
913,000 | 463,000 |
|
|
680,000 | 165,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Flurry of Eliminations
During the last few minutes we also lost Adam Lippert and Jeff Joseph.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Tournaments Don't Wait for Bloggers
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
The players had just taken their new seats after the redraw and they already bused two players as we were getting counts. Mike Devinsky sent an opponent packing when his 
rivered a straight to outrun pocket jacks. Then Hung Truong sent Javier Fernandez to the payout desk when Truong had pocket aces and Fernandez's 
failed to improve.
Redraw
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
After an elimination, here's what the field looks like. Information about the hand is coming shortly.
Table 8
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hao Le | 670,000 |
| 2 | Adam Lippert | 445,000 |
| 3 | Jason Steinhorn | 515,000 |
| 4 | Spiro Stathakis | 580,000 |
| 5 | Tuan Phan | 582,000 |
| 6 | Blake Mason | 220,000 |
| 7 | Randall Cohen | 507,000 |
| 8 | Manh Nguyen | 1,100,000 |
| 9 | Anthony Zinno | 860,000 |
Table 9
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Andre Roy | |
| 2 | Larry Riggs | 405,000 |
| 3 | Jimmy Born | 600,000 |
| 4 | Craig Logue | 400,000 |
| 5 | Danny Rohde | 135,000 |
| 6 | Steve Karp | 415,000 |
| 7 | Kevin Kaikko | 425,000 |
| 8 | Jeff Wilker | 161,000 |
| 9 | Ken Taylor | 980,000 |
Table 22
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empty | ------------------- |
| 2 | Jeff Joseph | 280,000 |
| 3 | Empty | ------------------- |
| 4 | Mike Devinsky | 870,000 |
| 5 | Avdo Djokovic | 620,000 |
| 6 | Hung Truong | 320,000 |
| 7 | Denis Gnidash | 300,000 |
| 8 | Javier Fernandez | 120,000 |
| 9 | Jeff Fielder | 450,000 |
Before the Redraw...
Before the redraw, we lost Tom Rubino. Rubino was all in and at risk with 
, but it did not improve against an opponent's 
and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Roy Earns Knockout, Brings Field to 27
Marc Andre Roy opened for 27,000 from under the gun and middle position player moved all in for 70,000. Action folded back around to Roy, albeit after a long tank-fold from Jeff Fielder in the small blind, and he called.
Roy:
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Roy took the pot with the queen on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000 | 1,000 |
Devinsky Has Phan's Number
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Mike Devinsky bet out 42,000 on the turn with the board showing 
. Tuan Phan thought for a while before calling. The river came 
and Devinsky bet 70,000. Phan called after a period of thought and Devinsky tabled 
. Phan let out a big sigh and mucked his hand.