Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$932,655
Entries
641
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Main Event has come to a close and only 22 players remain of the 300 plus that started the day. Ryan Higgins will enter Day 3 as the chipleader with 1.477 million.
Chasing the only seven-figure stack are Aaron Overton (955,000) and Justin Liberto (893,000). Also moving on to Day 3 are Roland Israel (675,000) and John Andress (548,000). Israel won this event in 2010 and then both he and Andress made the final table of this event last year, with Andress turning in an 2nd place finish.
Also returning for Day 3 are Garry Gates (805,000), Josh Brikis (354,000), Edward Pham (578,000) and Tyler Kenney (446,000).
The start of the day saw swift action with players busting at a quick rate and the field was only a handful players away from the money bubble when the dinner break hit.
It was a day of attrition with a slew of notables hitting the rail, including; Dwyte Pilgrim, Jacob Bazeley, Christian Harder, Andy Frankenberger, Lee Childs, Sirous Jamshidi, Matt Glantz, Kurt Jewell, Wendeen Eolis, Anthony Gregg and Ari Engel.
Midway through the day, the WSOP decided to boot up the live stream at the feature table due to the number of accomplished players seated at the table. Josh Brikis, David Fox, Garry Gates, Manh Nguyen and Edward Pham were all deep stacked. This was the first instance this season a non-final table was streamed. But the poker gods would not have it. Five minutes after going live the spotlight on the table burnt out and couldn’t be fixed easily. The table broke with a collective sigh of relief.
For almost the whole evening no single player was able to pull away from the field. The chiplead changed multiple times and as many as a dozen different players held the lead at one time or another following the dinner break.
Day 3 action will get underway at noon EST and they will play down until we crown a Main Event champion. Watch the live streaming final table on WSOP.com and follow all the action on Pokernews.com
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Higgins | 1.477 million |
| 2 | Aaron Overton | 955,000 |
| 3 | Troy Erickson | 917,000 |
| 4 | Justin Liberto | 893,00 |
| 5 | Greg Brletich | 807,000 |
| 6 | Garry Gates | 805,000 |
| 7 | Roland Israel | 675,000 |
| 8 | David Zeitlin | 650,000 |
| 9 | Alex Rivera | 626,000 |
| 10 | Eugene Fouksman | 610,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,477,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
955,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
893,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
|
||
|
807,000
622,000
|
622,000 |
|
805,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
675,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
626,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
610,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
578,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
565,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
548,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
446,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
421,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
354,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
264,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
|
261,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
146,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
Julian Schulman committed his entire stack all in preflop and found a call from Greg Brletich.
Brletich: 
Schulman: 
The board ran 
and Schulman was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
When we arrived at the table, Ryan Higgins and Ryan Eriquezzo were heads up with the board reading 
. Higgins led for 57,000, and Eriquezzo called.
The turn was the 
, and Higgins led again - this time for 88,000. Eriquezzo tank-called.
The 
completed the board, and Higgins led one last time for 155,000. Eriquezzo called once more, and mucked when Higgins turned over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,505,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
415,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
||
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
The clock has reached the 10-minute mark and the field will play three more hands, then bag and tag.
Greg Brletich opened from under the gun for 35,000 and action passed to Julian Schulman in the cutoff. Schulman moved all in for 181,000 and after a few moments of consideration Brletich called.
Schulman: 
Brletich: 
The board ran 
and Schulman stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
185,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
We unfortunately missed the details, but Mike Wolf was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Eddy Carroll opened to 30,000 from early position, and the action folded to Jeremy Halaska in the small blind. He moved all in for his last 190,000, which barely covered Carroll who tank-called.
Showdown
| Carroll | |
| Halaska |  |
Halaska's hand held as the board ran 
, eliminating Carroll from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
Busted |
John Andress opened to 30,000 from early position, and the action folded to Besnik Ziba who moved all in for over 600,000 in middle position. The action folded back to Andress, and he immediately called.
Showdown
| Andress |  |
| Ziba |  |
Andress' kings held as the board came 
, and he doubled to 545,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
