2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City

Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$191,194
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$932,655
Total Entries
641
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 641
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Day 2 Completed

Higgins Leads the Field Into Day 3

Level 23 : 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Ryan Higgins - Day 2 Chip Leader
Ryan Higgins - Day 2 Chip Leader

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

PlacePlayerChip Count
1Ryan Higgins1.477 million
2Aaron Overton955,000
3Troy Erickson917,000
4Justin Liberto893,00
5Greg Brletich807,000
6Garry Gates805,000
7Roland Israel675,000
8David Zeitlin650,000
9Alex Rivera626,000
10Eugene Fouksman610,000

Tags: Ryan Higgins

End-of-Day Counts

Julian Schulman Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,780)

Julian Schulman committed his entire stack all in preflop and found a call from Greg Brletich.

Brletich: {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}
Schulman: {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds}

The board ran {4-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {J-Hearts} {10-Clubs} and Schulman was eliminated.

Tags: Julian Schulman

Higgins Gets Three Streets of Value

Ryan Higgins wins a nice pot.
Ryan Higgins wins a nice pot.

When we arrived at the table, Ryan Higgins and Ryan Eriquezzo were heads up with the board reading {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts}. Higgins led for 57,000, and Eriquezzo called.

The turn was the {5-Spades}, and Higgins led again - this time for 88,000. Eriquezzo tank-called.

The {9-Clubs} completed the board, and Higgins led one last time for 155,000. Eriquezzo called once more, and mucked when Higgins turned over {q-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Tags: Ryan EriquezzoRyan Higgins

Brletich Doubles Through Schulman

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: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Brletich: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}

The board ran {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} {K-Hearts} {5-Spades} {7-Diamonds} and Schulman stayed alive.

Tags: Julian SchulmanGreg Brletich

Eddy Carroll Eliminated in 25th Place ($5,792)

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{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Halaska{a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Halaska's hand held as the board ran {5-Spades}{a-Spades}{3-Spades}{9-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, eliminating Carroll from the tournament.

Tags: Jeremy HalaskaEddy Carroll

Andress Doubles Again

John Andress doubles again.
John Andress doubles again.

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{k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Ziba{q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Andress' kings held as the board came {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{j-Hearts}, and he doubled to 545,000 chips.

Tags: John AndressBesnik Ziba

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