San Antonio's Larry Wright has had about as good a start as one can have here on Day 2.
He began play with a little over 40k, but after turning a flush and getting it in against a set of fives, then having his own pair of fives hold up against big slick, he finds himself on the top of the leaderboard, sitting on almost 170k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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168,000 | |
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Level: 12
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 200
Men "The Master" Nguyen is not an easy guy to ignore, coupled by the fact his table is front of our desk and his signature table talk. We found him in a pot with three other players where they checked all the way to the river. The board showed 
and Nguyen put 10,000 on the river. One opponent called and quickly mucked when Nguyen tabled 
for the nut flush and an open-ended straight flush draw on the flop.
Chris Tiller came in to Day 2 with a healthy lead, but it's slowly slipping out of his grasp.
He's only played a few hands, but seems to have been on the losing end of just about every one.
Moments ago we caught him heads-up in a pot on a 
flop with about 10k in the middle. His opponent, directly on his right, shipped in for about 30k total and Tiller went into the tank.
He emerged folding, showing the for top pair. His opponent showed the 
and while Tiller is down under 150k now, it appears it could have been a lot worse.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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146,000
21,500
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21,500 |
We don't have the official prize pool information yet, but we can tell you that a couple dozen players entered the tournament today. They brought the number up to 978 total players.
Raja Kattamuri was in the big blind when the player on the button moved all in with his short stack. The bet was under 10,000 and Kattamuri called.
Kattamuri: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Kattamuri's sick heater continues here in Choctaw.
Layne Flack told the PokerNews crew he was feeling a little under the weather as play began today.
Well, the six-time WSOP bracelet winner must be feeling even more sick after a tough start to the day.
With his stack already dwindling we caught Flack making a 3,300 chip open from late position only to be snap called by a short stack on the button.
After the 
flop, Flack checked, the Button threw out a 5k chip and with a sick look on his mug, Flack folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,000
8,700
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8,700 |
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Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
A crippled opponent with only 10,000 moved all in and Men "The Master" Nguyen called behind him.
Opponent: 
Nguyen:
Nguyen paired his ten on the flop and eliminated the player.
Starting the Day with better than 70k, Andrew Nguyen looked primed for a big day here at the Choctaw Casino.
So when a player in front of him shoved with eights, a second re-shipped with tens and he woke up with aces, he snap called with a big grin.
"Ace-ball," he said.
"Ten ball," replied the short stack holding tens, as the player holding eights kept quiet.
The flop was all blanks, as was the turn, but as the player with eights rose from his seat, the dealer peeled off one of his two outs and he cracked Nguyen's aces to double up.
"It's always the quiet ones," said the busted player with tens, as close to 25k was removed from Nguyen's stack and sent across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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48,000
24,700
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24,700 |
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