Main Event
Day 2 Started
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$1,422,990
Entries
978
Level
31
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 2 of WSOPC Choctaw Will See the Fight for the Final Nine
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Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Choctaw Casino and Resort is set to begin with 476 returning players all with their eyes on the final table. Day 1 saw nearly 1,000 players take to the felt and leading the charge are Chris Tiller (167,500), La Sengphet (144,000) and Brian Green (132,200).
Joining them on the felt are notables Tommy Vedes (88,100), Roland Israel (83,000), James Van Alstyne (73,300), Raja Kattamuri (59,900), Layne Flack (59,700), Huy Nguyen (52,600), Berry Johnston (50,800), Men "The Master" Nguyen (49,400), Andy Philachack (49,000), Kyle Cartwright (46,300), Chad Brown (34,800), Drazen Ilich (31,600), Tom McEvoy (25,100), T.J. Cloutier (23,200) and Scotty Nguyen (22,800).
Play will resume on Level 10 and the field is scheduled to play through Level 23 or a final table - whichever comes first. Registration is still open until cards hit the air, so it's a safe bet the number of entrants will grow by a dozen or so. Follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com
Shuffle Up And Deal!!
Ken Lambert, the Poker Room manager of the Choctaw Casino and Resort, has given the "Shuffle Up & Deal!" Cards are in the air for the start of Day 2.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
It's Never Too Late
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The WSOPC Main Events allow for re-entry not just on the two Day 1 flights, but also before the start of play here on Day 2.
And despite starting at a distinct disadvantage, considering there are more than 30 player already over 80k and eight sitting on 100k+ stacks, TD Bill Bruce told PokerNews a total of 24 players did so here in Durant.
These brave soles will start Day 2 with 20k in chips, a chair and a dream.
T.J. Cloutier Eliminated Early
Ryan Ramos opened the pot with raise to 2,100 in middle position and T.J. Cloutier moved all in behind him. The blinds released and the hands were tabled.
Ramos: 
Cloutier: 
The board ran 
and Cloutier was eliminated. The craps tables have been notified of his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Gamble, Gamble
Tommy Vedes was down to less than half his starting stack in the late stages yesterday before making a massive turnaround in the final two levels.
The WPT title holder ended the day on more than 88k and before he was even fully unbagged and stacked up today, he started gambling again.
We caught him defending his big blind against a standard open from the button before folding to a C-bet on a king-high flop. Then, when the same player raised in the very next hand, making it 2,500 to see a flop, Vedes fired back, bumping it up to 5,800 total.
When his opponent shoved for an additional 35k, Vedes reluctantly mucked, but appears ready to mix it up early and often here on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000 | -7,100 |
La La Land
La Sengphet was sitting second in chips to start play here on Day 2, but she wasn't exactly sitting.
The three-time WSOPC ring winner was a little late in getting here and her chair sat empty for the first few hands.
She did show, however, and wasted little time getting in on the action, making it 2,300 under the gun in one of the first hands she had a chance to see.
Only the player in the big blind called, but he wilted under the pressure of a 3,800 chip C-bet from Sengphet, folding and paving the way to a solid Day 2 start for the WSOP Circuit star.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
146,000 | 2,000 |
Aces Don't Always Nguyen
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | -24,700 |
The Master Eliminates a Short Stack
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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.