Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Buy-in
$1,600
Prize Pool
$998,770
Entries
694
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Wainscott Opens Huge Lead Heading Into Day 3
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Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Main Event has come to a close after 337 players returned at the start of the day. Now, just 72 players remain and all are guaranteed at least $2,797 payday. Justin Wainscott ended atop the counts with a healthy lead over the rest of the field after bagging 732,000.
Tim Burt (486,000) and Richard Kelley (421,000) are the closest behind him but still have a ways to go. Notables Daniel Lowery (214,000), Darvin Moon (200,000), Maurice Hawkins (185,000), David Fox (98,000), Matt Chang (89,000) and “Captain” Tom Franklin (53,000) are also moving on to Day 3.
Day 2 sent a lot of players to the rail, Bourbon Street, the nightly tournament or wherever else the strange winds of New Orleans blew them. Huy Nguyen, Aaron Massey, Kurt Jewell, Jacob Bazeley, Cory Burbick, Chris Conrad, Matthew Hankins, Mark “Pegasus” Smith, Mike Wolf, Doug Carli, John Dolan, La Sengphet and Sam Barnhart are just a few those that were scattered about the city.
The day’s action began at a blistering pace. Nearly a third of field was eliminated in the first couple hours. Some of those players probably wish they would have played a little tighter because that’s around the time the seven-figure prize pool was announced, which garnered a round of applause from the field.
One of the overnight chipleaders, Bobby Toye, was eliminated in a monster hand that propelled Wainscott to the top of the leaderboard. Wainscott held pocket aces, Toye had 
and a third player held 
. An ace on flop gave Wainscott a lock on the hand and a mountain of chips.
Interestingly, we had our second penalty for checking the nuts on the river in as many days. Today Jerry Monroe, winner of the WSOP Circuit IP Biloxi Main Event, checked behind Moon on the river with the nuts. We didn’t catch the hand but we caught the table talk afterwards regarding when Moon received an orbit penalty in the 2009 WSOP Main Event for the same offense. It was a minor infraction, more entertaining than anything.
Day 3 is set to begin at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday as the final 72 will play down to the final table of nine.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Wainscott | 732,000 |
| 2 | Tim Burt | 486,000 |
| 3 | Richard Kelley | 421,000 |
| 4 | Anthony Vidmer | 397,000 |
| 5 | Blake Barousse | 395,600 |
| 6 | Mandeep Narang | 360,000 |
| 7 | Scott Williams | 321,000 |
| 8 | Andrew Nguyen | 299,000 |
| 9 | Dominic Gabaldon | 291,000 |
| 10 | Daniel Weinman | 270,000 |
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Bubble Bursts
Level 19
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
It happen so quickly we weren't sure we'd get it, but we did. A couple eliminations brought about the money bubble, but a hand still in progress saw Mike Holm open for 16,000 from early position only to have Gerald Fielding move all in for 75,000 from middle position.
Action folded around to Lance Simon in the big blind and he moved all in over the top, driving Holm from the hand. Fielding tabled 
and was crushed to see Simon turn over 
. Holm chimed in that he had folded one of each, and the board ran out an unceremonious 
.
With that, Fielding became the bubble boy and the night comes to an end with 72 players in the money. Stay tuned for our WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Day 2 recap.
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Break Time
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The players are going on a quick 15-minute break.
Long Live the Captain
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We heard "Captain" Tom Franklin celebrating at the far table and made our way over to discover that he had doubled. From what we could piece together, he got his last 27,000 all in preflop with 
and was in front of his opponent's 
; however, the flop put out two hearts and made it a good sweat.
Much to Franklin's delight, neither the turn nor river harmed him and he doubled as the money bubble lingers.
Five To Go
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
We are five player eliminations away from the money. It's also the stopping point for the night.
Action Slow
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Play has slowed considerably as of late. The clock reads 78 players, which mean just six more need to be eliminated before the money is reached. Players seem intent on earning a payday, but sooner or later six people are going to bust.
IP Biloxi Casino Champion Follows Monroe Out the Door
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Moments after Jerry Monroe, who won the IP Biloxi Main Event earlier this year, was eliminated from the tournament, the IP Biloxi Casino Champion, Gene Dudek, followed him out the door. As Dudek explained when he passed by our desk, he was nursing an 8.5bb stack and moved all in from the small blind after the button had raised.
The big blind got out of the way and the button called with 
. Dudek was ahead with 
, but an ace on the flop put an end to his WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Main Event dreams. Nonetheless, we'll be seeing Dudek in just a couple months in Las Vegas for the National Championship.
IP Biloxi Main Event Champ Sent to the Rail
Level 18
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Earlier this year, Jerry Monroe captured the IP Biloxi Main Event title and punched his ticket to the National Championship. Monroe was in action today, but his deep run recently came to an end just shy of the money. It happened when he shoved for 38,500 from the cutoff and Lance Simon called from the small blind.
Showdown
| Monroe | |
| Simon | |
Monroe was ahead, but not after the flop fell 
. Simon flopped big and locked up the hand when the 
turn left Monroe drawing dead. The meaningless 
was put out on the river as Monroe collected his things and exited the tournament floor.