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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