Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's St. Louis
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's St. Louis
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$909,375
Entries
625
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Conrad Leads Final 21; Kirk, Moore & Masek Still Alive
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2011/2012 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s St. Louis Main Event kicked off on Saturday with 303 players returning from Day 1, which attracted 606 runners; however, late registration was open up until the start of Day 2, and that number rose to 625 players. That created a prize pool of $909,375 with a healthy $190,961 reserved for first place.
After 14 levels of play, the field was reduced to just 21 players. Leading the way with 1.512 million chips is Chris Conrad, making him the favorite to capture the gold ring and punch a ticket to the National Championship; however, there are still plenty of competitors standing in his way such as Tripp Kirk, Michael McKuin, Dave Schwartz, Charles “Woody” Moore, Blake Cahail and Alexandru Masek.
Unfortunately, not everyone was so lucky as the aforementioned players. Matthew Chang, Amanda Musumeci, Bernard Lee, David Clark, La Sengphet, AP Phahurat, Aaron Massey, Paul Harris, Dennis Phillips, Sam Barnhart, Kurt Jewell, Mark “Pegasus” Smith and Nelly were just a few of the notables who were among the 262 players who exited the tournament empty-handed.
Last year’s champion, Kyle Cartwright, who was fresh off winning his fourth gold ring in Event #10 on Saturday, bought in at the start of the day for a 20-big-blind stack. He proceeded to run it up to 80,000 at one point, but then disaster stuck on the money bubble. It happened when Cartwright and Terry Stuhldreher got their chips all in preflop, with the latter having a slightly bigger stack.
Showdown
Cartwright:   |
Stuhldreher:   |
Cartwright was in great shape to double if he could avoid an ace and diamonds, which he did through the 
flop and 
turn, but the 
spiked on the river to eliminate him on the money bubble.
Some players who managed to make the money but couldn’t find their way to the end of Day 2 were Everett Carlton (52nd-$3,228), Travis Lutes (48th-$3,228), Michael “Carwash” Schneider (44th-$3,547), Seneca Easley (37th-$3,547), Ross Bybee (35th-$3,947), Steve Melton (33rd-$4,438), Katherine Bowen (27th-$5,820), Steven Graham (25th-$5,820), Joe Kuether (23rd-$6,793) and Jeff Wade (22nd-$6,793).
The third and final day of the tournament will commence at Noon CST on Monday as the remaining 21 players will play down to a winner. Be sure to follow the action from the WSOP Circuit Harrah’s St. Louis right here on PokerNews as our Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you all the action and eliminations.
End-of-Day Chip Counts
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,512,000 | 712,000 |
|
1,326,000 | 201,000 |
|
1,235,000 | 335,000 |
|
962,000 | -398,000 |
|
|
804,000 | 804,000 |
|
743,000 | -257,000 |
|
627,000 | 167,000 |
|
627,000 | 67,000 |
|
619,000 | -91,000 |
|
588,000 | 238,000 |
|
478,000 | 148,000 |
|
454,000 | 204,000 |
|
417,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
401,000 | -99,000 |
|
|
377,000 | -53,000 |
|
364,000 | 234,000 |
|
|
251,000 | -399,000 |
|
236,000 | -14,000 |
|
220,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
203,000 | 38,000 |
|
127,000 | 57,000 |
Wade Runs Into Tepen's Kings
Jeff Wade found himself all in preflop holding 
and in a tough spot up against the 
of Ryan Tepen. We'd like to say there was some excitement here at the end of the evening, but the board ran out an uninspiring 
.
Wade was eliminated on the hand in 22nd place and will take home $6,793. With that, the last level of the night has come to an end. The remaining 21 players are now bagging and tagging, which means we'll have chip counts and a full recap shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000 | 230,000 |
|
Busted |
Kuether Eliminated by Cahail
Joe Kuether open shoved his ten-big-blind stack with 
from early position and cleared the field all the way around to Blake Cahail in the big blind. After looking down at 
, he made the call and put an end to Kuether's day as the board ran out clean.
The WSOP CIrcuit Harrah's Rincon Main Event champ was eliminated in 23rd place for $6,793.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
710,000 | 295,000 |
|
Busted |
Action Slowing
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
With the clock winding until the end of the night, action has slowed down since the redraw. It seems the players are content to save the action for tomorrow after a night's sleep.
Remaining 2011-2012 WSOPC Schedule
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Don’t miss your chance to qualify for the National Championship. There is only a couple of remaining stops on the WSOP Circuit schedule:
Remaining 2011-2012 WSOPC Schedule
| Event | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Event | Harrah’s Chester | April 26 - May 7, 2012 |
| Circuit Event | Harrah’s New Orleans | May 10 - 21, 2012 |
Last Level of the Night
Level 23
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
We've now begun the last level of the evening, which means just one more hour of play. We're going to set the over/under at 19 players, but we'll just have to wait and see.
Level: 23
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 2,000
Sauer's Pocket Pair Not Good Enough
We caught a preflop all in between Jeff Sauer and Ryan Tepen.
Tepen:
Sauer: 
The board ran 
and Tepen's kings trumped Sauer's tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |