2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's St. Louis

Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's St. Louis

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥2♣
Prize
$190,961
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$909,375
Entries
625
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Main Event

Day 2 Started

It's Moving Day at WSOPC Harrah's St. Louis Main Event

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Tripp Kirk leads the field at the start of Day 2.
Tripp Kirk leads the field at the start of Day 2.

It's moving day here at Day 2 of the WSOPC Harrah's St. Louis Main Event. Some 303 surviving players return from the Day 1 flights and we expect to pick another 20 or so players this morning. Leading the field is Tripp Kirk who bagged up 113,900 at the end of Day 1b.

Chasing Kirk are Thomas Conway and Bill Byrnes, each with 111,000. The field is stacked with notable pros and WSOPC regulars looking to add a gold ring to their trophy case. Kurt Jewell (65,000), Joe Hebda (57,600), Dennis Phillips (45,700), Charles "Woody" Moore (45,000), Mark "Pegasus" Smith (44,200), Jeff Fielder (42,300), La Sengphet (41,000), Scott Clements (38,000), Huy Nguyen (32,500) and Alexandru Masek (30,000) are all looking to advance through the day.

A few players have some chipping up to do in order to make a run, including; David Clark (26,300), Aaron Massey (24,300), Sam Barnhart (21,600), Amanda Musumeci (20,600), Seneca Easley (19,300), "The Captain" Tom Franklin (17,000) and Matt Chang (10,200).

Today's play is scheduled for 14 levels or a final table of nine - whichever should come first. Judging by the field size and past events, the smart bet is for us to finish in the neighborhood of 25 players after the 14 levels. Cards will be in the air promptly at noon local time. Be sure to follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Early Double for Magnus

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Chad Holloway

A player in early position opened for a little over 2,000 only to have Nadya Magnus move all in from the cutoff for 29,900. The button and blinds all got out of the way, and the EP player made the call.

Showdown

EP{A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Magnus{J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

It was a classic flip, and one that came down in favor of Magnus as the board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Spades}{8-Clubs}. She breathed a big sigh of relief as she stacked her newly won chips.

Player Chips Progress
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus 		60,000 42,400

Tags: Nadya Magnus

Kirk KOs Opponent, Extends Lead

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Mike Pilla opened the action with a raise in late position. There was a bit of a question though as to how much. He verbally declared raise and three T1,000 chips went out first, followed by a T5,000 chip. The dealer informed him that he had string bet and only the 3,000 would stand.

Action passed to Tripp Kirk in the small blind and he did Pilla's work for him by re-raising to 5,200. Pilla moved all in and Kirk quickly called.

Kirk: {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}
Pilla: {7-Hearts} {7-Diamonds}

The board ran {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} and Kirk sent Pilla to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Tripp Kirk us
Tripp Kirk 		138,900 25,000

Tags: Tripp KirkMike Pilla

Chang Busto

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Matt Chang busted with big slick.
Matt Chang busted with big slick.

Matt Chang has been eliminated in early action. Chang was in the big blind facing a preflop raise and woke up with {A-} {K-}. He moved in, got a call and was up against {10-} {9-}. His opponent caught a nine on the flop and Chang bricked.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Chang
Matt Chang 		Busted

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