Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Palm Beach Kennel Club
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,131,990
Entries
778
Level
30
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 778
Filter
(1)
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
With 154 players returning from the break, the chip average has crossed into six figures.
Drazen Ilich is the second player to pass the 300,000 mark today, but still has a long way to go before catching up to John Riordan.
Picking up the action on a 
board with about 53,000 in the middle, the bet was 35,000 to Ilich. He studied his opponent intently before opting to call.
His opponent quickly mucked while Ilich tabled 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | |
|
170,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
165,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
130,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
107,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
93,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
265,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
184,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000 | |
|
95,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
85,000 | |
|
75,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
65,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
48,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
We've just broken another table, and we followed Chris Tryba over to his new seat. He now resides in Seat 5 at Table 52, and it's a tough spot.
On Tryba's direct right is Brian Hastings, and they're sitting across the table from Jeremy McLaughlin in the nine seat. McLaughlin is well known in Atlantic City where he habitually crushes mid-level tournaments. He made a Circuit final table there in 2008, finishing in fourth place back when the buy-in was $5,000. Hastings is best known for his dominating online presence where he owns faces as "Stinger 88". And Tryba — well, he's best known for being a goofball and an all-around likable guy. He's also a guy who plays all the games pretty well, and he's got a couple WSOP final tables in Stud variations. Besides all that, he too is fairly well known around in Atlantic City, and he and McLaughlin traded a smirk across the table as Tryba took his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
105,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
50,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
While we were busy writing about him, Jeremy McLaughlin was busy winning a big pot. It may have been a double up even, because his count has increased to about 200,000 in the last few minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
With many thanks to Eric, Lori, and the staff at IMPDI, here's a round of photos from this Day 2.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
What do empty seats at John Riordan's table mean? More chips for last year's champion, now with about 770,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
770,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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