Main Event
Day 2 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 2
Official Start-of-Day 2 Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,600 | |
|
|
118,900 | |
|
|
113,500 | |
|
|
108,400 | |
|
|
107,100 | |
|
|
106,600 | |
|
|
106,000 | |
|
|
98,000 | |
|
|
92,900 | |
|
|
91,900 | |
|
|
89,300 | |
|
|
89,100 | |
|
|
82,500 | |
|
|
82,400 | |
|
|
81,800 | |
|
|
81,000 | |
|
|
80,500 | |
|
|
79,200 | |
|
|
78,900 | |
|
|
78,000 | |
|
|
76,000 | |
|
|
75,900 | |
|
|
74,700 | |
|
|
74,700 | |
|
|
72,400 |
Bianco Leads the Way Going into Day 2
Welcome back to Atlantic City! Yesterday, two flights of players ponied up the $1,675 entry fee to get into this tournament, and after nine levels of play, 270 players remain. The overwhelming chip leader coming into today is Benedetto Bianco, who bagged a whopping 174,600 chips. The next closest competitor, Gregory Mitchell, is almost 60,000 behind, as he bagged up 118,900. Mitchell led the way in the pack of Day 1b players.
Other big stacks who will be joining them today are Gary Bolden and Micah Raskin. Bolden won back-to-back Circuit rings at the Las Vegas Caesar’s stop last year, and will be looking to add a third to his collection in this tournament. He comes into today with 107,100. Raskin has been on a heater in 2013 so far, with two six-figure cashes, as well as a near $80k score in the Aussie Millions in January. He will bring an even 106,000 into today.
Joining these individuals are familiar faces Christian Harder (64,400), Mitch Schock (59,600), Ting Ho (53,500), Matt Glantz (42,200), Lee Childs (27,700), and Mark “Pegasus” Smith (33,000), who is looking to win his record tying 6th ring.
Anyone who did not play in and bust both of yesterday’s Day 1 flights can come in this morning and reenter before play starts. And of course if you didn’t enter yesterday, you still have that option as well. It’s worked out before. Last year, Freddy Deeb brought in on the morning of Day 2, and took his 20 big blinds all the way to the final table, where he defeated Circuit King Alex Masek heads up.
Play is set to get underway at noon Eastern Time, and the schedule says that we will play down to a final table today, or until 2 AM local time, whichever comes first. We here at Pokernews will provide all the updates from today’s Day 2, so get ready for the action!
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
The preliminary announcements have been completed and the first hands of Day 2 are being dealt. Adding in the last few re-entries and late registrants, the total number of players starting today's second day of play is 299.
Our first six levels today (Levels 10-15) will be 40 minutes each, then starting with Level 16 will go to one hour. The schedule plots a strategy either to play down to a final table of nine or to stop at 2 a.m., whichever comes first.
The Leong Run
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Christopher Leong began today having won two WSOP-C gold rings already this week in preliminary events here at Caesars Atlantic City. But he also started with one of the shortest stacks in the room among the nearly 300 players still battling for this ring.
Thus did Leong get to work right away, three-bet shoving his short stack from the blinds on both of his first two hands. Neither of those bets earned callers, but a few hands later he was open-pushing from middle position for about 17,000, then picked up one caller from the big blind.
Leong had 
this time while his opponent had 
, and when the board came eight-high — 
— Leong had doubled to climb back up out of the danger zone and ensure his Main Event run would continue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
35,000 | 23,000 |
Tran Takes Out Pollack
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Ryan Pollack entered the day with a short stack of just about 10 big blinds, but soon picked up a hand — 
— for which it was worth risking his tourney life. Alas for Pollack, Tony Tran was waiting for him with 
.
The board ran out 
, giving both players flushes but Tran's the better of the two, and Pollack is out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000 | 23,200 |
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Busted |
Bianco Still Trucking Along
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Benedetto came into today as the overwhelming chip leader, and it looks like he has no intentions of slowing down. We just walked by his table, and saw that he has padded his stack quite a bit. By our best estimation, he is now sitting on 205,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000 | 30,400 |
Sica Sunk, Leong Leaping Up
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Mike Sica began Day 2 sitting behind one of the room's shortest stacks, and unfortunately for the player known as "Little Man" he couldn't turn a little into a lot today, finding himself knocked out here at the end of Level 10.
Meanwhile Christopher Leong — who also began today with just a little — has enjoyed a much different first level. Just now he was involved again in a hand that had reached the flop with a pot of about 7,000 and the board showing 
.
Leong led for 2,600, his opponent raised to 13,000, then Leong shoved all in for about 34,000 total. His opponent thought a while, then let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,000 | 16,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100