$1,700 Main Event
Day 2 Started
2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 2
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Name | Chip Count | Table | Seat | ||
| Scott | Anderson | 103,000 | 3 | 1 | |
| Kirk | Kuykendoff | 314,000 | 3 | 2 | |
| Charles | Davis | 431,000 | 3 | 3 | |
| Richard | Seymour | 311,000 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake | Bazeley | 102,000 | 3 | 5 | |
| Hannah | Guthrie | 226,000 | 3 | 6 | |
| Lee | Broquet | 333,000 | 3 | 7 | |
| Clinton | Cartwright | 120,000 | 3 | 8 | |
| Fikret | Kovac | 454,000 | 3 | 9 | |
| James | Gilbert | 230,000 | 4 | 1 | |
| Taylor | Deane | 102,000 | 4 | 2 | |
| Charles | Johnson | 135,000 | 4 | 3 | |
| Bud | Gibson | 212,000 | 4 | 4 | |
| Michael | McKinney | 480,000 | 4 | 5 | |
| Leo | Chen | 369,000 | 4 | 6 | |
| Garry | Simms | 389,000 | 4 | 7 | |
| John | Michalak | 298,000 | 4 | 8 | |
| Peter | Vitantonio | 164,000 | 4 | 9 | |
| Nate | Bandy | 270,000 | 5 | 1 | |
| David | Lindquist | 226,000 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mack | Ham | 75,000 | 5 | 3 | |
| Abdul | Amer | 402,000 | 5 | 4 | |
| Joe | Mandia | 66,000 | 5 | 5 | |
| Joseph | Gonzalez | 70,000 | 5 | 6 | |
| Michael | Cooper | 83,000 | 5 | 7 | |
| Alex | Burney | 372,000 | 5 | 8 | |
| Sara | Stohler | 330,000 | 5 | 9 | |
| Hong | Wang | 246,000 | 10 | 1 | |
| Carlos | Cerrero | 228,000 | 10 | 2 | |
| Francis | Anderson | 70,000 | 10 | 3 | |
| David | Jackson | 366,000 | 10 | 4 | |
| Thad | McNulty | 124,000 | 10 | 5 | |
| Daniel | Perkins | 300,000 | 10 | 6 | |
| Daniel | Burns | 79,000 | 10 | 7 | |
| Gregory | Masters | 151,000 | 10 | 8 | |
| Brandon | Miller | 112,000 | 10 | 9 | |
| Scott | Davis | 151,000 | 11 | 1 | |
| Ross | Ward | 242,000 | 11 | 2 | |
| Aaron | Lasater | 63,000 | 11 | 3 | |
| Jeremiah | Fitzpatrick | 145,000 | 11 | 4 | |
| Ralph | Massey | 102,000 | 11 | 5 | |
| Ekrem | Bozkurt | 179,000 | 11 | 6 | |
| Kyle | Cartwright | 135,000 | 11 | 7 | |
| Joshua | Palmer | 288,000 | 11 | 8 | |
| Brian | Feck | 205,000 | 11 | 9 | |
| William | Watson | 136,000 | 12 | 1 | |
| Chris | Trotter | 217,000 | 12 | 2 | |
| Randall | Rothwell | 366,000 | 12 | 3 | |
| Dave | Lebrun | 162,000 | 12 | 4 | |
| Toby | Boas | 70,000 | 12 | 5 | |
| Michael | Kassem | 60,000 | 12 | 6 | |
| David | Roper | 20,000 | 12 | 7 | |
| Matt | Ernst | 193,000 | 12 | 8 | |
| Joshua | Wilcox | 176,000 | 12 | 9 | |
| Daniel | Starkey | 51,000 | 13 | 1 | |
| Nabil | Abdulrahman | 124,000 | 13 | 2 | |
| Timothy | Stanczak | 176,000 | 13 | 3 | |
| Daniel | Vitek | 244,000 | 13 | 4 | |
| Jesse | Carter | 81,000 | 13 | 5 | |
| Kelly | Hunsucker | 230,000 | 13 | 6 | |
| Steve | Karp | 233,000 | 13 | 7 | |
| Erik | Gorman | 141,000 | 13 | 8 | |
| Alan | Lipson | 34,000 | 13 | 9 | |
| Robert | Moreno | 94,000 | 16 | 1 | |
| Jon | Hoellein | DNR | 16 | 2 | |
| Cary | Dukes | 305,000 | 16 | 3 | |
| Ricardo | Eyzaguirre | 167,000 | 16 | 4 | |
| Bernard | Dennis | 198,000 | 16 | 5 | |
| Stephen | Anderson | 63,000 | 16 | 6 | |
| Kyriakos | Katsamperi | 98,000 | 16 | 7 | |
| Ronnie | Day | 232,000 | 16 | 8 | |
| Richard | Langdon | 168,000 | 16 | 9 | |
| Gabe | Woody | 104,000 | 17 | 1 | |
| Fred | Bell | 78,000 | 17 | 2 | |
| Chris | Davis | 60,000 | 17 | 3 | |
| Preston | McEwan | 472,000 | 17 | 4 | |
| LaVann | Williams | 219,000 | 17 | 5 | |
| Dala | Jones | 82,000 | 17 | 6 | |
| Andrew | Brokos | 103,000 | 17 | 7 | |
| Demetric | Ferguson | 60,000 | 17 | 8 | |
| Wade | Derryberry | 114,000 | 17 | 9 | |
| Stephen | Brown | 163,000 | 18 | 1 | |
| Hamid | Izadi | 108,000 | 18 | 2 | |
| Josh | Snodgrass | 324,000 | 18 | 3 | |
| Daryl | Norman | 215,000 | 18 | 4 | |
| Heath | Claxton | 66,000 | 18 | 5 | |
| Jeffery | Revell | 228,000 | 18 | 6 | |
| Justin | Hoffman | 84,000 | 18 | 7 | |
| Scott | Maylor | 88,000 | 18 | 8 | |
| Seth | Washington | 72,000 | 18 | 9 | |
| Justin | Lapka | 235,000 | 19 | 1 | |
| Michael | Klein | 128,000 | 19 | 2 | |
| Steve | B | 151,000 | 19 | 3 | |
| Woody | Vanstratum | 185,000 | 19 | 4 | |
| Jordan | Long | 111,000 | 19 | 5 | |
| Dan | Lowery | 451,000 | 19 | 6 | |
| Jeff | Riberdy | 110,000 | 19 | 7 | |
| Abdoulrahim | Kazerouni | 315,000 | 19 | 8 | |
| Maurice | Hawkins | 440,000 | 19 | 9 | |
| Pratik | Patel | 71,000 | 20 | 1 | |
| Ryan | Jones | 104,000 | 20 | 2 | |
| Caleb | King | 233,000 | 20 | 3 | |
| Russ | Head | 195,000 | 20 | 4 | |
| Lloyd | Thongdee | 142,000 | 20 | 5 | |
| Deano | Baskin | 201,000 | 20 | 6 | |
| Anes | Kovacevic | 166,000 | 20 | 7 | |
| Mike | Thibodeaux | 65,000 | 20 | 8 | |
| Michael | Owens | 271,000 | 20 | 9 | |
| Sam | Coe | 68,000 | 22 | 1 | |
| Ed | Auslander | 73,000 | 22 | 2 | |
| Daniel | Vo | 100,000 | 22 | 3 | |
| Michael | Scarborough | 273,000 | 22 | 4 | |
| Brett | Silverman | 124,000 | 22 | 5 | |
| Tyler | Payne | 26,000 | 22 | 6 | |
| Spencer | Champlin | 215,000 | 22 | 7 | |
| Eric | Fields | 265,000 | 22 | 8 | |
| Tommy | Vu | 144,000 | 22 | 9 | |
| Jason | Hill | 236,000 | 23 | 1 | |
| Steven | Snyder | 80,000 | 23 | 2 | |
| Adam | Wandler | 222,000 | 23 | 3 | |
| Gregory | Whittington | 280,000 | 23 | 4 | |
| Maciek | Gracz | 254,000 | 23 | 5 | |
| Ken | Aldridge | 359,000 | 23 | 6 | |
| David | Attride | 399,000 | 23 | 7 | |
| Adam | Velez | 136,000 | 23 | 9 | |
| Tony | Brabble | 77,000 | 24 | 1 | |
| Thomas | Newton | 378,000 | 24 | 2 | |
| John | Gallaher | 78,000 | 24 | 3 | |
| Peter | Forsstrom | 54,000 | 24 | 4 | |
| Aaron | Massey | 240,000 | 24 | 5 | |
| Benjamin | Miner | 85,000 | 24 | 6 | |
| Nilesh | Choudhary | 161,000 | 24 | 7 | |
| Michael | Travars | 181,000 | 24 | 8 | |
| Warren | Sheaves | 95,000 | 24 | 9 | |
| Hank | Sitton | 165,000 | 25 | 1 | |
| Chris | Taylor | 127,000 | 25 | 2 | |
| Dennis | Powell | 212,000 | 25 | 3 | |
| Scott | Harris | 73,000 | 25 | 4 | |
| Ryan | Brown | 212,000 | 25 | 5 | |
| Marshall | White | 261,000 | 25 | 6 | |
| Allen | Bennett | 120,000 | 25 | 7 | |
| John | Van Arnam | 80,000 | 25 | 8 | |
| Stephen | Copeland | 213,000 | 25 | 9 | |
| David | Prociak | 407,000 | 26 | 1 | |
| Joshua | Cranfill | 162,000 | 26 | 2 | |
| Nicholas | Marsico | 141,000 | 26 | 3 | |
| Tyler | Phillips | 97,000 | 26 | 4 | |
| Kevin | Johnson | 179,000 | 26 | 5 | |
| Kendall | Frazier | 188,000 | 26 | 6 | |
| Ben | Petrillo | 186,000 | 26 | 7 | |
| Shawn | Smith | 38,000 | 26 | 8 | |
| Mike | DeGilio | 48,000 | 26 | 9 | |
| Michael | Singleton | 56,000 | 27 | 1 | |
| Asaf | Benshushan | 214,000 | 27 | 2 | |
| Chris | Barton | 148,000 | 27 | 3 | |
| Steve | Jungmann | 61,000 | 27 | 4 | |
| Thomas | Williams | 190,000 | 27 | 5 | |
| Jeff | Cunningham | 263,000 | 27 | 6 | |
| Matthew | Higgins | 75,000 | 27 | 7 | |
| Dane | Cass | 222,000 | 27 | 8 | |
| Lawrence | Broone | 176,000 | 27 | 9 | |
| Jeannine | Dunbar | 285,000 | 32 | 8 |
Petrillo Takes Huge Stack Into Day 2 With McEwen, Lowery, and Hawkins Amongst the Leaders
Everything is set for Day 2 of the Harrah’s Cherokee Main Event to get underway at 12 p.m. local time here in Cherokee, NC. The action will be hot and heavy as 162 players return to the felt to battle down to the money bubble at 150 and beyond until reaching the elite stages late in the day.
Entering the day as chip leader will be Ben Petrillo with a staggering chip stack of 768,000, which is good for well over 100 big blinds to begin the day. He brings back a sizable lead after bagging the massive stack on Day 1b
Second in chips to start the day will be Day 1a chip leader Michael McKinney with 480,000. He is closely followed by Preston McEwen with 472,000 and Fikret Kovac who has 454,000.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| # | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
| 1 | Ben Petrillo | Athens, TN | 768,000 |
| 2 | Michael McKinney | -- | 480,000 |
| 3 | Preston McEwen | Nashville,TN | 472,000 |
| 4 | Fikret Kovac | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 454,000 |
| 5 | Dan Lowery | Peter Pender, AR | 451,000 |
| 6 | Maurice Hawkins | West Palm Beach, FL | 440,000 |
| 7 | Charles Davis | -- | 431,000 |
| 8 | David Prociak | Winter Park, FL | 407,000 |
| 9 | Abdul Amer | Columbus, OH | 402,000 |
| 10 | David Attride | Marietta, GA | 399,000 |
The top of the chip counts are littered with WSOP Circuit rings as two of the most successful WSOPc players are among the top stacks on Day 2. Nine-time circuit ring winner Dan Lowery has a sizable stack of 451,000 and right on his heels is all-time ring winner leader Maurice Hawkins who brings in a stack of 440,000 with him today.
There are many well known names still remaining in the field of 162 including, Richard Seymour (311,000), Aaron Massey (240,000), Spencer Champlin (215,000) and defending champion Jake Bazeley (102,000).
Play begins 1t 12 p.m. local time. The money bubble is expected to hit early and the action will only heat up from there. Levels are now 60 minutes in length. Breaks will be every two levels, with a dinner break up to the discretion of the tournament director during the day. Play will continue all the way until the end of level 26, accounting for roughly 10 hours of poker.
Make sure to keep yourself glued to PokerNews, who will follow all the action, track the eliminations and payouts, monitor the big hands and keep you up to date of the latest chip counts throughout Day 2.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 2 is underway with 38 minutes remaining in level 16
Newton Gets Value From Sheaves
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action was on the river after both players committed chips to the middle on the turn.
The board read 
. Thomas Newton bet 22,000 into a pot of roughly the same amount. Warren Sheaves thought for about 10 seconds before calling.
Newton showed the 
for a set and Sheaves mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | 47,000 |
|
62,000 | -33,000 |
Lowery Pops Raise
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the turn the board read 
. Dan Lowery was looking at a bet of about 17,000 in front of him.
Lowery quickly raised to 40,000 which caused his opponent to muck his hand. The pot was pushed towards Lowery as he gained some chips early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 24,000 |
Amer Raises River
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The board read 
. Mack Ham made a bet of 8,000 into the pot.
Abdul Amer waited a moment before making a big raise to what looked like close to 40,000. Ham quickly folded and Amer gathered in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
428,000 | 26,000 |
|
52,000 | -23,000 |
Jackson Forces Out Perkins
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The board read 
on the turn. Daniel Perkins bet 31,000 over to his opponent David Jackson.
Jackson grabbed a handful of chips and tossed them in the middle for a sizable raise to what looked like close to 100,000. But before the bet amount could be verified Perkins quickly threw his hand away to give Jackson the boost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000 | 39,000 |
|
270,000 | -30,000 |
Money Bubble Breached
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After a short bubble with no hand-for-hand play needed, the money bubble has been breached and all remaining players are now going to go home with a payday.