Turner and Hawkins Among the Leaders After Day 2 of $1,700 Main Event
After another 12 hours of poker, Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,700 Main Event has come to an end. The day began with 174 players returning to their seats but only 20 would survive to make the final day.
One of the big stacks heading into Day 2 with 2,480,000 chips is Dann Turner who is looking to record the largest cash of his career. Turner got things started early in the day when he worked his way up the leaderboard and it continued throughout the day. Turner has over $605,000 in career earnings with many of his cashes coming on the WSOP circuit.
Turner will only be looking up at Thomas Alcorn, who bagged the chip lead with 3,200,000. Alcorn only has two recorded cashes to his name and is widely considered to play the game as a hobby rather than professionally like many of his opponents. Alcorn proved on Day 2 that he could hang tough with the big boys and will be looking to do the same on Monday.
Some other notables moving on to the final day include Maurice Hawkins (2,015,000), Martin Kozlov (1,700,000), Rodney Seymour (1,260,000), and Asher Conniff (1,120,000). Hawkins is coming off a third-place finish in the WSOP Global Casino Championship and would like nothing more than to add another final table to his resume and potentially a 14th circuit ring.
Day 2 Action
When the action kicked off at 12 pm local time, the money bubble was on the minds of everyone still in the field, only 15 eliminations away. It came in a hurry and the hand-for-hand process wasn't even needed. Multiple eliminations occurred at the same time including that of David Jackson. His ace-king was cracked by AJ Kelsall's ace-jack, leaving the remaining 159 players a piece of the prize pool.
With a prize pool of over $1.6 million, the lion's share of the money is still up for grabs when the action resumes on Monday. While the winner will take home $271,234, the min-cash was worth $2,550. There were many notables who made some deep runs but faltered throughout the day.
In the largest pot of the tournament thus far, WSOP Global Casino Championship winner Ryan Eriquezzo found himself on the wrong side of a cooler. Eriquezzo held an overpair to the jack-high board but Kobie Wilkerson flopped a set of jacks. A two million-chip pot ensued as all of the chips got in the middle on the flop and Eriquezzo was unable to improve as he hit the payout desk. Things didn't end so well for Wilkerson, however, as he was eliminated in the last level of the day after losing a preflop flip.
It also wasn't a welcoming day for many of the chip leaders from the starting flights who made their way to the payout desk early on. Pete Theodocion (80th place), Elilton Gouveia (108th place), and Ryan D'Angelo (77th place) all entered the day at the top of the leaderboard but were unable to make a push to the finish. Vincent Moscati appeared to be on track early on, being the first player to reach the seven-figure mark, but a couple of big pots brought his day to an end in 35th place.
The remaining 18 players will return at noon on Monday for the final day where a new WSOP circuit ring will be awarded to the Main Event champion. The blinds will resume on level 27 at 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante. There will be a new redraw at 18 players and for the final table of nine players. The levels will continue to be 60 minutes in length with a 15-minute break after every two levels.
Be sure to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for all of the updates on route to a Main Event champion.