Main Event Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Cherokee

08-11-2019 10:45 UTC-4

Day 2 Seating Assignments

Adam Lamers

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
10	1	Adam Wandler	427,000	85
10	2	Gene Harrill	285,000	57
10	3	Mark Somero	209,000	42
10	4	David Jackson	165,000	33
10	5	AJ Kelsall	248,000	50
10	6	Michael Cox	103,000	21
10	7	Dinh Ba	275,000	55
10	8	Adam Jones	185,000	37
10	9	Christopher Lackey	256,000	51

11	1	Asaf Benshushan	185,000	37
11	2	Leo Chen	253,000	51
11	3	Amy Haas	76,000	15
11	4	Aaron McEvoy	136,000	27
11	5	John Sherrool	100,000	20
11	6	Thu Le	144,000	29
11	7	Stanislav Angelov	334,000	67
11	8	Pete Theodocion	613,000	123
11	9	Jason Turck	56,000	11

12	1	Demetric Ferguson	359,000	72
12	2	Billy Cashwell	133,000	27
12	3	Dustin Holladay	110,000	22
12	4	Marius Conan	263,000	53
12	5	Juan Man	199,000	40
12	6	Dali Jonas	118,000	24
12	7	Vincent Ciarrocchi	217,000	43
12	8	William Romaine	78,000	16
12	9	David Juden	96,000	19

13	1	Joshua Huie	76,000	15
13	2	John Bowman	106,000	21
13	3	Chris Conrad	68,000	14
13	4	Avinash Koneru	87,000	17
13	5	Jeff Riberdy	76,000	15
13	6	Jay Blumenstook	290,000	58
13	7	Carlos Loving	446,000	89
13	8	Russell Sullivan	73,000	15
13	9	Vincent Moscati	540,000	108

14	1	Dann X	293,000	59
14	1	Nicholas Mandikos	262,000	52
14	2	Asher Conniff	248,000	50
14	3	Tyler Loftis	324,000	65
14	5	Julian Powell	109,000	22
14	6	Steven Grybas	184,000	37
14	7	Chris Lane	263,000	53
14	8	Jonathan Moseley	133,000	27
14	9	Brian Feck	81,000	16

15	1	Todd Millroy	323,000	65
15	2	Jon Lobland	98,000	20
15	3	Ken Aldridge	76,000	15
15	4	Spencer Taylor	289,000	58
15	5	Joseph Lamkin	51,000	10
15	6	Ryan Leng	195,000	39
15	7	Matthew Green	217,000	43
15	8	Tyler Payne	151,000	30
15	9	Forrest Raleigh	134,000	27

16	1	Greg Paryani	180,000	36
16	2	Larry Gurney	229,000	46
16	3	Ryan Brown	150,000	30
16	4	Stanley Lee	102,000	20
16	5	Kobie Wilkerson	441,000	88
16	6	Jason Underhill	287,000	57
16	7	Jimmy Ellington	300,000	60
16	8	Nicholas Schuman-Werb	156,000	31
16	9	Darren Martin	150,000	30

17	1	Joseph Russell	169,000	34
17	2	Martin Kozlov	236,000	47
17	3	Stephen Bierman	297,000	59
17	4	Ken Gurganus	147,000	29
17	5	Brian Clements	74,000	15
17	6	Milan Dragic	320,000	64
17	7	Daniel Lowery	159,000	32
17	8	Nicholas Gee	72,000	14
17	9	Mark Merritt	168,000	34

18	1	Andrew Campbell	128,000	26
18	2	Chi Tran	89,000	18
18	3	Erik Gonman	112,000	22
18	4	Joshua Martin	271,000	54
18	5	William Looper	42,000	8
18	6	Richard Seymour	203,000	41
18	7	Alesia Smith	72,000	14
18	8	Larry Slater	144,000	29
18	9	Robert Pound	69,000	14

19	1	Jonas Wexler	149,000	30
19	2	Vittorio Faricelli	51,000	10
19	3	Dennis Brand	367,000	73
19	4	Mike Wommack	171,000	34
19	5	Robert L. Gregory	360,000	72
19	6	Josh Meltzer	285,000	57
19	7	Joseph Crutchfield	118,000	24
19	8	Elilton Gouveia	543,000	109
19	9	Marshall White	146,000	29

20	1	Scott Drobes	425,000	85
20	2	Srikanth Yadlapati	117,000	23
20	3	Chris Carey	84,000	17
20	4	Sam Blankenship	114,000	23
20	5	Quinterol Mallette	385,000	77
20	6	Sean Troha	25,000	5
20	7	Josh Reichard	132,000	26
20	8	Jason Brauda	162,000	32
20	9	David Peay	109,000	22

21	1	Maurice Hawkins	483,000	97
21	2	Scott Sanders	404,000	81
21	3	Travis Dorsey	162,000	32
21	4	Kevin Parker	151,000	30
21	5	Norman Mckeldin	197,000	39
21	6	Nelson Robinson	98,000	20
21	7	Ed Yancey	31,000	6
21	8	Wayne Whittinghill	66,000	13
21	9	Jason Resha	181,000	36

22	1	Corey Bierra	475,000	95
22	2	William Oneal	130,000	26
22	3	Shawn Daniels	341,000	68
22	4	DJ Alexander	100,000	20
22	5	Brett Silverman	140,000	28
22	6	Thomas Alcorn	140,000	28
22	7	Robert Hankins	225,000	45
22	8	Scott Born	317,000	63
22	9	James Porter	124,000	25

23	2	Keith Woernle	188,000	38
23	3	Brad Albrinck	504,000	101
23	4	Michael Owen	49,000	10
23	5	Brad Wilson	130,000	26
23	6	Shawn Mcclanahan	211,000	42
23	7	Srinivasa Vadlamudi	33,000	7
23	8	Sonny Franco	296,000	59
23	9	Howard Setzer	249,000	50

24	1	Radwan Khuri	136,000	27
24	2	Donnie Phan	152,000	30
24	4	Tim Eller	46,000	9
24	5	Kate Reissner	147,000	29
24	6	Rob Reed	133,000	27
24	7	Scott Naylor	140,000	28
24	8	Steve Buell	147,000	29
24	9	Kelly Wolfe	72,000	14

25	1	Hank Sitton	119,000	24
25	3	Brian Pemberton	323,000	65
25	4	Antonio Payne	82,000	16
25	5	Richard Kelley Farrar	175,000	35
25	6	Nabil Abdulrahman	122,000	24
25	7	Lucuas Wise	133,000	27
25	8	Kendall Dalton	154,000	31
25	9	Robert Georato	159,000	32

26	2	Carl Norris	85,000	17
26	3	Irene Carey	100,000	20
26	4	Steven Flanigan	60,000	12
26	5	Rodney Seymour	137,000	27
26	6	Jesse Reckawitz	287,000	57
26	7	Kenneth Packer	202,000	40
26	8	Jonathan Hanner	106,000	21
26	9	Dang Tran	83,000	17

27	1	Randy Lowery	190,000	38
27	2	Brandon Livengood	170,000	34
27	3	Dennis Powell	249,000	50
27	4	Andrew Sexton	67,000	13
27	5	Adam Hendrix	180,000	36
27	6	James Garst	38,000	8
27	7	Ryan Eriquezzo	265,000	53
27	8	David DW Williams	158,000	32

28	1	William Kennedy	135,000	27
28	2	Clinton Eason	112,000	22
28	3	James Holland	62,000	12
28	4	Tu Nguyen	155,000	31
28	5	Kindah Sakkal	58,000	12
28	6	Daniel Magnuson	274,000	55
28	7	Christopher Underwood	195,000	39
28	8	Dwayne Pelham	191,000	38
28	9	Ryan D’Angelo	490,000	98

29	2	Greg Whittington	64,000	13
29	3	Paul Polo	56,000	11
29	4	Michael Hudson	141,000	28
29	5	Charles Johnson	102,000	20
29	6	Anthony Bart Bogart	109,000	22
29	7	William Watson	133,000	27
29	8	Akkina Murthy	197,000	39
29	9	Shawn Wheeting	45,000	9

Main Event

Day 2 Started

08-11-2019 10:49 UTC-4

Big Names Top Chip Counts as the Remaining 174 Play Into the Money On Busy Day 2

Jeff McMillan

It is time for Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Cherokee $1,700 Main Event. This tournament drew 1,057 total entries, exactly one more than last year in the same event. Of those who began, 174 players remain (59 from Flight A and 115 from Flight B) and will return to action at 12 p.m. local time to battle down to the elite stages of the event.

The chip leaders heading into day include several big WSOP circuit names. Pete Theodocion, tops the field as he brings an impressive count of 613,000 with him into Day 2. Circuit ring winner Elilton Gouveia is second in chips with 543,000. Vincent Mosacti, who is not far removed from his second place finish in the Choctaw Main Event comes in at third with 540,000 chips. Well known players Ryan D’Angelo (490,000) and thirteen time circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins (483,000) who is looking to make yet another deep run in Cherokee and recreate his 2016 victory here at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort.

Outside of the chip leaders a few of the other well known players who will compete on Day 2 include; Ryan Eriquezzo (265,000), Marius Conan (263,000) Martin Kozlov (236,000), and Richard Seymour (203,000).

Of the 174 players that remain, 159 of them will make the money. Meaning that the start of Day 2 will likely be tentative bubble play before the money threshold is reached early in the day, when the surviving players assure themselves at least the min cash of $2,550.

Play begins at 12 p.m. local time at level 17 with blinds at 2,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. Each level will be 60 minutes in length and a 15 minute break will be every two levels. There is no dinner break scheduled for Day 2 and play will conclude after ten levels with however many players are left standing.

Keep it locked here for all of the live updates throughout the entirety of Day 2 from your PokerNews live reporting team.

Tags: Elilton Gouveia Marius Conan Martin Kozlov Maurice Hawkins Richard Seymour Ryan Eriquezzo

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-11-2019 12:14 UTC-4

Moscati Arrives to Aces

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Vincent Moscati was a little late getting to his seat to start Day 2 but his timing couldn't have been any better. After arriving at the table, the cards were already spread out on the felt with Avinash Koneru at risk for around 90,000 chips.

Moscati had laid out in front of him and the board was favoring him as well. The board read and Moscati's set of aces was more than enough to eliminate Koneru from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Moscati	635,000	95,000
Avinash Koneru	Busted

Tags: Avinash Koneru Vincent Moscati

08-11-2019 12:19 UTC-4

Lowery Wins Three-Way Pot

Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of . After a couple of checks, Daniel Lowery was in position and on the button and bet 9,000. He was called by both Mark Merritt and Martin Kozlov.

The turn was the . Lowery bet 20,000 this time when it was checked to him and both of his opponents called again.

The river was the . This time Merritt led out with a bet of 60,000, Kozlov folded his hand and Lowery called.

Merritt turned over for trips but was bested by the better kicker as Lowery showed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Lowery	277,000	118,000
Martin Kozlov	207,000	-29,000
Mark Merritt	99,000	-69,000

Tags: Daniel Lowery Martin Kozlov

08-11-2019 12:26 UTC-4

Parker Hits the Turn and River to Double Through Hawkins

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action folded to Maurice Hawkins in the cutoff who made it 15,000 to go. Kevin Parker defended from the big blind and the flop came . Parker checked to Hawkins who continued for 22,000 and Parker check-raised all in for 143,000. Hawkins snap-called and the cards were tabled.

Kevin Parker:
Maurice Hawkins:

The turn brought the to give Parker the lead and the on the river improved him to a flush in order to double through Hawkins.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Parker	323,000	172,000
Maurice Hawkins	269,000	-214,000

Tags: Maurice Hawkins Kevin Parker

08-11-2019 12:36 UTC-4

Taylor Wins a Classic Flip

Adam Lamers

Level 17 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

After a couple of preflop raises, Spencer Taylor and Matthew Green got all of their chips in the middle in what was a massive pot. Green was the player at risk for just over 200,000 chips and the two players were flipping.

Spencer Taylor:
Matthew Green:

The flop of left Taylor in the lead with his pair of queens although Green picked up a straight draw. The on the turn narrowed Green's outs as Taylor picked up a flush draw. The river was the to give Taylor a flush and Green was ousted prior to the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spencer Taylor	560,000	271,000
Matthew Green	Busted

Tags: Matthew Green Spencer Taylor

08-11-2019 12:38 UTC-4

Mcclanahan Raises Flop to Force Two Out

Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a flop of , Sonny Franco bet 15,000. Brad Wilson called. Shawn Mcclanahan then raised to 42,000.

Franco went deep into the tank, considering the raise and the two players still in the hand. Eventually the clock was called on him and he folded as the seconds ticked down. Wilson also folded after he thought for about ten seconds and Mcclanahan took in the pot right before the money bubble broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	275,000	-21,000
Shawn McClanahan	245,000	34,000
Brad Wilson	108,000	-22,000

Tags: Sonny Franco

08-11-2019 12:41 UTC-4

Chen Overbets the Big Stack

Jeff McMillan

Level 17 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the river the board read . Leo Chen announced a big bet of 70,000 and then cut out the chips into a pot of close to 50,000. His opponent who was left to consider the bet was the start if day chip leader Pete Theodocion who thought about it for a few seconds but relented his hand fairly quickly to the bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Theodocion	590,000	-23,000
Leo Chen	275,000	22,000

Tags: Leo Chen Pete Theodocion