$1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas

12-21-2019 16:19 UTC-7

Lee Gets Paid on the River

TylerWarken

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a board reading Jimmy Lee bet 46,000 into a pot of 120,000.The action was now on Michael Rossitto in the small blind and he thought for several minutes before putting in the chips to call.

Jimmy Lee:

Lee tabled a flopped flush to take down the pot. Rossitto was left with just 60,000 and the action is still hand for hand on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Lee	550,000 271,000	271,000
Michael Rossitto	60,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tags: Michael Rossitto Jimmy Lee

12-21-2019 16:22 UTC-7

Hyon Kim Bubbles In Blind Vs Blind Cooler

Anthony Thompson

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Hyon Kim open-jammed for roughly 70,000 from the small blind and was called by chip leader Adam Owen from the big.

Hyon Kim:
Adam Owen:

Kim picked up a premium hand but at the wrong time as Owen held a better one and the runout ended Kim's tournament on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	1,200,000 300,000	300,000
Hyon Kim	Busted

Tags: Adam Owen Hyon Kim

12-21-2019 16:23 UTC-7

Break Time

TylerWarken

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The remaining players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-21-2019 16:39 UTC-7

Haresh Thaker Wins Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold'em

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.

In Event #2: $400 NLH, 219 runners created a $75,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 34 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael Hanelin (11th - $1,243), Mike Shin (17th - $904), Jason Seitz (20th - $797), Arkadiy Tsinis (27th - $668), and Melissa Bryne (33rd - $604).

In the end, it was United Kingdom native Haresh Thaker who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $17,520 payday.

Thaker survived a final table that included five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Steve Foutty and he also survived a grueling three-handed battle against Jaime Edmondson Longoria and Ryan Dodd that lasted more than two hours long.

Thaker's only other career World Series of Poker cash came in 2014 when he finished in 8th place and just two spots shy of the final table in the $1,500 10-Game Mix 6-Handed event at the World Series of Poker at the Rio.

As soon as Thaker was pushed the final winning pot, he max late-registered in Event #3: $600 No-Limit Hold'em to try to keep his winning momentum going. Event #3 also missed its guarantee by a few thousand dollars.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Haresh Thaker	London, United Kingdom	$17,520
2	Ryan Dodd	Runnemede, New Jersey	$10,823
3	Jaime Edmondson Longoria	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	$7,676
4	Steve Foutty	Las Vegas, Nevada	$5,555
5	Isidro Sifuentes	Houston, Texas	$4,102
6	Victor Pang	Foster City, California	$3,093
7	Sterling Lopez	Anchorage, Arkansas	$2,383
8	Jared Kingsbury	Portland, Oregon	$1,876
9	Jeffrey Davis	Oakland, California	$1,510

12-21-2019 16:52 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After Break

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Jaffee	410,000 30,000	30,000

Nitis Udornpim	390,000 -20,000	-20,000

Eric Salazar	310,000 76,000	76,000
Matthew Elsby	300,000 -90,000	-90,000

Benjamin Craig	260,000 60,000	60,000
Allen Kessler	240,000 26,500	26,500

Kevin Gerhart	200,000 48,500	48,500

Chris Ferguson	160,000 63,500	63,500

Katie Lindsay	100,000 -10,000	-10,000
Brian Altman	82,000 35,500	35,500

Jim Collopy	80,000 -135,500	-135,500

Joe McKeehen	75,000 -62,500	-62,500

Everett Carlton	70,000 -8,500	-8,500
Ben Keeline	63,000 -58,500	-58,500
Brock Wilson	60,000 -8,500	-8,500

Ben Yu	Busted

12-21-2019 16:57 UTC-7

Another Round of Chip Counts

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Graner	700,000 300,000	300,000

Raul Martinez	600,000 100,000	100,000
Aaron Massey	600,000 138,000	138,000
Terry Fleischer	500,000 83,000	83,000
Vinny Pahuja	410,000 42,500	42,500
Gueorgui Gantchev	400,000 294,000	294,000
Mike Leah	400,000 120,000	120,000

Dylan Linde	350,000 205,500	205,500

Robert Mizrachi	290,000 204,000	204,000

Matt Affleck	260,000 179,500	179,500
Mark Liedtke	250,000 36,000	36,000
Asher Conniff	200,000 80,500	80,500

12-21-2019 17:03 UTC-7

Graner Eliminates Gochoco

TylerWarken

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Justin Gochoco moved all in for his last 57,000 from the hijack Asher Conniff called from the cutoff and Stephen Graner moved all in over the top on the button. Conniff took some time before he eventually sent his hand into the muck.

Stephen Graner:
Justin Gochoco:

There was an ace in the window, but the flop also gave Graner a set. The turn gave Gochoco just two outs headed to a river card and he was unable to hit it as the completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Graner	600,000

Asher Conniff	200,000

Justin Gochoco	Busted

Tags: Asher Conniff Justin Gochoco Stephen Graner

12-21-2019 17:11 UTC-7

Eliminated 91st-100th ($2,555)

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

These players have been recently eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McDermott	Busted
Jake Schwartz	Busted

Ben Yu	Busted

Walter Bell	Busted
Michael Marder	Busted
Tim Acker	Busted
Richard Bai	Busted
Bryan Piccioli	Busted

Carlos Garcia	Busted
Michael Marks	Busted

12-21-2019 17:19 UTC-7

Sinishtaj With a Double Knockout

TylerWarken

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Christopher Ocksrider moved all in for 42,000 from the cutoff and Jeremiah Finley tossed his last 20,000 in from the small blind. Tony Sinishtaj was in the big blind and quickly called.

Jeremiah Finley:
Christopher Ocksrider:
Tony Sinishtaj: