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

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 16:52 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts After Break

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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 16:39 UTC-7

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

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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

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-21-2019 16:23 UTC-7

Break Time

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Tyler Warken

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

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

12-21-2019 16:22 UTC-7

Hyon Kim Bubbles In Blind Vs Blind Cooler

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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 16:19 UTC-7

Lee Gets Paid on the River

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Tyler Warken

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 16:05 UTC-7

Hand For Hand

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Anthony Thompson

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

Players are in the hand for hand process as they are one spot away from the money.

12-21-2019 15:51 UTC-7

Elsby Doubles on the Bubble

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Tyler Warken

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

With 150,000 already in the pot Matthew Elsby moved all in for 117,000 from the big blind on a board reading . Katie Lindsay was in middle position and went into the tank for several minutes before tossing in a chip to call.

Matthew Elsby:

Elsby tabled a queen-high flush and collected the pot after Lindsay mucked her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Elsby	390,000 194,000	194,000

Katie Lindsay	110,000 126,500	126,500

Tags: Matthew Elsby Katie Lindsay

12-21-2019 15:45 UTC-7

Graner Wheels Whittle's Ladies Out the Door Three Spots from the Money

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Anthony Thompson

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

There was heads-up side pot action on a completed board of board between Stephen Graner from middle position and Jared Jaffee from the big blind with Jeffery Whittle already all in.

Jaffee lead out for 23,500 into a 60,000 pot and Graner raised to 130,000. Jaffee went into the tank for a few minutes and with a puzzled look on his face, mucked his hand.

Whittle tabled but it was no good as Graner rolled over for the nuts sending Whittle out the door just three spots from the money.