Evan Bethyo raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, and Josh Yoo three-bet shoved for 580,000 in the small blind. Bethyo tanked for a minute, then flicked a single chip in the pot to call.
Josh Yoo:
Evan Bethyo:
Bethyo found a set on the flop, but Yoo picked up a gutshot on the turn to stay alive. The river gave Bethyo a full house and sent Yoo to the rail.
From a starting field of 989 players over two starting flights, only 184 returned to the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond $1,700 Main Event for Day 2 action in the conference center. After ten one-hour levels of play, only 17 remained in contention, with Evan Bethyo holding a commanding chip lead over the rest of the field with a 5,165,000 stack coming back for Day 3.
Bethyo, who started the day in 31st place, spent the latter levels of the day ramping up the aggression, taking out Chris Karambinis (23rd - $9,592) and Josh Yoo (20th - $11,472) to contend for the chip lead. Bethyo then scored the last elimination of the day, when his ace-four found a four on the flop to stop Ala Aqel (18th - $13,862) from returning for the final day.
Nearly two million chips separate Bethyo from his closest opponent, as Patrick Steele (3,350,000) and Firas Sadou (2,695,000) round out the top three stacks. Other notables left in the pack include 12-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Josh Reichard (1,985,000), Jake Bazeley (1,355,000), Giedrius Bagdonas (825,000) and David Jackson (255,000).
Day 3 Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Name
Chip Count
Big Blinds
87
1
Sachin Bhargava
2,250,000
56
87
3
David Jackson
255,000
6
87
4
Bryan Skreens
415,000
10
87
5
Jake Bazeley
1,355,000
34
87
6
Patrick Steele
3,350,000
84
87
7
Casey Carroll
1,725,000
43
87
8
Nicola Ditrapani
935,000
23
87
9
Evan Bethyo
5,165,000
129
81
1
Hussain Sajwani
2,260,000
57
81
2
Gregory Wilson
2,480,000
62
81
3
Giedrius Bagdonas
825,000
21
81
4
Shiva Dudani
835,000
21
81
5
Tom Bouziden
1,025,000
26
81
6
William Webb
425,000
11
81
7
Voytek Glab
1,690,000
42
81
8
Firas Sadou
2,695,000
67
81
9
Josh Reichard
1,985,000
50
Day 2 Action
34 players would walk away empty-handed from the 184 that started the day, and Mike Shin, Tim Vance, and Paul Elfelt all found themselves on the outside looking in of a payday. Ralph Massey ended up being the unfortunate bubble boy, the result of his pocket kings being cracked on the flop by the Big Slick of Ryan Jones, and the remaining 149 players were all in the money.
Notable players that walked home with a chunk of the prize pool include Jamey Kramer (19th - $11,472), John Sun (31st - $5,976), Alex Ziskin (38th - $4,601), Craig Trost (48th - $4,105), Nadya Magnus (55th - $3,704), Chad Holloway (90th - $2,914), and defending champ Ravi Raghavan (97th - $2,753).
Day 3 will kick off at Noon local time on Monday, March 2nd, at the start of Level 26 (20,000/40,000/40,000). Play will continue until a winner is crowned. Be sure to stay tuned right here to PokerNews as we determine which of the 17 remaining players will walk out of Horseshoe Hammond with $258,078 a coveted WSOPC ring, and a seat at the 2020 WSOPC Global Championship!