Welcome Back for Day 2 of the $1,700 Main Event
There will be 79 players returning to the felt for Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica $1,700 Main Event. After two starting flights that attracted a total of 491 entries, both days played down to a minimum of 16% of the field.
Leading the way when the players take their seats will be Christopher Miller from Decatur, Alabama. It was quite the day for the amateur player who has yet to record a cash according to the Hendon Mob, as Miller bagged up a whopping 514,000 chips. He is well ahead of his next closest competitor Stephan Nussrallah with 387,000 chips.
They will have their hands full with a very strong field looking to chase them down in order to reach the final table. Some of the big names to keep an eye on as the day unfolds include Greg Jennings (326,000), Scott Stewart (305,000), Warren Sheaves (224,000), and defending champion Kyle Cartwright (204,000).
It will be an exciting start the day as the field is only five eliminations from bursting the money bubble. There will be 74 places paid with a min-cash being worth $2,777. While that will be the first goal for many of the players, they will all have their sights set on the first-place prize of $144,313.
The action will get underway at 12 p.m. local time with around 15 minutes remaining in level 16 at 2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 big blind ante. After that, the schedule will consist of ten 60-minute levels or until the final table is reached. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level of the day.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on site to bring you all of the updates from the first pitch of the cards until the final table is formed.
and Kelley checked to Bartlett who tossed in a continuation bet. Kelley check-raised to 40,000 only to have Bartlett shove all in for 217,000. Kelley quickly called and the cards were tabled once all of the other action was completed.
on the turn was safe for Bartlett but it was the 
on the river that gave Kelley a flush. Bartlett exited the tournament as the bubble boy and the remaining 74 players have all locked up a min-cash of $2,777.
and what an action flop it was. It checked to Blake Barousse in the cutoff who bet 64,000 and only Earle Schwarz called on his right.
landed on the turn and Schwarz checked again. Barousse announced all in and Schwarz wasted no time in calling off his stack of just under 300,000. Schwarz flipped over 
for top pair and a flush draw and Barousse needed some help with 
.
. Miller announced all in for 241,000 and Stewart asked for a count before dipping into the think tank. After a couple of minutes, Stewart called and the cards were tabled.
run-out proved to be safe for Stewart who barely had the start-of-day chipleader covered.
left Whittington in the lead. The 
. With around 200,000 in the middle already, Douglas check-called a bet from Cartwright to see the 
for a set of eights while Douglas was drawing to two outs with 
all but left Sablotny drawing dead. The 
on the turn gave Henderson some extra outs but the 
on the river ended his run in this tournament.