$1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Tunica

01-26-2020 18:34 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephan Nussrallah	Busted
Chad Chisholm	Busted
Sayed Jafari	Busted
Parker Drew	Busted
Scott Funk	Busted
Eric Linderman	Busted
Cody Coffman	Busted
Yousef Saleh	Busted
Edward Allen	Busted
Charlie Dawson	Busted

Charles Davis	Busted
Larry James	Busted
Stephen Bayless	Busted
Darren Myers	Busted
Adrian Mableton	Busted
B.J. McBrayer	Busted
Timothy Miles	Busted
Spencer Taylor	Busted
Rodney Hobbs	Busted
Fred Smith	Busted
Chris Hight	Busted
Tim Burt	Busted
Michael Moffitt	Busted
Jim Jennings	Busted
William Stanford	Busted

Piccioli Loses Some Chips

Adam Lamers

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action folded around to Bryan Piccioli in the small blind who opted to just limp in. Chad Smith checked his option and the flop came . Smith checked out of turn which may have given Piccioli the green light to start betting. Piccioli tossed in a bet of 15,000 and Smith called.

The turn brought the and Piccioli sized up a bet of 60,000 this time. Smith announced all in and Piccioli instantly threw his cards to the muck.

"I just lost some unnecessary chips," Piccioli said to his friend. "That out of turn check messed me up."

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Smith	1,000,000 110,000	110,000
Bryan Piccioli	176,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Bryan Piccioli Chad Smith

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-26-2020 17:53 UTC-5

Break Time

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The remaining 28 players are heading on another 15-minute break.

01-26-2020 17:44 UTC-5

Corda Doubles Through Matthews

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

H.B. Slobotny opened to 20,000 from under the gun and was called by Michal McKuin on his left. Clifford Matthews was next to act and bumped it up to 40,000. Jacob Corda called from the big blind as did Slobotny but McKuin laid his hand down.

The flop fell and Corda jammed all in for his last 85,000 chips. Slobotny quickly folded and Matthews flicked in a single chip to call. Corda turned over for a flush draw while Matthews held for top pair.

The on the turn changed nothing but it was the on the river that gave Corda a flush and more than a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clifford Matthews	430,000 320,000	320,000
Jacob Corda	325,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Clifford Matthews Jacob Corda

01-26-2020 17:41 UTC-5

Stewart Bounces Miller from the Tournament

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Scott Stewart made it 20,000 to go from the cutoff and Christopher Miller three-bet to 110,000 from the big blind. Stewart called and the dealer fanned the flop of . 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.

Scott Stewart:
Christopher Miller:

Stewart made the right call and now it was all up to the fate of the cards. The and run-out proved to be safe for Stewart who barely had the start-of-day chipleader covered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Stewart	720,000 78,000	78,000

Christopher Miller	Busted

Tags: Scott Stewart Christopher Miller

01-26-2020 17:38 UTC-5

McKuin Hero-Calls with Ace-High

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Michael McKuin opened to 30,000 in middle position and was called by Clifford Matthews on his left and Adam Todd in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.

Todd led out with a bet of 45,000 and only McKuin stuck around to see the on the river. Todd slid out another bet of 105,000 and McKuin snapped him off. Todd showed for air while McKuin held for ace-high to earn the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael McKuin	954,000 736,000	736,000
Adam Todd	265,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Adam Todd Clifford Matthews Michael McKuin

01-26-2020 17:22 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clifford Matthews	750,000 80,000	80,000
Matthew Higgins	735,000 285,000	285,000
Blake Whittington	735,000 115,000	115,000

Harry Sablotny	653,000 357,000	357,000
Kataka Eaton	645,000 405,000	405,000
Lytle Allen	575,000 390,000	390,000
James Todd Osborne	568,000 33,000	33,000
Kelvin Douglas	565,000 496,000	496,000
Adam Todd	520,000 115,000	115,000
Reyna Binkley	517,000 257,000	257,000
Walker Miskelly	475,000 272,000	272,000
Greg Jennings	430,000 17,000	17,000
Bryant Kelley	420,000 150,000	150,000
Trace Henderson	395,000 115,000	115,000
Christopher Miller	385,000 155,000	155,000
Stephan Nussrallah	375,000 200,000	200,000
Kyle Cartwright	284,000 196,000	196,000

01-26-2020 17:19 UTC-5

Thomas Doubles Through Cartwright

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Benjamin Thomas opened to 22,000 in early position and was called by Blake Whittington a couple of seats over. Kyle Cartwright stuck in a three-bet to 76,000 on the button and Thomas replied with a four-bet shove for 159,000. Whittington quickly folded and Cartwright confirmed the count before making the call.

Benjamin Thomas:
Kyle Cartwright:

The flop of gave Cartwright a straight draw to go along with his one overcard. However, the on the turn and the on the river was not enough for him as Thomas scored the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Cartwright	480,000 70,000	70,000

Benjamin Thomas	345,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Benjamin Thomas Blake Whittington Kyle Cartwright

01-26-2020 17:04 UTC-5

Straight Flush Launches Barousse Into the Lead

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Benjamin Thomas opened to 17,000 from under the gun and picked up four callers along the way. Five players saw a flop of 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.

The 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 .

The river brought the which gave Schwarz a flush but Barousse improved to a straight flush. "That's sick," some players at the table agreed. The monster pot sent Schwarz to the payout desk and moved Barousse to the top of the leaderboard.