The WSOP has now released the official seat assignments for Saturday's second round in Event #11, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. the 36 players still in action will be seated as follows:
TABLE 1
Seat # Player:
1 Evan McNiff
2 John Murphy
3 Eugene Katchalov
4 Thomas Roupe
5 Joe Sebok
6 William Palmer
TABLE 2
Seat # Player:
1 Mats Gavatin
2 Pier Ruscalla
3 Christopher Howard
4 Leo Wolpert
5 Maciek Gracz
6 Jacobo Fernandez
TABLE 3
Seat # Player:
1 Isaac Haxton
2 Greg Mueller
3 Burt Boutin
4 Adam Levy
5 Paul Roper
6 Ryan Thurlow
TABLE 4
Seat # Player:
1 Tony G
2 Robert Firestone
3 Sirous Jamshidi
4 Elton Beebe
5 Alex Jacob
6 John Monnette
TABLE 5
Seat # Player:
1 John Juanda
2 Eric Froehlich
3 Andrey Zaichenko
4 Gabriel Costner
5 Timothy West
6 Erik Seidel
TABLE 6
Seat # Player:
1 Biechel Remy
2 Gregg Turk
3 William Blanda
4 Phil Tom
5 Richard Kirsch
6 Ariel Schneller
Each player starts Round 2 with 100,000 in chips. Action resumes at 2pm from the Amazon Room, with the latest updates right here at PokerNews.
It was a short day for some, and a long, long one for others. Eleven-and-a-half hours after the first cards went in the air, Gregg Turk finally took the last of Matt Sterling's chips, and all six of our six-handed tables for tomorrow's Round 2 of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout were finally set.
360 entered the event, and a number of notables did not make it through to the second round, including Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, David Benyamine, Mike Sexton, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Humberto Brenes, Phil Laak, Bill Chen, and Andy Bloch. Two 2008 WSOP bracelet winners didn't make it through Round 1: Nenad Medic (Event No. 1 winner) and Erick Lindgren (Event No. 4 winner). And Phil Hellmuth was busted as well after running his pocket kings into John Juanda's pocket aces.
Round Two will play much like today's round, with each of the tables playing down to a single winner who will then play at Sunday's six-handed final table. Players will be starting the second round with 100,000 chips, with blinds beginning at 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante.
Several tough players will be returning tomorrow, including Burt Boutin, Eric Froehlich, Michael Gracz, Tony G, Isaac Haxton, Alex Jacob, Sirous Jamshidi, John Juanda, Greg Mueller, Joe Sebok, and Erik Seidel.
Everyone who survived to tomorrow is guaranteed $16,920 for winning their tables today. Those who win their tables tomorrow and make the final table will each win at least $38,070 (sixth place prize money). And the winner of Event No. 11 will take home a cool $477,900. See the "Prizepool and Payouts" link for a complete list of payouts.
After taking a couple of pots off Matt Sterling, Gregg Turk has just one another to retake the chip advantage.
Turk limped in from the small blind/button and Sterling checked his option. The flop came and both checked. The turn was the . Sterling checked, Turk bet 6,000, and Sterling called. The river was the . Sterling checked, Turk bet 8,000, and Sterling called again.
Turk showed for the straight, and Sterling mucked. Turk is now up to 71,000, and Sterling down to 29,000.
Matt Sterling raised to 5,000 from the small blind/button, Gregg Turk reraised to 15,000, Sterling pushed all in, and Turk made the call. Sterling showed A-K, and Turk a pair of nines.
The flop came , and Turk needed a nine to knock out Sterling. The turn was the and the river the , and Sterling dragged the large pot.
Sterling now has 74,600, and Turk is down to 26,300.
This one isn't ending anytime soon, folks! Matt Sterling raised to 3,500 on the button and Gregg Turk re-raised to 8,500 in the big blind. Sterling three-betted it all in for 33,400 total and Turk went into the tank for five minutes, eventually folding.
Matt Sterling raised to 3,500 on the button. Gregg Turk called from the big blind. The flop was and Turk checked. Sterling bet 3,300. Turk check-raised to 8,000 and Sterling called. The turn was . Turk bet 10,000 and Sterling folded.
After the hand, Sterling is down to 36,000 and Turk has 64,000.