Event 2 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-02-2008 14:23 UTC-7

Hunker Down

[user75032]

Although several players have already busted in the first few minutes since the restart, today promises to be a long day. The schedule calls for the field of 448 to play all the way down to the final table, anticipated to occur long after midnight. Well-rested players may have a significant edge over their opponents as long as they can manage to hold onto chips.

The dinner break will occur after Level 13 and will be only one hour long. Tournament director Jack Effel suggested to the players that, in light of the anticipated length of play today, remaining players may want to consume "lots of nutrients" at dinner.

06-02-2008 14:16 UTC-7

Correction

[user66118]

Will the Real Chris Savage Please Stand Up?

We'd like to take a second to clear up the situation that developed yesterday regarding one of the players in the field.

At the dinner break, our chip leader was Chris Savage. The assumption was that this was "brsavage", a well-known player in the online realm. When we returned from dinner, however, none of our reporters could locate "brsavage" in the field of players. Because of his disappearing act, we were unable to provide updated chip counts for Chris Savage through the last four levels of play.

We have now learned that "brsavage" is sitting comfortably at home with his family in Baton Rouge, which would explain our inability to pick him out of the crowd here in the Amazon Room. Our long-lost player, also named Chris Savage, is still alive in Event #2, and begins the day near the top with 74,000 chips.

We apologize to Chris Savage for the error and thank "brsavage" for helping to clear this up.

Harrah's is implementing new Player ID cards on a trial basis this year, and this sort of mix-up only helps the argument for using them across the board.

Tags: Chris Savage

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

06-02-2008 14:12 UTC-7

Day 2 Play Begins

[user75032]

Jack Effel says the magic words, "Shuffle up and deal!" and we are underway.

06-02-2008 14:10 UTC-7

The Record Breaking Continues

[user40108]

Tournament director Jack Effel was just overheard saying "this is the largest restart outside of a Main Event in history." Effel's almost devious smile told the rest of the story. Despite the assertions of many that poker's popularity is on a slow descent, the figures from this event say otherwise.

06-02-2008 13:52 UTC-7

Start Your Engines

[user75032]

Bags of chips are out on each table as players race back into the Amazon Room, IDs in hand, to claim their chips and begin Day 2 of this event. Once every player has verified his identity and claimed the correct bag of chips, the clock will start with 43:47 remaining in Level 9.

06-02-2008 03:20 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #2, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

[user33020]

After two action-packed opening sessions that saw a new attendance record established for a WSOP event other than the Main Event itself, the survivors will readjourn on Monday to play into the money and well toward the final table. 447 survivors of the record 3,929-player field will return for play beginning at 2pm, all working toward a first-place winner's check of $831,462.

First, though, comes the bursting of the money bubble, which will occur when the 379th-place finisher is sent to the rail, guaranteeing the 378 survivors a minimum payday of $2,949 each. The money bubble should burst within the first couple hours of play.

The Day 2 field will be topped by David Bach (shown in photo as he eliminated Isabelle Mercier in yesterday's Day 1b session). Bach tallied 115,400 in chips to top both sessions, though several other players remain close on his heels. The overall top ten as Day 2 begins is as follows:

David Bach 115,400
Alan Puzantyan 111,400
David Robertson 109,100
Ryan D'Angelo 105,800
Frank Sinopoli 103,900
Pat White 92,300
Shane Schleger 89,000
Henry Tran 80,300
John Carlson 80,200
Grant Hinkle 77,800

Tags: David Bach