Event 20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em, End of Day 2

What started as an interesting conglomeration of big-name pros and well-known limit instructors and cash-game players ended in a bloodbath. As the day wore on, big name after big name headed for the exits (or the HORSE event), including Justin "Looshle" Pechie, Alex Kravchenko, Shannon Shorr, JC Tran, John "The Razor" Phan, Matt Hawrilenko, Amnon Filippi and Phil Hellmuth, who exited just short of the money.

Bubbling out of this event was Mike Patrick, a veteran ESPN sportscaster who has covered the NFL and NCAA football and basketball. In the end, he'll have to settle for his impressive ESPN pay rather than a payout here.

Among the players who cashed during Day 2 were Mike Schneider, appropriately a limit hold'em instructor on CardRunners, Atlantic City regular Eric Buchman, and Matt Matros.

As night fell, one of the only recognizable faces left in the event was Daniel Negreanu, who traded the chip lead with several other players throughout Day 2 action. With around 19 players remaining, Negreanu lost a lot of chips, falling as low as 36,000. Slowly, though, Negreanu climbed back into the game, finishing the day at 308,000 -- third in chips.

Another player with a ton of chips throughout Day 2 may be more famous by who he's related to. It's Hien Tran, brother of all-star poker player JC Tran. This may be Hien's coming out party, and the makings of another winning clan along the lines of the Mizrachis or the Brunsons. He'll have his work cut out for him, though, as he starts the final table with only 58,000.

Here are the final table players and chip counts.

1. David Baker 409,000
2. Jeremy Kottler 47,000
3. Hien Tran 58,000
4. Ugur Marangoz 402,000
5. Fu Wong 67,000
6. Gregory Wohletz 301,000
7. Daniel Negreanu 308,000
8. Derek Lerner 133,000
9. Richard Li 195,000

2008 World Series of Poker

2008 World Series of Poker

Event 20: $2,000 Limit Hold'em, End of Day 2