Action on Day 2 of Event #4, $5,000 Mixed Event will resume at 3pm this afternoon. A little more than one fourth -- 91 of 332 -- of the initial entrants remain alive in the event, chasing down first to the money bubble of 36 players, and then down to the final nine for Wednesday's conclusion.
First place in the event will pay $374,505 and dozens of poker's biggest names remain in the hunt, led by Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, whose 100,200 chip total leads a tightly bunched pack. Here's the top ten for the start of the day, with complete counts for all surviving players available by clicking on the "Chip Counts" tab at right.
Jon Turner 100,200
Ariel Schneller 99,500
Ron Kevin Haeri 92,300
Adam Westell 82,800
Justin Bonomo 73,900
Jay Rosenkrantz 72,500
Jason Dewitt 70,100
David Williams 67,000
Gavin Griffin 65,800
Thomas Keller 63,500
Players are being seating and are busily unbagging their chips. Should be just a few minutes before Day 2 of the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em event gets underway.
On the first limit hand of Level 9, David Olson raised from the cutoff and Ralph Perry called from the big blind, putting himself all in. Olson tabled , and Perry showed .
John Pires raised from the hijack seat, Ariel Schneller reraised from the big blind, and Pires called. The flop came . Schneller bet, Pires raised, and Schneller called. The turn was the . This time Schneller checked, Pires bet, and Schneller called.
Both players checked the on the river. Schneller showed and Pires mucked. Schneller is now right around 100,000 in chips and near the chip lead.
Preflop, David Williams raises in late position and Jason Dewitt calls. The flop is . Dewitt bets and Williams raises. Dewitt calls. The turn is . Dewitt bets and Williams raises. Dewitt calls. The river is . Dewitt bets and Williams calls. Williams shows 6-6 and takes it down. He's up to 74,000.
We picked up the action after the flop came . George Abdallah bet from the small blind, and Anna Wroblewski called from late position. The turn was the . Abdallah bet, and Wroblewski called. The river brought the , and again Wroblewski called Abdallah's bet.
Abdallah showed A-K for flopped trips, and Wroblewski mucked. Abdallah is up to 27,000, while Wroblewski has fallen to 13,000.