Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-06-2009 21:27 UTC-12

Matt Schulte Eliminated in 22nd Place ($14,413)

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Matt Schulte open shoved from middle position with {6-Hearts}

and is called by Gregg Merkow holding {K-Diamonds}

.

The flop came {J-Clubs}

, but a

on the turn gave Schulte reason to smile.

The smile was quickly wiped away as the {K-Clubs}

fell on the river, giving Merkow the better set.

Matt Schulte is eliminated in 22nd place, earning $14,413.

06-06-2009 21:35 UTC-12

Motoyuki Mabuchi Eliminated in 21st Place ($14,413)

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A wild couple of hands to end the night -- three eliminations, and Ivey's stack decimated.

In the last hand of the night, Motoyuki Mabuchi pushed all in with {A-Clubs}

and was up against Angel Guillen's {A-Hearts}

. The flop came {A-Spades}

, and Mabuchi was suddenly a big underdog. The turn was the {3-Diamonds}

and the river the {5-Diamonds}

, and Mabuchi is out in 20th. Guillen ends the night 860,000.

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06-06-2009 21:46 UTC-12

Play Concludes

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A total of 175 players from the original starting field of 1,088 made it back for the second day of Event No. 13, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. It didn't take long to reach the cash bubble, with Joe Sebok and Beth Shak being the last players eliminated before we reached the last 117.

By night's end, 20 players remained. The chip leaders heading into tomorrow's final day of play include Gregg Merkow, Angel Guillen, and Bahador Ahmadi. Roland de Wolfe and Kirill Gerasimov are also right in the thick of things with substantial stacks. And it appeared Phil Ivey, who already has one bracelet this summer, would be returning with a lot of chips as well, until a late hit to his stack leaves him the short stack when play resumes tomorrow.

Thanks for following today's coverage. And come back here to PokerNews for all of the action starting at 1 p.m. Vegas time tomorrow to see who of the final twenty emerges as our next bracelet winner.

Event 13 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed