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Matt Matros at his final table last week
The day began ten levels ago with 476 players, and limit or not, we're already down to 109. Josh Honegger sits atop the overnight chip counts with 87,000, followed by Daniel "amichaiKK" Makowsky with 74,600. Matt Matros won the first limit hold'em event of the series a few days ago, and with 53,700 in chips, he could make a serious run at number two.
Joe Serock, Bob Lauria, and Matt Glantz also bagged substantial stacks. Joining them for Day 2 will be Maria Ho, Jennifer Tilly, Rob Hollink, Shannon Shorr, and Lex Veldhuis. Daniel Negreanu made a good effort but ultimately busted in time to tend to his stack in the $10k 2-7 Championship. Tom Dwan was here a much shorter amount of time, and Phil Ivey's stack blinded away without a single appearance from the big man.
The 476 players, 30 more than turned out for the same event last year, built a prize pool of $866,322. The last 45 players standing tomorrow will get at least a piece of that, but they'd all love to pick up the $203,000 check that goes with the WSOP gold bracelet. Don't miss the action when the players return on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. local time to play to the money and then down to a final table.
Well, while it feels like these last limit levels have gone on for years, it's actually four more hands. The TD just drew a four, meaning each table will play four more hands before calling it a night and bagging their chips.
When we last checked, Daniel Makowsky was the undisputed chip leader with 63,000. He's slipped a bit and is down to 42,000 now.
Makowsky raised under the gun, and only the big blind looked him up. The flop came , and the big blind check-called a bet. He checked again on the turn, and this time, Makowsky checked behind. The river fell the , and the big blind decided to bet at it. Makowsky called and showed , but sadly four to a flush and four to a straight still only add up to ace-high. His opponent's was good enough to drag the pot.
) and turn (
) but both players checked the river (
).
for ace-high, and her opponent showed 
for a winning pair of fours.
flop and the Iceman check-called on both the turn (
) and river (
for a pair of aces and Monroe mucked, dropping his stack to just 6,000 chips.
, and the big blind check-called a bet. He checked again on the 
turn, and this time, Makowsky checked behind. The river fell the 
, and the big blind decided to bet at it. Makowsky called and showed 
, but sadly four to a flush and four to a straight still only add up to ace-high. His opponent's 
. Veldhuis was heads up with position, and when checked to he put out a bet. His opponent called.
on the turn paired the board, and both players checked.
and this time Veldhuis' opponent led. He made the call but mucked when he was shown 
.