Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day 2 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
116
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
30,000
The Long March Continues
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The Amazon Room is a little more crowded today for Day 2 of Event #2 - The $50,000 Poker Player's Championship. Most of the Red section and all of the Blue section is filled to capacity with spillover from the Pavilion Room, where Event #3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em is taking place. The overflow has given the Amazon Room a lively buzz it was missing yesterday.
According to Harrah's, 105 of the 116 starters in Event #2 made it through five levels yesterday to the bag-and-tag process. However they listed several players as busted -- including Mike Matusow -- that we are positive made it through to Day 2. So we'll have to see who's here and who's not when they show up in about an hour to unbag the chips.
What's certain is that the remaining survivors are led by Erik Sagstrom, David Oppenheim and the legendary Doyle Brunson. What's also certain is that nobody ever won a five-day tournament on the first or second day. It's a long way to the final table still.
Cards are in the air at 3pm local time. We'll be live from the floor all day.
Level: 6
Blinds: /
Ante:
Schedule Notes
The players will play six levels today. The dinner break will be at approximately 8:10pm.
The first game of the day is 2-7 Triple Draw.
Eight Perfect Crushes Corkins
2-7 Triple Draw:
Jeet Shetty opened for a raise from UTG, Hoyt Corkins three-bet from middle position, Shetty put in a fourth raise and Corkins called. Both players drew one card apiece. Shetty check-called a bet from Corkins, then drew one again while Corkins rapped pat. Shetty checked, Corkins bet and Shetty called. Corkins was pat again on the third draw and Shetty again drew one. Shetty bet out and Corkins called.
Shetty turned up 8-5-4-3-2 and Corkins mucked.
"Did you start with 2-3-4-5?" Corkins asked.
"Could be," Shetty replied.
"I started with 2-3-4-8," Corkins revealed with a wry smile.
Corkins is down to 127,000 while Shetty is back up to the 100k mark.
Late Arrival and Table Talk
Even with a $50,000 buy-in and a 3pm restart, players still sometimes show up late. 110 players returned for Day 2. 109 of them were on time for the start. The only one who was late was Joe Cassidy, who turned up about 20 minutes into the level.
At a different table, Doyle Brunson assured the table after a hand of triple draw that hand winner Chau Giang had at least a 10. "Doyle knows how I play," said Chau. "We're neighbors. He's played with me for 30 years."
Scott Seiver, ever the comedian, responded, "Yeah, well I've played with these guys [at his end of the table] for 30 weeks. I've got a good read."
Alioto Raids Elezra's Stack
Limit Hold'em:
Dario Alioto raised from the cutoff, and Eli Elezra called from the big blind. Elezra check-called all the way down on a board of 
. Alioto tabled 
and his three pair was good for the pot, boosting him to 165,000. Elezra has slipped to 90,000.
Alioto Raids Elezra's Stack
Limit Hold'em:
Dario Alioto raised from the cutoff, and Eli Elezra called from the big blind. Elezra check-called all the way down on a board of . Alioto tabled and his three pair was good for the pot, boosting him to 165,000. Elezra has slipped to 90,000.
Evdakov, Van Alstyne Inching Upwards
Nikolay Evdakov and James Van Alstyne are both sitting behind respectable stacks while their opponents in recent hands, Patrik Antonius and Tim Phan, are both trending perilously downwards.
Antonius three-bet from the blinds pre-flop against Van Alstyne, then fired every street of a 
board. Van Alstyne called, and called, and called one last time with 
, a pair of tens. It was good enough to win the pot and give Van Alstyne 210,000 chips. Antonius is down to 71,000.
Evdakov made pocket aces work on a board of 
against a hand that Phan mucked at showdown. It gave Evdakov 180,000 chips and dropped Phan to 65,000.
Mercier's Set Scoops
Omaha 8/b:
John Hanson opened for a raise and Phil Galfond and Jason Mercier called from the blinds. The flop came down 
. Galfond checked, Mercier bet, Hason raised, Galfond folded, Mercier three-bet and Hanson called. The turn came the 
and Mercier led out. Hanson called and both players checked the 
on the river.
Mercier turned up 
and scooped with his set of kings. He's up to 148,000 while Hanson fell to 83,000.