2010 World Series of Poker

Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
72
Prize
$721,373
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,180,950
Entries
3,097
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em

Day 2 Started

Day 2

Welcome back to the 2010 World Series of Poker!

Today marks Day 2 of Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em and it is sure to be an exciting one! Will "The Thrill" Failla is our chip leader entering the dat with 156,000 to his name. The plan is to play until a final table is reached, but our guess is we will finish around 3 a.m. regardless.

The cards will be in the air at 2:30 p.m. PST and we hope to see you then!

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Intriguing Match-Ups

Unfortunately, we were unable to get our hands on a player list today, but a quick scour around the remaining field revealed a few intriguing match-ups. On one table, it's the young versus the wise as Andrew Lichtenberger takes on Tom Schneider, whilst just a couple of tables down it's youth squared as Jonathan Little sits directly to the right of British online pro Stephen Chidwick.

Perhaps the most eclectic line-up, however, is that of the far table, as silent assassin Ben Roberts shares a table with the loud, brash chip leader, Will Failla. Meanwhile, across the table lies a familiar face to sports fan (well, Dutch ones at least), with recently acquired PokerStars Sports Stars Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo looking prove her worth beyond the hockey turf.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerFatima Moreira de MeloPokerStarsTom Schnieder

Zack Attack

Early action as the button raised to 1,200 and Zachary Clark made the call from the small blind. On the {6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop, both players checked, as well as the {3-Diamonds} turn, only for Clark to lead out for 4,500 on the {A-Hearts} river. The button called with {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, but Clark had {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} for flopped set. Clark now up to 60,000.

Tags: Zachary Clark

Lichtenberger Busts

Andrew Lichtenberger was on the short stack entering the day and was willing to race for his tournament life in the first level of play. Unfortunately for Lichtenberger his ace-queen couldn't out run the wired sixes of an opponent and he is now eliminated.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger

Internet... Please Come Back!

The internet here at the Rio has been up and down all afternoon. We've gotten word that the situation is being worked on, and we're working to get as many posts and chip counts up despite the issue. Thanks for your patience.

Phantastic

John Phan
John Phan

On a {10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop, John Phan called a bet of 4,700, before raising his opponent's lead of 12,000 on the {5-Spades} turn. His opponent moved all in and Phan called for his remaining 4,100. With {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} versus {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, Phan was in better shape than a champion body builder, and after a harmless {A-Hearts} hit the river, he found himself up to that magic 100,000 mark.

Tags: John Phan