While we have 74 players remaining, only 36 of those will actually make the money. Here is a look at how the $920,010 prize pool will be distributed:
1st- $220,817
2nd- $136,419
3rd- $100,198
4th- $74,171
5th- $55,338
6th- $41,621
7th- $31,547
8th- $24,095
9th- $18,547
10th thru 12th- $14,388
13th thru 15th- $11,288
16th thru 18th- $8,850
19th thru 27th- $7,019
28th thru 36th- $5,612
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 0
We have completed four levels of player here on Day 2, which means it is time for the dinner break. Players will have one hour to visit either the Poker Kitchen, one of the many restaurants throughout the Rio, or any other food outlet of their choosing.
We'll be back in an hour as well!
Ronnie Bardah raised from early position at Table 359, hoping to get some action. He found a caller in Shawn Buchanan and both of them got to see the flop.
all graced the felt. Buchanan then check-raised, and Bardah paid to see the 
appear on the turn. Bardah again bet out first this time only receiving a call from Buchanan.
The 
was placed as fifth street and again Buchanan called a bet from Bardah. The table was shown the winning hand of 
by Bardah, while Buchanan mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
We caught up with the action on a 
flop where Marco Traniello bet from the small blind. A player in middle position made the call as the players saw a 
on the turn. This time Traniello’s bet was enough to get his opponent to fold. Even though he won the pot, Traniello’s stack has slipped quite a bit since the start of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
||
|
98,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
84,000 | |
|
78,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
73,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
71,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
54,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
53,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
52,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
47,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
43,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
|
42,000
19,600
|
19,600 |
|
34,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
500
|
500 |
|
|
29,200
200
|
200 |
|
29,000
700
|
700 |
|
|
28,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,500
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
26,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
23,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
11,500
7,000
|
7,000 |
We started Day 2 with 163 players, and right now only 81 remain in contention. That means we've lost more than half the field in just 225 minutes of play, averaging about one elimination every three minutes. Not too shabby for a limit tournament.
A player in middle position moved all in and Mike Thorpe raised on the button. Everyone else folded and the players turned up their cards.
Thorpe: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and provided no help to Thorpe’s opponent who was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,500
24,900
|
24,900 |
A huge pot developed preflop involving Dmitry Gromov, Victor Ramdin, and a short-stacked player on the button. When the flop fell 
, Ramdin checked, Gromov bet, the button raised all in for 1,400 total, and both Ramdin and Gromov made the call.
The dealer burned and turned the , which saw Ramdin check-call a Gromov bet. The same action occurred on the 
river, and Gromov flipped over his . Ramdin and the button both mucked, with the latter hitting the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
21,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
By the time we arrived at the table Alexander Kravchenko had bet and it was on Tobin Banks. The board read 
and Banks was very slow to make the call.
After Kravchenko flipped over 
for the nuts. Banks was disgusted and threw his cards face up in front of the dealer. It was clear why Banks was upset as his 
was being picked up by the dealer to shuffle for the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
29,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
