Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,118,400
Entries
4,576
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Volpe Leads With 638 Players Left To Start Day 2
Day 1a and Day 1b of Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em gave us 4,576 players looking to turn a $1,000 investment into $648,880 and a WSOP gold bracelet. We still have a massive field of 638 players left here on the combined Day 2, so while it won't take long for us to hit the 468 players who hit the money, we are still a long ways away from knowing who the serious contenders for the bracelet are going to be.
Leading the way into this huge Day 2 is a familiar name to some. Paul Volpe was in the midst of tearing up the online tournament felt before Black Friday hit and he is now our chip leader to start today with 124,500. Volpe already has four cashes at this years WSOP including a near final table miss in the recent $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 Or Better where he came 12th.
While there are a smattering of other notables here and there throughout the counts such as Pierre Neuville, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Randy Lew, Brandon Cantu, Matt Stout, Paul "X22" Magriel and Devin Porter, it's still anyone's game to start today. We are starting up here in just a few minutes at 2:30 PST and the players are piling in to fill up the purple section of the Amazon Room as we speak. Stay tuned for up to the minute coverage on this event and everything else WSOP at PokerNews.com
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
nanonoko Doubles Up
Unlike the $50,000 Poker Players Championship which is about to get underway across the room from us in Amazon Blue (Follow all the action here! https://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2011-world-series-of-poker/event-55-the-poker-player-s-championship/) where every table is full of the best players in the world, in an event like today's $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, any table with more than one notable may be the toughest table in the room!
One such table exists that we have seen so far and that is Table 362 that has the likes of both Brandon Cantu and Team PokerStars Pro (Online) Randy 'nanonoko' Lew. We missed the action, but we just saw Lew double up with 
on a 
board to 25,000. And, in the midst of writing this post, this reporter saw Brandon Cantu bust from afar, which means that table just got a little easier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 9,900 |
|
Busted |
"Quack Quack"
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
As this reporter was walking through the Amazon Room I was drawn by a sand that sounded something like a duck. Of course, with the tight security at the Rio, I knew this was surely not a duck but just the trademark noise of Paul "X22" Magriel.
Magriel had put a bet out on the turn and had two callers. The river came and the board read 
Magriel announced, "rainbow" which meant one of each color and in this case, a bet of 1,600. His opponent in the big blind almost instantly announced raise and put out 6,400. Magriel was silenced and very confused, trying to peer into the hooded sweatshirt of his young opponent and continually shaking his head. He eventually folded and said, "I have no idea what just happened there." Magriel still has plenty of chips with 34,000 which means he'll be making plenty of noise all day.
Happy 4th of July!
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Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
As things start to warm up around here, check out the following update to put yourself in the loop of all the happenings around the Rio, including hundreds of tables dedicated to satellite action today. So if you have no plans for Independence Day then get yourself down to the Rio and try to nab a Main Event seat!
Volpe Not Slowing Down
We came into a hand when Paul Volpe put his last opponent to act all in preflop for 4,000. The player called and showed 
to the 
of Volpe. The board came down 
and the pair of tens was enough to give Volpe the victory. He hasn't gained much, but he's hit the 130,000 mark to start the day and is still definitely the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 5,500 |
Guillen Gaining
At table 331, a player went all in for his last 4,200 and Team PokerStars Pro (Mexico) Angel Guillen re-shoved to incite folds from the rest of the table.
Guillen had his opponent crushed with 
vs. 
The board ran out 
with no help for is opponent and Guillen moves up to 18,100. He is still short at the moment, but any progress is good progress
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,100 | 700 |
Lunkin' Good
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Vitaly Lunkin, who had dropped a few chips early on this event, has just managed to win a decent pot, when his 
won over 
on a 
board. We presume the money went in on the flop.
The Russian has 13,000 now.
Break Time
Level 10
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are on a break. While you wait for players to return, why not watch Lynn Gilmartin sharking around with Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes before play began: