Conway Tops Day 2; Robinson Close Behind
After ten additional levels of No-Limit Hold'em action, Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em is history with just 16 players remaining. Thomas Conway won the day by bagging the most chips - 880,000 to be exact. Right behind him is Nelson Robinson with 871,000 in chips.
Day 2 began with 297 players, but they dropped like flies as we lost over 100 players within the first hour, including notables Victor Ramdin, Barry Hutter, Pascal LeFrancois and Erik Seidel.
Others who fell during Day 2 include Joe Cada (112th), Jonathan Little (104th), Soi Nguyen (88th), Jude Ainsworth (78th), Ivan Demidov (76th), Joe Tehan (73rd), Maya Antonius (65th), and Amnon Filippi (62nd), who was eliminated by Travell Thomas after coming into Day 2 as one of the chip leaders.
As more and more of the field was wiped out, many eyes were on Blair Hinkle, who recently got 4th place in Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Hinkle was near the chip lead for some time, however, he eventually busted in 24th place after running top two pair into Niel Mittelman's top set for all his chips.
One to watch during Day 3 is our last woman standing, Anke Berner. Berner came into Day 2 with just 7,600 in chips and said she expected to play just one hand. Instead, Berner will come into Day 3 with 655,000 and will look to use those chips to become the first woman to win an open World Series of Poker event since Vanessa Selbst back in 2008.
Here are our final 16 players and chip counts:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Thomas Conway | 880,000 |
| Nelson Robinson | 871,000 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | 760,000 |
| Patrick Karschamroon | 678,000 |
| Francisco Azares | 678,000 |
| Anke Berner | 655,000 |
| Keven Stammen | 654,000 |
| Niel Mittelman | 578,000 |
| Jaspal Brar | 551,000 |
| Kevin Elia | 503,000 |
| David Forster | 437,000 |
| Jason Everett | 399,000 |
| Rocco Palumbo | 382,000 |
| Travell Thomas | 368,000 |
| Mario Delis | 234,000 |
| Paul Sokoloff | 209,000 |
Play is set to begin tomorrow at 1:00 PM PST. Be sure to stick with us right here at PokerNews as we race our way to a final table and crown an eventual champion!
Until then, we wish you a good night!
. Stammen checked, Kyriakides continued for 35,000, Everett folded, and Stammen called.
landed on the turn, and both players checked. The river then brought the 
. Stammen contemplated for a moment, then led with a bet of 84,000. Kyriakides then pushed all in and Stammen quickly called.
for quads, eliciting "wows" from several at the table. Kyriakides briefly flashed his hand — 
for eights full — before mucking his cards. He had a broad smile on his face, though, and quickly stepped over and reached across the table to shake Stammen's hand. "Sorry, man," said Stammen, who was grinning as well. And still was several minutes later, too.
and Travell busted Bena with a superior two-pair.
and a pot of 20,000 or so, Everett fired a bet of 12,000 which Copeland then raised to 26,000. Everett thought a moment, then called. The turn brought the 
and a check from Everett, and after a lengthy pause Copeland announced he was pushing the rest of his short stack all in, and Everett quickly called.
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just an extra bit of trivia.
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board was no help to Bach and he was sent to the rail in 22nd place.
board paired Conway's seven and Daymon was eliminated.
river was no matter.
, giving Conway a winning straight on the river and sending Khoury to the rail.
