Hand-for-Hand Commences
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Now that we are just a couple eliminations from the money - the tournament director has announced that hand-for-hand play has begun until the money bubble has burst.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,274,100
Entries
3,166
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Chop Chop!
It was folded over to Jonathan Little in the cutoff, who opened to 2,500. He found one caller in the player in the small blind for a heads-up pot.
Both players checked the 
flop, however, after Little's opponent checked again on the 
turn, Little fired 3,200 into the middle. His opponent called.
The 
completed the board and put a straight on deck. Nobody held the ace and the pot was chopped up.
Little is sitting on 38,000, at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | -1,800 |
Andrews Loses Some
We caught up with the action to find the board reading 
. Cherish Andrews checked to her opponent who also opted to check his option.
The river was the and Andrews checked once again. Her opponent fired out a bet of 4,000 and she quickly called. Her opponent showed 
for a rivered pair of tens and Andrews flung her hand into the muck, awarding her opponent the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | -3,700 |
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Players have taken their seats and cards are in the air!
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Day 2 Begins; Bubble About to Pop
After wading through the largest open event of the 2012 World Series of Poker, 348 players return for Day 2. We are only 24 eliminations away from the money which guarantees a majority of today's field at least $2,864 in prize money. Leading the way after eleven levels of play on Day 1 is Mario Nagel who is sitting pretty with a stack of 158,700.
With the enormous turnout that took their seats yesterday, it was inevitable that many would not make it to Day 2. Among those to try their hand only to come up short were Jennifer Tilly, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Pius Heinz, Bill Chen, James Woods, Barry Shulman, Dutch Boyd, Amanda Musumeci, Phil Collins, Lars Bonding, and Allen Kessler.
While those players were not able to survive, others found ways to thrive in this extremely large field. Some of the notable faces returning for Day 2 are Rupert Elder (102,900), Barry Hutter (90,800), Tom Schneider (82,200), Brock Parker (70,900), Victoria Coren (67,400), Jordan Young (67,000), Cherish Andrews (63,700), Steve Brecher (48,200), Scott Stanko (42,300), David Sands (41,100), Jonathan Little (39,800), Athanasios Polychronopoulos (37,300), and Martin Staszko (32,300).
Action should be fast and furious to begin as the field is so close to hitting the money. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates on this tournament. And if you're not already, check out our live coverage of the largest poker tournament ever played: Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.
Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started