There will be a new champion in this event, after Brian Hastings was defeated rather quickly by Don Nguyen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level: 2c
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante:
Bryn Kenney was all-in preflop against Alexander Venovski holding 
, but he was dominated by the 
.
When the board rolled out 
, Kenney's run ended here in the Round of 64.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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| Player | vs. | Player |
|---|---|---|
| AP Phahurat | - | Johannes Strassmann |
| Melanie Weisner | - | Chino Rheem |
| Fabrizio Gonzalez | - | James Dambrosio |
| Randy Lew | - | Byron Kaverman |
| Paul Volpe | - | Phil Galfond |
| Brandon Davis | - | John Parker |
| Ben Sulsky | - | David Peters |
| Michael Mizrachi | - | Evan Silverstein |
| Robert Tepper | - | Micah Raskin |
| Craig Bergeron | - | Nadar Kakhmazov |
| Ali Eslami | - | Robert McVeigh |
| Don Nguyen | - | Winner of Nick Petrangelo v. Jan Kasten |
| Jamie Armstrong | - | Bryan Pellegrino |
| Seth Berger | - | Markus Gonsalves |
| Leo Wolpert | - | Keith Block |
| Houman Nikbakht | - | Sean Winter |
| Brian Rast | - | Justin Smith |
| Alexander Venovski | - | Kevin Eyster |
| Mohsin Charania | - | Ankush Mandavia |
| Ari Goott | - | Mark Radoja |
| Ludovic Lacay | - | Thiago Nishijima |
| Daniel Simms | - | Phil Hellmuth |
| Victor Ilyukhin | - | Winner of Marc-Andre Ladouceur v. Jared Arbuckle |
| Sam Trickett | - | Martin Jacobson |
| Winner of Russell Rosenblum v. Max Silver | - | Steve Gross |
| Joel Micka | - | Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
| Brandon Steven | - | Sam Stein |
| Joe Cada | - | Davidi Kitai |
| Warwick Mirzikinian | - | Max Weinberg |
| Amritraj Singh | - | Keven Stammen |
| Jonathan Kantor | - | Justin Bonomo |
| Jason Mercier | - | Nestor Martinez |
Level: 8b
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante:
Ludovic Lacay and Matt Marafioti played one of the longest heads-up matches of the second round, and with the blinds escalating rather rapidly, both were able to get the chips in with ace-high hands.
Lacay's 
put him in dominating position against Marafioti's 
, and a final board of 
meant Marafioti was sent to the showers, while Lacay will return in a bit for the third round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
||
|
120,000 | |
|
||
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
||
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000 | |
|
||
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000 | |
|
|
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|
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
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|
120,000 | |
|
|
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|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
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|
120,000 | |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
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|
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
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|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
Level: 3c
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante:
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Holding the 
, Phil Galfond hit a flush draw on the 
flop, and he managed to get his stack in the middle on the come.
Unfortunately for Galfond, Paul Volpe also held clubs with 
, but when the 
arrived on the turn he took an unlikely lead in the hand. The 
on the river changed nothing, and with that Galfond earned an entrance into the Round of 32.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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