Day 2 of Event #38 ($2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed) Set to Begin!
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The second day of play here at Event #38 ($2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed) is set to begin shortly, with 64 players returning from the initial field of 566, and after yesterday's exciting shorthanded action today should provide plenty of fireworks.
Returning as the chip leader is Nick Schwarmann, a national tournament circuit grinder who celebrated his birthday yesterday by giving himself the gift of a 193,500 stack. Schwarmann went on a serious heater midway through day, moving from 100,000 to 150,000 chips in just a few hands, and with his overwhelming chip lead he is definitely a threat to post wire-to-wire performances.
Trailing Schwarmann in the chip counts are Czech pro Goran Filipovic (173,800), and original November Nine member Ivan Demidov (149,500), who shivered his way to a double up in one particularly chilling hand.
John Hennigan (68,400), John Juanda (67,200), Jon Turner (58,600), Faraz Jaka (31,200), and Maria Ho (24,900) are just a few of the notable names who bagged and tagged last night, and today every four-handed table will be home to a dangerous pro or two.
Check out the PokerNews daily update video to get ready for the action, and then keep it here for continuous live coverage of the World Series of Poker's showcase for shorthanded play.
, Steven II stood in anticipation of his imminent departure, still muttering "wow" to himself as the 
dropped on the turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, he told Ho "nice hand" before heading for the payout desk.
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, Hennigan's tournament came to an end, and he headed to the payout desk for his fourth cash of the 2013 World Series of Poker.
, and Chidwick having checked to the preflop raiser. His opponent obliged with a c-bet of 3,300, and Chidwick pumped it up to 7,700. The other player paused for over a minute before cutting out a raise, four-betting to 16,300. Chidwick was undeterred by this aggression, however, and he hoisted a single stack of 20 yellow T1000 tournament chips forward for a five-bet to 27,500.
, hoping the other player would not show up with the dreaded 
for pure air. He had been on a stone cold bluff the entire time, raising preflop and barreling hard with eight-high, but ultimately running into a hand that had flopped perfect.
turn, the all-in bluffer picked up four outs to the wheel straight, but fortune did not favor the bold on this day, and the 
river ended his tournament.
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turn, both players tapped the table, and the 
to plant the seeds of doubt into his opponent's mind.
, but found that he was dominated by the 
the hand appeared to favor Perrins' big slick, but a 
for tip aces, but was crushed by the 
, improving Rosen to a bigger full house and leaving Pham to hand over all but 46,000 of his stack. Ouch!
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on the turn was a brick. Chidwick now needed any ace, queen, jack, ten, or eight to win the pot, and give himself an overwhelming chip lead heading into the stretch run.
