Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,684,800
Entries
784
Level
30
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Mark Darner Leads Day 2 of Event #57 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Welcome back to Day 2 of Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em. We started with 784 players and are now left with 252, but only a third of those, 81 to be exact, will make the money. One player separated himself from the pack yesterday: Mark Darner (222,700), who went unnoticed for the majority of the day, and will start today, with 70,000 more chips then his nearest rival.
Darner will be joined by a plethora of other notables, including Timothy Reilly (154,200), Philipp Gruissem (143,800), Matt Perrins (142,500), Sam Trickett (116,000) and Antonio Esfandiari (97,000), as well as many others.
The cards will be in the air again at 1:00pm local time, which is just under half an hour away. Be sure to stay tuned here, as PokerNews.com will bring you all the action as always, as we hope to play through the money and a full ten more levels of play.
In the meantime, enjoy Kristy Arnett's nightly recap, as she catches you up on everything that happened at the Rio yesterday!
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Let's Get Ready To Rumble!
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Cards are now in the air for Day 2 of Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
Big Stacks Collide
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With the flop reading 
, Caufman Talley bet out 12,600 and was called by Arthur Morris, before the 
fell on the turn. Talley opted to check, before Morris asked for a count, contemplating his decision. He then moved all in for around 75,000 in chips, which had Talley covered. A minute passed, before Talley made the call, as the cards were tabled.
Tally: 
Morris: 
Morris was looking in great shape to take down the monster pot, and rocket to the top of the counts, before the 
spiked on the river, dropping him down to just 13,000. Talley, who started the day with a big stack, climbs to 160,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
|
13,000 | 13,000 |
Hot Start for Nitsche
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Dominik Nitsche and another player had all the money in the middle and were off to see a flop. Nitche was holing 
against the other players 
.
The board ran out 
making Nitsche's kings the best hand. It was determined after the hand that Nitsche had the covering stack, thus eliminating the other player from the tournament and shipping all his chips over to Nitsche.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000 |
Double For O'Brien
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
When we got to the table, Dan O'Brien had his stack in the middle and was at risk against one other player. O'Brien was holding against the other player's 
.
The flop came down 
which was safe for O'Brien. The turn card was the 
which gave no sweat for O'Brien who just needed to dodge a king or an ace on the river. The dealer put out the 
on the river and that was good for O'Brien to notch a double up early here on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,600 |
Lodden Gains Some Chips
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The hand started with Johnny Lodden opening to 2,000 from under the gun, and finding a call from the player on the button, as well as Artur Koren on the big blind. The flop came down 
, as the action checked around to the player on the button, who bet out 3,600. Only Lodden made the call, as the fell on the turn. Both were happy to check, before doing the same, when the 
completed the board.
Lodden turned over his 
for a pair of eights, which was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 31,000 |
Nadal Nags A Double From Reilly
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From middle position Jose Nadal opened to 2,500. Action folded all the way around to Timothy Reilly, one of the chip leaders from Day 1, in the big blind who opted to reraised to 6,000. With action back on Nadal he moved his whole stack in the middle and Reilly called quickly.
Nadal:
Reilly: 
The flop came down 
giving Nadal the instant lead. He was able to hold up through the turn () and river (
) and that gave him a much needed double up here at the start of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 | -22,200 |
|
65,000 | 65,000 |