Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,234,600
Entries
2,396
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Malm Leads 268 Returning Players With Early Focus on Money Bubble
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Welcome to Day 2 of Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. On Day 1 the tournament saw 2,396 entries trimmed to just 268 by day’s end.
Michael Malm was the overnight chip leader, stacked at 126,000. Zo Karim and Aaron Massey were close behind with 117,400 and 108,600 respectively. Other notables that finished Day 1 with chips were Brandon Cantu (96,000), Eddy Sabat (56,000) and David Pham (53,000).
The returning players will have to wait for 25 eliminations here on Day 2 to make the money. From there, they will be positioning themselves to take down part of the over $3M prize pool.
PokerNews' Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you Day 2 action starting at 1 p.m. local time, so stay tuned as we find out together who makes it through to the final day of Event #55.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Pham With The Early Double
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We caught the action with a board of 
. David Pham got it all in against an opponent that had him covered.
Pham: 
Opponent: 
The river was the 
and Pham received a nice double up here early on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,000 | 51,300 |
Terry Starts Shoving
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Todd Terry has wasted no time in trying to improve his chip stack by moving all-in for his 12,800 stack when the action folded to him in middle position. Nobody wanted to tangle with Terry and he added the blinds and antes to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,500 | 2,200 |
Dombrowski Doubles
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Chris Dombrowski has started well after doubling through seasoned pro Alex Kravchenko.
Dombrowski moved all-in from the small blind for 11,000 and Kravchenko called to put his opponent at risk of elimination. Kravchenko held 
and Dombrowski the 
. By the river the board read 
and Dombrowski doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000 | 12,700 |
|
20,500 | -11,000 |
Cantu Shoves on Bilic
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
There is an interesting dynamic over at table #379 because two big stacks in Brandon Cantu and Alen Bilic are seated next to each other and both are capable of getting their stacks into the middle.
Samay Parikh opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and Cantu three-bet to 6,700 from the button. Bilic then cold four-bet to 14,000 from the small blind and only Cantu called.
Bilic led for 13,500 on the 
flop only to see Cantu instantly move alll-in. Bilic folded and Cantu crossed the 100,000 chip barrier with ease.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 | 36,000 |
|
66,000 | -26,100 |
Ellwood Doubles
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Seth Davies raised to 2,500 from middle position and when the action folded to him in the hijack Jack Ellwood three-bet all-in for 12,100 chips. John Eames folded, but Keith Wintermans cold-called Ellwood's shove. Davies ducked out of the way and the cards of the active players flipped over.
Wintermans: 
Ellwood:
The 
board left Ellwood's hand as the best and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000 | -3,800 |
|
56,000 | -13,200 |
|
25,000 | 6,500 |
|
5,100 | -6,400 |
Show Me The Money
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The bubble has burst and in most brutal fashion for Waylon Kofi who got his last 10,200 in the middle with 
versus the 
of David "The Dragon" Pham.
All was well for Kofi after the flop of 
and still after the turn. The 
fell on the river though and Kofi couldn't believe it.
The good news for Kofi was that two others players were eliminated on the same hand and the three chopped up two spots.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
112,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kim Crushes Robbins
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Den Kim raised from middle position and then instantly called when Andrew Robbins moved all-in from late position. Robbins showed the lowly and Kim . A board reading 
was no help to Robbins and he made his way tot he exits via the cashier's cage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000 | 1,400 |
|
|
Busted |