Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-01-2014 23:24 UTC-8

Building Towers

Matthew Pitt

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

On our last scout around the tournament are we discovered a couple more stacks over 300,000.

David Fong has amassed 350,000 chips and is up there at the top of the leaderboard, although he'll need to add to his impressive stack if he is to best that of James Mackey.

Mackey, known as Mig.com in online poker circles, has 360,000 chips in front of him and is in great shape to go super deep in this event. Mackey already has a WSOP bracelet, having won the $5,000 N0-Limit Hold'em event in 2007 and has done his chances of winning another in this event no harm at all.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mackey	360,000 272,000	272,000

David Fong	350,000

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06-01-2014 23:23 UTC-8

Double Up for Kuzmin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Alexander Kuzmin just doubled up after raising and calling the three-bet shove of the player one seat over with . He flipped for his tournament life and 87,000 chips against and the board ran out in his favor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kuzmin	180,000

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06-01-2014 23:19 UTC-8

More For Teng

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Andrew Teng has chipped up consistently throughout the day and now also just knocked out a short stack, who got the remainder of his stack in with eight-nine suited. Teng held and the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Teng	340,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Andrew Teng

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-01-2014 23:04 UTC-8

Dwyte Pilgrim Bouncing Back

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Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

After taking some hits, Dwyte Pilgrim found himself with just 3,000 in chips. He built that back up to 25,000 and got it all in with against his opponent's . The dealer started to put out the flop and the came out the window. It wasn't looking good for Pilgrim but the next card fanned was the to give Pilgrim a set. The rest of the board was and Pilgrim doubled up.

Here are some more chip counts from around the room:

Player	Chips	Progress
Curt Kohlberg	325,000 195,000	195,000
John Racener	200,000 80,000	80,000

Greg Mueller	150,000 45,000	45,000

Maria Ho	140,000 22,000	22,000
Theo Tran	125,000 85,000	85,000
Matt Brady	112,000 8,000	8,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	110,000 11,000	11,000

Darryl Fish	110,000 28,000	28,000
Bernard Lee	75,000 5,000	5,000
Randy Lew	65,000 15,000	15,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	60,000 40,000	40,000
Amir Lehavot	50,000 12,000	12,000

Tony Gregg	48,000 77,000	77,000

Allen Kessler	46,000 6,000	6,000

06-01-2014 22:57 UTC-8

Game Over For These Players

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Matthew Pitt

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

This list of players busted between positions 330 and 353.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitrii Valouev	Busted
Sung Yi	Busted
Matthew Shepsky	Busted
Keanu Tabali	Busted
Mark Johnson	Busted
Khang Pham	Busted

Florencio Bunal	Busted
Hal Hammaker	Busted
Lance Keating	Busted
Brian Deleon	Busted
Trevor Renner	Busted
Glen Eichenlaub	Busted
Matthias De Meulder	Busted
Allen Kuo	Busted
Trevor Deeter	Busted
Andrew Wang	Busted
Jonathon Rodriguez	Busted
Emanuel Sammartino	Busted
Greg Ostrander	Busted

William Pryor	Busted
Shelby Standley	Busted
Timothy Zettel	Busted
Kristopher Taylor	Busted
Bobby Pham	Busted

06-01-2014 22:57 UTC-8

DeMaci Knocks Out Brenes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Humberto Brenes was almost throwing his shark at the dealer but the damage was already done, the charismatic two-times WSOP bracelet winner is out. He left the table with a smile and shook hands with his opponents after losing the final flip with against the of Chris DeMaci. The board ran out and Brenes was covered by about 5,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris DeMaci	195,000
Humberto Brenes	Busted

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06-01-2014 22:49 UTC-8

They haven't Killed Kenny yet

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Unlike the Southpark episodes, Kenny is still alive and kicking. Hallaert that is. And fellow Belgian Bart Lybaert is doing well, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	240,000 60,000	60,000
Kenny Hallaert	130,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Bart Lybaert Kenny Hallaert

06-01-2014 22:43 UTC-8

Trio of Brits Doing Well

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Matthew Pitt

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Three Brits are well above average stack in this event, Rhys Jones, Scott O'Reilly and Andrew Teng.

Not long ago, Jones won a substantial pot when he open-raised to 6,000 from middle position and was called by the cutoff. Jones then check-called a 10,000 bet on the flop and then 25,000 on the turn. Both players checked the arrival of he on the river, Jones taking the pot down when he showed .