Event #13: $1,500 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-07-2018 00:48 UTC-7

Dutch Boyd Leads After Day 2 of Event #13: Big Blind Antes $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em; 30 Remain

Sandra Barbour

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The remaining 30 players of Event #13: Big Blind Antes $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em bagged their chips to return for Day 3, and play down to a winner, who will receive $315,346 along with a WSOP gold bracelet.

The money was reached soon after the day started, with 196 players of the 224 players that came back for Day 2 locking up $2,254 on the first level of the day.

However, many notables did not survive much longer, such as 2010 Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel (126th for $2,626), 2016 Main Event Winner Qui Nguyen (91st for $2,851), bracelet winner Chance Kornuth (85th for $3,143), Nate Silver (79th for $3,517), Manig Loeser (66th for $3,994), and four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (58th for $4,602).

All 30 Day 2 survivors are now guaranteed $7,670 and three-time bracelet winner Dutch Boyd secured the top spot with a stack of 748,000. The US player already has three WSOP bracelets in Hold'em events and $1,817,939 in earnings.

Shaun Deeb (194,000) and Ankush Mandavia (283,000) are two former WSOP bracelet winners who also survived the day and will be looking to add another gold bracelet to their collection. Deeb managed to find a bag while multi-tabling between this event and Event#14: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw.

Other notables through to Day 3 include Daniel Strelitz (220,000), Romain Lewis (420,000) and Justin Young (396,000).

The action will resume at 12pm local time on Thursday, 7 June, with level 21 and blinds of 5,000/10,000 with 10,000 ante, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to bring you highlights of all the action.

06-06-2018 23:38 UTC-7

Skullman Takes From Boyd

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gerald 'Skullman' David on the feature table earlier today

Gerald 'Skullman' David raised from early position and only Dutch Boyd in the small blind called. Both players checked the flop before Boyd lead the turn for 26,000. David, however, wasn't going anywhere and raised to 69,000, which Boyd called.

When the river brought the the action reverted to check-check, and the players tabled their hands.

Gerald David:
Dutch Boyd:

David's set of kings was the winner, and he clawed in the pot to move up to 400,000. Incidentally, as David was stacking his newly collected chips he raised from under the gun but no one called and he revealed pocket aces to the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dutch Boyd	560,000	-40,000
Gerald David	400,000	210,000

Tags: Dutch Boyd Gerald David

06-06-2018 23:18 UTC-7

Mandavia Doubles Through Cuch

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ankush Mandavia was all in on the river when the board read .

His opponent, Ademir Cuch, had him covered and would have to call 161,000 to see Mandavia's hand. After he used up some thinking time Cuch made the call and saw the bad news - he was behind.

Ankush Mandavia:
Ademir Cuch:

Mandavia held the nuts with an ace high flush to put himself in contention of building a large stack for Day 3 in the final level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankush Mandavia	340,000	80,000
Ademir Cuch	100,000	-142,000

Tags: Ademir Cuch Ankush Mandavia

06-06-2018 22:14 UTC-7

Runner Runner Straight for Young

AaronMcBride

Level 19 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Justin Young opened from the button to 14,000 and Andrew Shack called from the big blind. The flop fell and Shack announced all in. Young made the call and the players flipped over their hands.

Justin Young:
Andrew Shack:

Turn:
River:

Shack had flopped two pair while Young held middle pair and a draw to the nut flush. Young picked up additional outs when the ten hit the turn and survived on the river when he hit the runner-runner straight with a jack to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Young	290,000	104,000
Andrew Shack	60,000	-138,500

Tags: Andrew Shack Justin Young

06-06-2018 21:16 UTC-7

Boyd Wins Big Against Strelitz

AaronMcBride

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action was three-handed on the flop of , when Dutch Boyd bet 10,000, Daniel Strelitz called, and the third player folded.

The turn brought the , and Boyd check-called a bet from Strelitz.

On the river Boyd checked once more, and Strelitz continued his aggression by betting 85,000.

"Pretty sick!" announced Boyd, and took a few moments of thought before making the call.

Dutch Boyd:
Daniel Strelitz:

Both players had flopped trip sixes but Boyd's ace kicker played, and he took down a big pot to close the gap on the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dutch Boyd	360,000	120,000
Daniel Strelitz	280,000	-120,000

Tags: Daniel Strelitz Dutch Boyd

06-06-2018 20:59 UTC-7

Ruzicka KOs Ruivo

AaronMcBride

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Manuel Ruivo was all in and at risk after Vojtech Ruzicka called.

Manuel Ruivo:
Vojtech Ruzicka:

Board:

Ruzicka had Ruivo's hand dominated, and the Czech held to score an elimination at the start of level 18.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	200,000	45,000
Manuel Ruivo	Busted

Tags: Vojtech Ruzicka Manuel Ruivo

06-06-2018 20:18 UTC-7

Skullman Survives

AaronMcBride

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

Gerald 'Skullman' David was all in for 87,500 on a board that read . His opponent made the call and they revealed their hands.

Gerald 'Skullman' David:
Opponent:

Top two pair for David and he was well ahead as the river was revealed to be a and the Brit was able to double up to 190,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald David	190,000	101,800

Tags: Gerald David

06-06-2018 17:46 UTC-7

Qui Nguyen Exits in 91st Place

AaronMcBride

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

Qui Nguyen has departed the field in 91st place for $2,851. The 2016 Main Event Champion for $8,005,310 just missed out on a money ladder after taking the last payout spot in that bracket. Nguyen spent the majority of the day on the feature table that has been live broadcasted to the world by PokerCentral via Twitch.

Coincidently, according to the Nguyen's Hendon Mob account, this will be his first live recorded cash since his Main Event win almost two years ago!

Tags: Qui Nguyen

06-06-2018 17:36 UTC-7

Ruzicka Puts the Pressure on Bennett

AaronMcBride

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

The board read when Vojtech Ruzicka bet 28,500 into a pot of around 22,000. His opponent was Steven Bennett and he went into deep thought. It took a couple of minutes but Bennett decided to fold to the pressure from the 2016 Main Event fifth-place finisher Ruzicka, and the latter won the pot.