Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-21-2018 10:02 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

AaronMcBride

Day 2 of Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em is set to kick off at 12 noon local time today with 174 players descending upon the Amazon room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino with the ambition of building a stack for Day 3 and improving their shot at the coveted gold bracelet.

Brian Vollick will begin as the chip leader after he bagged 71,500 overnight, with WSOP ring winner Rex Clinkscales (69,900), Cody Riedel (68,600), Kurt Maier (68,200), and Jeremy Heartberg (66,200) also bagging big.

Also in action today are bracelet winners Brandon Cantu (23,500), Philip Tom (18,900), Mark Radoja (18,500), Matt Grapenthien (18,400), Svetlana Gromenkova (16,800), David Bach (10,800), and Dutch Boyd (8,000).

After a field of 596 entrants came together to create a prize pool worth $804,600, the first-place prize was set at $173,568, and the top 90 players will receive a minimum cash of $2,246.

Level 11 will get underway with 500/1,000 blinds and 1,000/2,000 limits. Ten 60-minute levels will be played with 15-minute breaks coming after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the day's sixth level. The average stack is currently set at 25,690.

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Be sure to check in with PokerNews starting at 12 noon today for all of the coverage from the event as the Event #41 players get into the money and move closer towards the final table!

Tags: Brandon Cantu David Bach Dutch Boyd Jeremy Heartberg Kurt Maier Mark Radoja Matt Grapenthien Philip Tom Rex Clinkscales Svetlana Gromenkova WSOP. Brian Vollick

06-21-2018 12:27 UTC-7

Boyd Among the Early Exits

AaronMcBride

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Dutch Boyd came into the day with just 8,000 chips and he has been unable to spin it back up, making him one of the early Level 11 exits.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dutch Boyd	Busted

Tags: Dutch Boyd WSOP

06-21-2018 16:20 UTC-7

Goatz Busts But Splits the Money

AaronMcBride

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

In the first round of hand-for-hand, there were two all-ins and calls, as Phil Goatz exited, but split the money.

Goatz had all his chips in the middle with pocket kings on a board and was called by his opponent who held .
The turn and river was no help for Goatz who exited the event.

But there was some luck for Goatz as at the same time, another player on a different table was all in with on a queen-high board only to see his opponent call with pocket queens, which ended in another elimination.

As the two eliminations happened in the same hand on different tables, Goatz and the other eliminated player chop the 90th place prize of $2,246, for $1,123 each.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Goatz	Busted

Tags: Phil Goatz

06-21-2018 17:13 UTC-7

Scheibner Downs Clinkscales

AaronMcBride

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Gary Garibyan raised from early position, and Lloyd Scheibner called in middle position. Rex Clinkscales, in the next seat along, three-bet and left himself with just 2,600 behind. The player on the button cold-called, as Garibyan and Scheibner, also came along to see the flop.

Garibyan checked, Scheibner bet, and Clinkscales called, which left him with just a single 100 chip to play with. The player on the button folded and Garibyan made the call to send the hand three-way to the turn.

Garibyan checked again, Scheibner continued with a bet, and Clinkscales put his final chip into the pot. Garibyan got out the way, and they went to showdown.

Lloyd Scheibner:
Rex Clinkscales:

River:

Scheibner was ahead with top two pair and the river changed nothing as WSOP ring winner Clinkscales, who came into the day second in chips and had built his stack up well in the early proceedings, was eliminated at the start of level 15 for a payout worth $2,336.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Scheibner	115,000 77,900	77,900
Gary Garibyan	75,000 -23,000	-23,000
Rex Clinkscales	Busted

Tags: Gary Garibyan Lloyd Scheibner Rex Clinkscales

06-21-2018 17:38 UTC-7

Use the PokerNews MyStack App To Keep Friends and Family Up-To-Date

AaronMcBride

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

PokerNews has activated the My Stack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.

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06-21-2018 19:54 UTC-7

House-Over-House Elimination; Song Among the Big Stacks

AaronMcBride

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

The players have got right back into the action after the dinner break, and it was a very unfortunate time for Philip Tom.

Tom raised from early position and one player called before Kevin Song in the blinds can along as well.

The flop came down , and Song bet out for 4,000. Tom raised to 8,000 and the third player called. Song three-bet, Tom four-bet, and the other player got out of the way. In the end, Song and Tom got their chips in the middle.

Philip Tom:
Kevin Song:

The hit the turn and the completed the board, making Song runner-runner higher full house. Another bracelet winner has left the tournament, Philip Tom out in 46th place for $3,010.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	197,000 45,000	45,000

Philip Tom	Busted

Tags: Bryce Clark Kevin Song

06-21-2018 20:25 UTC-7

Trips For Vollick

AaronMcBride

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Brian Vollick raised from middle position and Benjamin Lazer three-bet in the big blind. Vollick made the call, and they saw a flop. Vollick called a bet from Lazer, and the latter continued to bet on the turn. Vollick raised and was met by a call before Lazer checked to Vollick on the river.

Vollick continued his aggression and fired another bet, and once again he was called. Vollick tabled for trip sevens, and Lazer mucked, to be left with a 21,000 short stack.

Start of day chip leader Vollick continues to rise and is now sat with 195,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Vollick	195,000 86,000	86,000

Benjamin Lazer	21,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Benjamin Lazer Brian Vollick

06-21-2018 21:27 UTC-7

Heartberg Sends Needleman to the Rail

AaronMcBride

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

The flop read when Daniel Needleman had all his chip in the middle, except one 500 chip. Jeremy Heartberg was his opponent and bet the turn to put Needleman all-in to which he obliged.

Jeremy Heartberg:
Daniel Needleman:

River:

Heartberg was ahead on the flop with the jacks overpair and all but consolidated Needleman's fate when he hit a set on the turn. The river could not save Needleman, and he exited the tournament for a $3,422 payday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Heartberg	105,000 -90,000	-90,000
Daniel Needleman	Busted

Tags: Daniel Needleman Jeremy Heartberg

06-21-2018 23:20 UTC-7

Berrios First to Go

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Just minutes after the redraw had been made Sean Berrios got his final 25,000 into the middle with and was unable to double against Dustin Sitar who was holding and found a on the board.

Berrios, who has $755,582 in recorded live cashes, added $4,711 on top of that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Berrios	Busted

Tags: Sean Berrios

06-21-2018 23:39 UTC-7

Sapozhnikov Eliminated by Scheibner

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

The board was already when we got to the table. Ivan Sapozhnikov, holding , was dominated by Jeffrey Scheibner's hand with who managed to find a on the board.

Sapozhnikov made his way to the exit in 25th place and cashed his second WSOP event for $4,711.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Scheibner	450,000 75,000	75,000
Ivan Sapozhnikov	Busted

Tags: Ivan Sapozhnikov