Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-22-2018 15:12 UTC-8

Chip Counts

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Here are some of the latest chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	325,000 10,000	10,000

Stephen Foutty	164,000 164,000	164,000
Maurice Hawkins	160,000 84,000	84,000
Joao Vieira	100,000 55,000	55,000

Jeff Gross	92,000 52,000	52,000

Kahle Burns	70,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: David Peters Jeff Gross Joao Vieira Kahle Burns Maurice Hawkins Stephen Foutty

06-22-2018 15:05 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	Busted

Martin Hanowksi	Busted
Bruno Lopes	Busted
Jose Brito	Busted
Bruce Nguyen	Busted
Andy Spears	Busted
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted

Mitchell Ames	Busted
Alex Bilokur	Busted

Hunichen Building

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Chris Hunichen has had a good run recently. He has doubled his stack since the last count and just won another hand, this time against Daniel Vampan.

The players were on the flop, staring at . Vampan check-called Hunichen's 6,500 bet. It went a similar way on the turn, though this time Hunichen bet 17,500. The river brought a check from Vampan and Hunichen followed suit, taking them to a showdown.

Chris Hunichen:
Daniel Vampan:

The kings were good and Hunichen collected the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	250,000 118,500	118,500

Daniel Vampan	160,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Daniel Vampan

06-22-2018 14:52 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts, Brokos Continues to Climb

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Andrew Brokos started Day 2 with 140,100 and he has caught fire here in the early levels. Brokos continues to rake in pot after pot and is starting to distance himself from the field. He now sits behind a mountain of 400,000 and is all alone at the top of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brokos	400,000 80,000	80,000
David Peters	315,000 5,000	5,000

Kainalu Mccue-Unciano	305,000 185,000	185,000

Jeremy Leavell	235,000 158,600	158,600
Dutch Boyd	180,000 42,400	42,400

Chino Rheem	145,000 7,000	7,000
Daniel Buzgon	130,000 29,400	29,400
Chance Kornuth	120,000 75,000	75,000

Justin Adams	115,000 62,700	62,700
Dylan Linde	90,000 11,000	11,000

Faraz Jaka	60,000 65,000	65,000

Ryan Laplante	53,000 24,000	24,000

Michael Hollenberg	51,000 2,000	2,000
Joao Vieira	45,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Andrew Brokos

06-22-2018 14:51 UTC-8

Morzella Doubles Through Ferguson

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Six-time gold bracelet winner Chris Ferguson opened from under the gun and no one wanted to get involved until it folded around to Jeffrey Morzella, who called in the big blind.

The flop was andMorzella led for his whole stack, which was 7,600. Ferguson made the call and they turned their cards over.

Jeff Morzella
Chris Ferguson

It was a pair for Morzella who was the favorite at this point, against Ferguson's two over cards. The turn and river came and Morzella has a little life breathed into his tournament, taking down an 11 big blind pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Ferguson	47,000 26,800	26,800

Jeffrey Morzella	26,000 32,400	32,400

Tags: Chris Ferguson Jeffrey Morzella

06-22-2018 14:41 UTC-8

In the Money Chip Counts

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Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	310,000 80,000	80,000

Paawan Bansal	172,000 11,500	11,500
Dylan Linde	79,000 21,000	21,000

Joao Vieira	60,000 17,000	17,000

Harry Lodge	23,000 66,000	66,000

Andrew Hills	23,000 7,000	7,000
Russell Thomas	19,000 21,300	21,300

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

06-22-2018 14:38 UTC-8

Gross Finds a Double

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jeff Gross and Masayuki Nagata were heads-up on the river on a board. There was over 25,000 in the main pot and Nagata slid out a stack of chips covering Gross who had 6,900.

Gross quickly called turning over for sixes full of kings, and Nagata flashed his as Gross raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Gross	40,000 13,400	13,400

Masayuki Nagata	15,000 15,300	15,300

Tags: Jeff Gross Masayuki Nagata

06-22-2018 14:29 UTC-8

In the Money

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A player in middle position raised and Martin Stoller called from the button. Mahmoudreza Heshmati three-bet from the small blind and it folded back to Stoller who called. They went heads-up to the flop and Heshmati led out with a bet of 10,500.

Stoller called and the dealer burned and turned the . Heshmati checked to Stoller who moved all in for over 45,000 sending Heshmati deep into the tank. He eventually called for his last 41,000 turning over but Stoller showed for top set.

"I knew you had that" said Heshmati as the hit the river and Stoller earned the pot and the elimination.

During the same hand on one of the outer tables Chance Kornuth raised the small blind and Norman Shapiro moved all in from the big. Kornuth snap called turning over and it was a cooler for Shapiro who showed . The board ran out clean for Kornuth and Shapiro was eliminated.

Steve McNally was also eliminated and those three players will split the 188th and 187th place payouts and take home $2,495.

The remaining 186 Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em are now all in the money and are guaranteed at least $3,743 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Stoller	130,000 90,000	90,000
Mahmoudreza Heshmati	Busted
Norman Shapiro	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Norman Shapiro Steve McNally Mahmoudreza Heshmati

06-22-2018 13:55 UTC-8

Money Bubble Looms

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The players are falling fast here on Day 2 of Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. They started the day with 297 players and just 190 remain. They are now just two eliminations away from the money as the final 188 will all be guaranteed at least $3,783 for their efforts.