Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,808,000
Entries
1,248
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 of Event #43: $2,500 Limit Hold'em is set to kick off at 12 noon local time today with 297 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.
Ashwin Sarin will begin as the chip leader after he bagged 166,200 overnight, and Stephen Foutty is right on his heels with 156,300.
WSOP bracelet winner David Peters is near the top of the chip counts with 140,500. Peters stayed in cruise control for much of Day 1 after building a big stack early,
Chris Hunichen (131,500), Jake Schwartz (124,500), Phong "Turbo" Nguyen (112,500) and Chino Rheem (105,000) are among the big stacks that will be returning.
Also in action today are bracelet winners David "Bakes" Baker (90,000), Chance Kornuth (88,000), Kristen Bicknell (61,300), and Taylor Paur (64,600).
We are inching closer to the money bubble as the final 188 players will be guaranteed at least $3,743 for their efforts.
Level 11 will get underway with 600/1,200 blinds and 200 ante. 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.
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Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em players have taken their seats in the Amazon room. The cards are now in the air and PokerNews will be bringing you all of the live tournament updates.
Brand Out Flops Balzano
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Dennis Brand and Paul Balzano were facing a flop of 
and Brand had moved all-for over 70,000.
After a minute in the tank, he was called and they turned their cards over.
Dennis Brand 
Balzano 
Brand was a long way ahead and the 
turn and 
river did nothing to change that. Balzano was the shorter stack and he hits the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 44,500 |
|
Busted |
Cicero Doubles Through Hinkle
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Shankar Pillai raised from the cutoff and Paulo Cicero called from the small blind. They went three handed to the 
flop and Cicero moved all in for 7,200. Hinkle called turning over 
and Cicero showed 
.
The turn 
and river were no help to Hinkle and Cicero doubled his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 29,900 |
|
20,000 | -30,300 |
Is Vanessa Selbst Back to Playing Poker Because of...FOMO?
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
In January 2018, Vanessa Selbst announced her retirement from being a full time poker player. Her retirement was met with some skepticism and criticism from the poker community, despite her proclamation that should would never quit playing poker. Six months later, Selbst has entered her first poker tournament at the World Series of Poker. Sasha Salinger asks what brought her to the World Series of Poker, how many tournaments Vanessa Selbst will play over the Series, and what life is like post full-time poker.
Jaka Eliminates Feres Messmar Car
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Faraz Jaka and Luiz Renato Feres Messmar Car were heads-up on the river on a 
board. Feres Messmar Car checked and Jaka moved all in. Feres Messmar Car thought long and hard and eventually called for his last 32,900.
Jaka tabled his 
for a full house and Feres Messmar Car showed 
before he shook hands with Jaka and made his exit from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 60,800 |
|
|
Busted |
Hatzakortzian Takes From Linde
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The 
flop was already out and three players still had cards in front of them. Aaron Gustavson checked, as did Edward Hatzakortzian, then Dylan Linde bet 7,500 on the button. Gustavson folded and Hatzakortzian moved all in. Linde asked for a count and called the 34,000 more.
Edward Hatzakortzian: 
Dylan Linde: 
Hatzakortzian had outflopped Linde and Hatzakortzian needed to fade a ten or a king at this point.
The turn was a 
and the river bricked, too. Hatzakortzian has now moved up over the 100,000-chip mark whereas Linde is left in some trouble with a very short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,500 | 41,300 |
|
20,000 | 2,200 |
|
19,000 | -62,100 |
Peters Picking Up Where He Left Off
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
WSOP bracelet winner David Peters put on dominant performance on Day 1 of Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em. He put a massive stack of 140,500 in the bag and he is showing no signs of slowing down here on Day 2.
Peters is picking up right where he left off and continues to add to his mountain of chips. He is now up over 200,000 and has moved into the chip lead as we inch closer to the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 69,500 |