Kenneth Douglas went all in for his remaining and was snap called by Mario Launi in the blind.
Kenneth Douglas: A♠8♦
Mario Launi: A♦A♣
The flop left Douglas wanting for running cards as it peeled the 9♠7♣3x and there was still a chance left for him when the 8♣ peeled on the turn, but he was unable to catch another eight as the 5♥ fell. Launi is now amongst the chip leaders.
Picking up the action partway through the hand, Jerry Giroir in the small blind, Nicholas Ronalds in the big blind and Muaaz Gani in the cutoff all had their chip stacks in the middle.
Jerry Giroir: 4♣4♦
Muaaz Gani: A♦Q♣
Nicholas Ronalds: A♥7♦
The board ran out 6♠Q♥7♠3♦A♠ to send the pot towards Gani as Giroir was forced out of the tournament. Ronalds, meanwhile, was left with a short stack.
The eliminations did not slow down, with Colin Lovelock being the next to hit the rail.
Lovelock received just over $9,000 for his run that ended in 22nd place.
Both Klas Krueger and Elaine Rawn were eliminated on the same hand by Jie Fu.
Klas Krueger: A♥2♦
Elaine Rawn: K♣Q♥
Jie Fu: A♦Q♦
The final runout read 3♦Q♠8♥10♠6♣, leaving Fu with the best hand and sending Rawn and Krueger to the payout desk.
Nathan Burnett, Oleksandr Trokhymenko and Jie Fu all had their chips in the middle with the decision on Klas Krueger in the big blind. After much deliberation, Krueger couldn't resist the potential of a triple knockout, as he was the commanding stack. Cards were on the backs and the side pots were yet to be sorted.
Nathan Burnett: A♠3♠
Oleksandr Trokhymenko: A♥6♠
Jie Fu: 9♣9♦
Klas Krueger: 7♠7♥
The flop spread 3♥6♣Q♦, not eliciting a single response from any of the participants, but upon the 9♥ peeling the turn, Fu burst into celebration as he made a set of nines. The 5♦ changed nothing and a massive pot was pushed to Fu, while Krueger took a big hit.
Nathan Burnett was eliminated in 26th place as the shortest stack and Oleksandr Trokhymenko followed closely behind in 25th place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | 1 | Colin Lovelock | 2,500,000 | |
| 670 | 2 | Spencer Champlin | 3,400,000 | |
| 670 | 3 | Shannon Boone | 4,800,000 | |
| 670 | 4 | Wing Liu | 9,600,000 | |
| 670 | 5 | Preston McEwen | 4,700,000 | |
| 670 | 6 | David Jackson | 2,200,000 | |
| 670 | 7 | Fredierick Avecilla | 2,300,000 | |
| 670 | 8 | Diego Acquila | 4,400,000 | |
| 670 | 9 | Daniel Winchester | 5,300,000 | |
| 671 | 1 | Nathan Burnett | 1,500,000 | |
| 671 | 2 | Jay Lockett | 7,500,000 | |
| 671 | 3 | Jie Fu | 3,050,000 | |
| 671 | 4 | Elaine Rawn | 1,775,000 | |
| 671 | 5 | Jaeguk Paeng | 4,475,000 | |
| 671 | 6 | Patrick Liang | 8,400,000 | |
| 671 | 7 | Klas Krueger | 6,250,000 | |
| 671 | 8 | Byambajav Bandi | 2,300,000 | |
| 671 | 9 | Oleksandr Trokhymenko | 2,400,000 | |
| 672 | 1 | Christopher Perkins | 9,325,000 | |
| 672 | 2 | Kenneth Douglas | 11,875,000 | |
| 672 | 3 | Jerry Giroir | 4,400,000 | |
| 672 | 4 | Tristen Barnes | 2,500,000 | |
| 672 | 5 | Marc Desantis | 5,900,000 | |
| 672 | 6 | Matthew Thom | 5,750,000 | |
| 672 | 7 | Ibrahim Tarim | 2,075,000 | |
| 672 | 8 | David Hirst | 1,900,000 | |
| 672 | 9 | Muaaz Gani | 5,350,000 |
Shannon Boone remains the lady to best, as she's steadily climbed the ranks from Day 1 to Day 2.
Preston McEwen, who entered the day with the chip lead has also been chipping up quietly but we can be sure his rail will cause a ruckus if he makes the final table.
Unfortunately for her many fans, poker commentator Jamie Kerstetter was seen leaving the tournament area so it won't be her holding up the gold today.
In 2022, Katie Kopp started it off with a bang, winning Event #1: Casino Employees.
Picking up the action partway through the hand, Lori Persinger in the cutoff was all in and at risk against Preston McEwen in the big blind.
Lori Persinger: K♠Q♣
Preston McEwen: K♥2♦
Persinger was in a good spot to double, that is until the board ran out K♣2♥7♣5♠4♥ to improve McEwen to two pair and leave Persinger heading to the payout desk, snapping a photo of the bad beat as she left.
Welcome back to the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Day 2 of Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-LImit Hold'em begins at 10 a.m.
Day 1 saw a total of 5,342 unique entries, generating a prize pool of $2,243,640. Only 238 players remain as the day begins with all players guaranteed a minimum cash of $1,611. However, all eyes are on the grand prize of $262,526 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Preston McEwen begins the day with an impressive chip lead, coming in with a total of 2,040,000, followed by Nicholas Ronalds (1,960,000) and Yita Choong (1,840,000) to round the top three.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston McEwen | United States | 2,040,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Nicholas Ronalds | United States | 1,960,000 | 65 |
| 3 | Yita Choong | Australia | 1,840,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Kenneth Hernandez | United States | 1,800,045 | 60 |
| 5 | Alcioni Pollermann | Brazil | 1,690,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Marc Desantis | United States | 1,600,000 | 53 |
| 7 | Derek Brumbaugh | United States | 1,585,000 | 53 |
| 8 | Spencer Champlin | United States | 1,580,000 | 53 |
| 9 | Russell Koch | United States | 1,495,000 | 50 |
| 10 | Enjamin Mirsaidi | Germany | 1,490,000 | 50 |
Blinds will begin at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante and levels remain 30-minutes long. There will be a 15-minute break after every four levels and play is scheduled to continue until a champion is crowned.
Stick with PokerNews for the latest updates on this event and all the 2023 World Series of Poker news from the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
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