Jeff Madsen opened the button to 32,000 before David Funkhouser raised to 256,000 with 5,000 back from the small blind, and Madsen called. The final 5,000 went in on the flop.
David Funkhouser: A♥J♥
Jeff Madsen: A♠8♥
Funkhouser was in great shape to double on the A♣Q♣6♥ flop. Nothing changed on the 3♣ turn but a chop was still possible. However, the dealer peeled the 8♦ river in brutal fashion to give Madsen the winner as Funkhouser was sent to the payout desk.
Michael Wolff called in the cutoff and Yueqi Zhu called in the small blind. In the big blind Anthony Ribeiro raised to 48,000 and both Wolff and Zhu called.
The flop rolled out J♦3♣8♣ and Zhu checked to Ribeiro who bet 60,000. Wolff folded while Zhu raised to 336,000. Ribeiro moved all in for 345,000 effective and Zhu called for the last chips he had.
Yueqi Zhu: K♥J♣J♠2♦
Anthony Ribeiro: A♣Q♦Q♠10♦
Zhu held up on the runout of 5♦10♥ and Ribeiro paid off the WSOP bracelet winner a sizable pot.
Chad Eveslage was already all in for a bit over 200,000 from the big blind on a flop of J♦7♦K♣ against Jonathan Glendinning, who had Eveslage covered from under the gun.
Chad Eveslage: A♦Q♦5♦2♠
Jonathan Glendinning: A♥K♦J♠7♥
The K♠ turn gave Glendinning a full house and left Eveslage drawing dead.
An irrelevant 10♣ completed the board and Eveslage was eliminated late in the evening.
Jonathan Glendinning raised from the button and Robert Wells defended his big blind.
The K♣Q♥Q♦ flop checked through to the 5♠ turn which saw Wells lead and Glendinning called.
On the 8♠ river, Wells led, Glendinning raised, and Wells called after some deliberation. Glendinning tabled A♥Q♠9♦2♠ for trip queens which was good to scoop the pot.
Andrey Zaichenko raised in middle position and on the button, Leonard August called. Both Koji Fujimoto in the small blind and Thomas Taylor in the big blind called.
The flop rolled out 2♠K♥2♥ and action checked around to Zaichenko who bet and everyone except for Fujimoto.
On the turn 8♥, Taylor checked over to Zaichenko who bet and both of his opponents called.
The river 6♥ saw Taylor check over to Zaichenko who bet and August called with Taylor calling behind him.
Zaichenko turned over A♣8♣4♠2♣ for eights full for the high and second nut low, while August turned over A♠10♥6♠3♠ for the nut low. Taylor mucked as his chips were split up between his two table mates.
Koji Fujimoto: 5x2x / 3x10x9x8x / Xx
Philip Sternheimer: 8xAx / 6xJx6x3x / Xx
Fujimoto completed, Sternheimer raised, and Fujimoto called all-in.
On sixth, Fujimoto had a nine and Sternheimer had a jack-eight. Fujimoto caught a Kx and Sternheimer caught a 5x to improve to an eight to eliminate Fujimoto.
Day 2 of Event #58: $3,000 Nine Game Mix—affectionately referred to as the "Mini PPC" (Poker Player's Championship) by many players—saw 144 players return to the Horseshoe Convention Center to showcase their skills across multiple poker disciplines. After ten hours of play, Jonathan Glendinning emerged as the leader of the remaining 18 players after bagging up 1,446,000 in chips. Just behind him is Jon Kyte with 1,425,000 and rounding out the top three is Thomas Taylor, who ended with 1,278,000.
Glendinning is a regular at WSOP events with over $1 million in reported live-tournament earnings. Although he has yet to win a bracelet, he does hold one circuit ring and has cashed six times during this series. Glendinning will be looking to best his fourth-place finish in the $1,500 Badugi event a couple of weeks ago.
Glendinning will have stiff competition, however, as less than 300,000 separate the top five players. Additionally, the remaining field is packed with poker talent, including four-time bracelet winner and 2006 Player of the Year Jeff Madsen (1,200,000) and Defending championYuri Dzivielevski (705,000) — who will be gunning for his own fourth bracelet.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Jonathan Glendinning
United States
1,446,000
2
Jon Kyte
Norway
1,425,000
3
Thomas Taylor
Canada
1,278,000
4
Jeff Madsen
United States
1,200,000
5
Fu Wong
United States
1,200,000
6
Yueqi Zhu
China
1,160,000
7
Hiroshi Tanaka
Japan
1,021,000
8
Philip Sternheimer
United Kingdom
975,000
9
Robert Wells
United Kingdom
969,000
10
David Bach
United States
840,000
Jon Kyte
The remaining players have already earned $9,682, but the ultimate goal is the $228,115 first-place prize, which represents the winner's share of the $1,092,030 prize pool.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$228,115
8-9
$19,134
2
$149,152
10-11
$14,839
3
$99,771
12-14
$11,822
4
$68,304
15-18
$9,682
5
$47,884
6
$34,394
7
$25,328
Day 2 Highlights
The returning players represented an absolutely stacked field of poker studs fighting to secure their spot in the money. However, with over 80 eliminations to go before the money bubble burst, the majority found themselves on the rail before cashing. Among those who fell early are Josh Arieh, Luis Velador, Felipe Ramos, Dan Smith, Viktor Blom, Dario Alioto, Mike Matusow, Dave Stann, Nam Le, and Phil Hellmuth.
Meanwhile, Kyte got off to an excellent start after cracking Danny Noam's aces and found himself sitting atop the leaderboard with half a million in chips shortly after the first break. Kyte continued to chip up throughout the night and narrowly missed bagging the chip lead. Kyte has yet to win a bracelet, but holds multiple EPT titles and a runner-up finish in the WSOP last year in a $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event.
Frank Athey was bestowed the unfortunate title of "bubble boy" after getting all in during Razz and ending with a ten against Jarryd Godena's nine. At that point, all the short-stacked players who locked up a min-cash began dropping out en masse, including Gus Hansen, Brad Owen, Chip Jett, Nick Schulman, James Obst, and David "ODB" Baker — whose chips went to Dzivielevski after making an eight-low in Razz against Dzivielevski's seven-low.
Yuri Dzivielevski
As play wound down for the night, Glendinning scored a key knockout against Chad Eveslage after flopping two pair and turning a full house in Omaha Hi-Lo to get a nice boost to his stack. However, the final elimination of the night belonged to Philip Sternheimer, who sent Koji Fujimoto to the rail after drawing to an eight in Razz.
Day 3 will begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 23, and the plan is to play down to a winner. Action will resume on Level 23, which features 40,000/80,000 betting limits for limit and stud games and 10,000/20,000 blinds for pot-limit and no-limit games. Levels will continue to last 60 minutes each, and breaks will be held after every two hours of play.
The finish line is now in sight, as just 17 eliminations are all that stand before the eventual champion. Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the chops, scoops, and beats until one player is left holding the gold!
