Santiago Plante started the action with a raise to 100,000 in middle position and Eduardo Mendoza shoved in the small blind for a stack around 400,000. Muhammad Rahim, in the big blind, also pushed with a similar stack and Plante made the call:
Eduardo Mendoza: Q♣Q♠
Muhammad Rahim: K♥J♦
Santiago Plante: A♦A♠
The board didn't bring any bad surprise for Plante with 2♠5♣J♥9♣4♣ and he scooped the pot to send Mendoza and Rahim out.
According to the table, a player opened to 80,000 and Jeffrey Thoney three-bet in the cutoff to 240,000. It came to Erwann Pecheux who opted to shove in the blinds for a stack worth around 1,200,000 and it folded back to Thoney who made the call to create a huge pot:
Erwann Pecheux: 6♣6♦
Jeffrey Thoney: K♥K♣
Pecheux didn't find any miracle as the board revealed Q♦9♥A♣7♦J♠ and he made his way to the payout desk.
Action was picked up on a flop of 3♣2♣K♦ with just two players still holding cards. Hieu Ngo had bet 15,000 into a pot of 450,000 when checked to. Despite this not being a valid bet size, it was enough to put Christopher Dombrowski all in, who had exactly that much behind.
He was deep in the tank due to the fact that he was on a $700 pay jump bubble, and after some time another player called the clock, and the floor came over. Despite being offered a further 30 seconds, and being one elimination away from a pay jump, he made the call pretty much instantly.
Christopher Dombrowski: A♦6♠
Hieu Ngo: K♠Q♥
Dombrowski didn't improve on the 4♠10♣ runout, sending him home. Just seconds later, shouts of "Payout!" were heard one table over, as Paul Cioffi had been eliminated. He was all smiles, wishing luck to his tablemates, and celebrated a little more when he realised that he'd made the pay jump, thanks to Dombrowski's quick call.
On a flop 2♣3♥5♥ in a heads-up pot, Andrew Vanhoe bet 105,000 and faced a shove from Erwann Pecheux for a total stack around 320,000. After a minute, Vanhoe made the call for the following showdown:
Erwann Pecheux: J♥J♦
Andrew Vanhoe: 4♠4♥
Vanhoe’s hand was dominated, and Pecheux collected the pot after the 8♣Q♦ completed the board. “That’s a gift for you,” Vanhoe said jokingly as he paid off Pecheux’s double-up.
Olga Iermolcheva open-shoved all in with her remaining stack of 28,000. Peng Jiang on the button decided to call for 33,000. In the small blind, Mudit Malhotra asked for a count of Jiang and decided to call.
Olga Iermolcheva: A♥8♥
Peng Jiang; A♥Q♠
Mudit Malhotra: A♣9♣
The dealer ran out the board 9♦Q♦5♦J♣K♥. Unfortunately for Iermolcheva, her cards didn't improve and she was sent to the payout desk. Jiang took all the chips from the middle of the table.
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), taking place at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
A total of 1,873 players entered on Day 1, building an impressive $1,648,240 prize pool. The champion will walk away with $232,498 and the prestigious WSOP bracelet.
Day 2 is set to kick off at 2 p.m., with 281 players returning to the tables. Each has already locked up a minimum payout of $2,006, but with the stakes rising, the competition will be fierce.
Fresh off winning his seventh bracelet earlier this week, Shaun Deeb leads the field with 923,000 in chips. He is followed by Liao Yinghsiang with 530,000 and Jeffery Pugh with 510,000.
While a few fresh faces have cracked the top ten, the leaderboard also still includes seasoned pros like Santiago Plante, Konstantin Generalov, and Ramon Munoz.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Shaun Deeb
United States
923,000
154
2
Liao Yinghsiang
China
530,000
88
3
Jeffery Pugh
United States
510,000
85
4
Andrew Vanhoe
United States
486,000
81
5
Santiago Plante
Canada
477,000
80
6
Konstantin Generalov
Russian Federation
476,000
79
7
Muhammad Rahim
United States
450,000
75
8
Bosco Li
United Kingdom
422,000
70
9
Ramon Munoz
Spain
417,000
70
10
John Lewis
United States
404,000
67
Other notable names who made it through to Day 2 include Harry Lodge (193,000), Jinlong Hu (182,000), Max Kruse (161,000), Alen Bakovic((140,000), Christopher Dombrowski (133,000), Shai Zurr (116,000), Alan Sternberg (94,000), Scott Eskenazi (93,000), Timothy Faro (74,000), Kang Hyun Lee (54,000) and Vito Distefano (40,000).
A few players from the 25K Fantasy league have made it to Day 2: Chipleader Shaun Deeb, Uri Reichenstein (248,000), Lawrence Brandt (52,500) and Ben Yu (28,000).
Maki Kita bagged 97,000 in chips to advance to Day 2. Her husband, Atsuhito Kita, was eliminated in Level 13 on Day 1, but was all smiles on the rail as she secured her spot.
Maki Kita
Action resumes at Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000/6,000. With 30-minute levels, play will continue until a winner is crowned. There is a 15-minute break after every four levels. A dinner break is yet to be confirmed.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for regular updates on the action until the end of the tournament.
