Jeff Norman raised in middle position and Paul-Francois Tedeschi called in the big blind. The flop came and Tedeschi checked. Norman bet and Tedeschi check-raised. Norman called.
The turn was the and Tedeschi bet out. Norman let his hand go and Tedeschi took the pot. He continued to chip up after that hand, too, and after starting the day with just 13,700, Tedeschi is now up to 44,000 before the end of the first level of play.
Day 2 of Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold’em begins at 2 p.m. today with 132 players returning to play 10 more one hour-long levels.
This event got 616 entries for a total prize pool of $831,600. The top 93 finishers will not leave empty-handed, as the minimum payout will be $2,246. Up for grabs for first place is $177,985.
Michael Reed starts the day as the biggest stack with 111,600 chips, followed by the only other player over 100,000 — Jeff Thompson, who has 108,700. Three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein is looking for bracelet number four and has 54,400 at the start of Day 2. Tyler Bonkowski is looking for a back-to-back final table in this event as he finished third last year. He starts the day as one of the short stacks with 8,300.
Several other accomplished players are still in the field and will be battling here on Day 2. They include Joshua Turner (78,500), Mike Cordell (72,500), Sean Berrios (71,900), Alex Luneau (53,500), Ray Henson (56,400), Esther Taylor (49,100), Terrence Chan (43,400), Ronnie Bardah (30,100), John Racener (18,000), Brock Parker (17,700) and Andrey Zaichenko (12,800).
Breaks are scheduled every two levels of play with a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Be sure to follow the action throughout the day right here at PokerNews.
and Tedeschi checked. Norman bet and Tedeschi check-raised. Norman called. 
and Tedeschi bet out. Norman let his hand go and Tedeschi took the pot. He continued to chip up after that hand, too, and after starting the day with just 13,700, Tedeschi is now up to 44,000 before the end of the first level of play.
