07-01-2017 12:37 UTC-7
Scott Davies, who started out the day as one of the shortest survivors, sneaked into the money. Soon after, though, it was all over.
He got it in from the small blind with
It started out as a coin flip but wasn't after the flop:
Player
Chips
Progress
Andre Akkari
107,000
15,500
Scott Davies
Busted
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Andre Akkari Scott Davies
07-01-2017 12:34 UTC-7
The remaining players are now guaranteed a return on their investment and hard work, so the chips are flying in the middle in the hope of a double-up and the chance to ladder up.
The next pay jump is a small one: 234th place gets $2,329.
07-01-2017 12:28 UTC-7
The dealers were asked to get up from their seats as soon as their hand was over, hinting that hand-for-hand play would begin right after. All of them eventually complied after which the floor grabbed the microphone and announced that all players were in the money.
In the tumult, Zhong Wang had lost his last couple of chips and became the official bubble of this $1,500 buy-in event. Whang had started the day with 26,600 in chips but didn't turn that into a cash.
Now 265 players remain.
Player
Chips
Progress
Zhong Wang
Busted
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Zhong Wang
07-01-2017 12:20 UTC-7
The tournament is now on the bubble and hand-for-hand play has begun.
The next player out goes home empty-handed.
07-01-2017 12:16 UTC-7
Nicolas Careme was all in and the player at risk but he tabled
John Esposito was the man looking to knock him out with
The board ran out
The aces held and a relieved Careme doubled up.
On a table on the far side of the room, Zewdie Wondimagegnehu lost the last of his stack and fell before the money.
Player
Chips
Progress
Nicolas Careme
110,000
55,000
John Esposito
25,000
-55,600
Busted
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John Esposito Nicolas Careme Zewdie Wondimagegnehu
07-01-2017 12:09 UTC-7
Saurabh Patel (hijack) and Faraz Jaka (cutoff) got their chips in the middle before the flop. Jaka, the one at risk, had the best of it with
The
Player
Chips
Progress
Saurabh Patel
96,400
-12,400
Faraz Jaka
28,400
15,600
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Faraz Jaka Saurabh Patel
07-01-2017 12:01 UTC-7
Shuffle up and deal!
It will be a tense start to the day as they are four eliminations away from the bubble.
07-01-2017 10:00 UTC-7
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #58, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em where Martin Kabrhel from the Czech Republic begins play as the chipleader with 235,000.
Kabrhel leads a returning field of 269 players and with 265 players set to get paid the money bubble is just four players away and the first order of business for the day.
There were 1,763 entries on Day 1 generating a prizepool of $2,380,050 and a min-cash for those surviving the bubble will be worth $2,249 with the eventual winner set to receive $395,918 along with a WSOP gold bracelet.
Some of the notables still in the hunt include Kenny Hallaert , Chance Kornuth , Asi Moshe , Phil Laak , Andre Akkari , and Roberto Romanello.
Cards are in the air at 12 p.m. in Miranda with a scheduled 10 ½ levels of play. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 6.
PokerNews will bring you all the action from the felt as the 2017 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino continues.
Room Table Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds Miranda 600 1 Lee Watkinson United States 90,500 75 Miranda 600 2 Nick Guagenti United States 25,000 21 Miranda 600 3 Russell Crane United States 77,800 65 Miranda 600 4 Dmitry Vitkind Canada 10,500 9 Miranda 600 5 Jonathan Mckay United States 19,000 16 Miranda 600 7 Matt Glantz United States 22,100 18 Miranda 600 8 Martin Kabrhel Czech Republic 235,000 196 Miranda 600 9 Yuhei Sanada Japan 56,700 47 Miranda 601 1 Alexandre Rivero Germany 40,900 34 Miranda 601 2 Aaron Massey United States 12,500 10 Miranda 601 3 Ryan Hall Canada 18,800 16 Miranda 601 4 David Harnish Canada 21,300 18 Miranda 601 5 Joshua Rosengarten United States 22,100 18 Miranda 601 6 Oren Cohen United States 57,900 48 Miranda 601 7 Yang Zhang China 7,700 6 Miranda 601 8 Andy Zarro Israel 25,700 21 Miranda 601 9 Assani Fisher United States 25,200 21 Miranda 602 1 Mario Prats Argentina 131,300 109 Miranda 602 2 Asi Moshe Israel 148,900 124 Miranda 602 3 Arman Zolnoorian United States 93,500 78 Miranda 602 4 Caufman Talley United States 80,700 67 Miranda 602 5 Narimaan Ahmadi United States 117,900 98 Miranda 602 6 Brett Bader United States 114,000 95 Miranda 602 7 Xiuzhuo Zhao Taiwan 42,100 35 Miranda 602 8 Navot Golan Israel 37,200 31 Miranda 602 9 Brock Wilson United States 22,300 19 Miranda 603 1 Shai Zurr Israel 50,700 42 Miranda 603 2 Arturs Daugis United Kingdom 120,000 100 Miranda 603 3 Andreas Christoforou Cyprus 152,000 127 Miranda 603 4 Jainamma Krotz United States 1 0 Miranda 603 5 Moon Kim United States 23,500 20 Miranda 603 6 Fraser Paterson Canada 42,700 36 Miranda 603 7 Linda Kenney Baden United States 61,900 52 Miranda 603 8 Jay Glass Canada 113,500 95 Miranda 603 9 Scott Lychwick United States 14,900 12 Miranda 604 1 Kartheeharan Nagarajan United States 41,200 34 Miranda 604 2 Everett Totty United States 41,200 34 Miranda 604 3 Alexandru Papazian Romania 50,500 42 Miranda 604 4 Sachin Ramrakhani United States 43,000 36 Miranda 604 5 Kyle Strader United States 34,300 29 Miranda 604 6 Joey To United States 23,000 19 Miranda 604 7 Angelina Rich United States 17,700 15 Miranda 604 8 Andy Phan United States 73,000 61 Miranda 604 9 Francisco Araujo Argentina 16,900 14 Miranda 605 1 Maria Lampropulos Argentina 13,600 11 Miranda 605 2 Allyn Shulman United States 27,400 23 Miranda 605 3 Lars Jesper Persson Sweden 73,200 61 Miranda 605 4 Charles Fast United States 4,500 4 Miranda 605 5 Mike Azzaro United States 25,100 21 Miranda 605 6 Brandon Schwulst United States 29,000 24 Miranda 605 7 Gal Yifrach United States 101,200 84 Miranda 605 8 Artur Rudziankov Czech Republic 173,400 145 Miranda 605 9 Mathieu Selides United States 84,300 70 Miranda 609 1 Thomas Ward United Kingdom 61,700 51 Miranda 609 2 William Kiley United States 51,900 43 Miranda 609 3 John Friday United States 45,500 38 Miranda 609 4 Gary Sewell United States 37,400 31 Miranda 609 5 Sharukh Shaw United States 60,800 51 Miranda 609 6 Kuixian Zhu United States 66,100 55 Miranda 609 7 Ricardo Hernandez United States 136,900 114 Miranda 609 8 Mihai Itoafa United States 84,100 70 Miranda 609 9 Richard Stankiewicz United States 7,600 6 Miranda 610 1 Dimitar Danchev Bulgaria 56,500 47 Miranda 610 2 Natasha Mercier United States 60,100 50 Miranda 610 3 Sebastiano Giudice Italy 38,200 32 Miranda 610 4 Jaskirat Bindra Germany 27,500 23 Miranda 610 5 Mika Hilaire United States 45,500 38 Miranda 610 6 Nicholas Stowell United States 58,100 48 Miranda 610 7 Michael Amato United States 77,900 65 Miranda 610 8 Griffin Benger Canada 15,200 13 Miranda 610 9 Greg Jennings United States 71,800 60 Miranda 611 1 Peter Coulombe United States 52,100 43 Miranda 611 2 Sean Edelenbos Canada 41,600 35 Miranda 611 3 Eric Baldwin United States 37,100 31 Miranda 611 4 Randall Robinson United States 22,700 19 Miranda 611 5 Phil Laak United States 92,600 77 Miranda 611 6 Pok Kim United States 22,700 19 Miranda 611 7 Thomas Lefort Canada 36,000 30 Miranda 611 8 Glen Ming Canada 16,900 14 Miranda 611 9 Cesar Abad Brazil 8,000 7 Miranda 612 1 Jesse Cohen United States 94,500 79 Miranda 612 2 Kevin Woloshyn Canada 70,300 59 Miranda 612 3 Xuming Qi China 25,100 21 Miranda 612 4 Zachary Donovan United States 42,800 36 Miranda 612 5 Jonathan Therme France 55,500 46 Miranda 612 6 Nicolas Careme France 55,000 46 Miranda 612 7 Adan Hernandez United States 26,400 22 Miranda 612 8 Christian Sampaoli Argentina 32,800 27 Miranda 612 9 John Esposito United States 80,600 67 Miranda 613 1 Lariena Garrett United States 75,400 63 Miranda 613 2 Jeffrey Tanouye United States 33,800 28 Miranda 613 3 DJ MacKinnon United States 38,800 32 Miranda 613 4 Chris Ferguson United States 20,200 17 Miranda 613 5 Henry Jacobson United States 9,000 8 Miranda 613 6 Guy Cannon United States 60,500 50 Miranda 613 7 Zhong Wang United States 26,600 22 Miranda 613 8 Joseph Caruso Canada 99,400 83 Miranda 613 9 Matin Jouzdani United States 42,300 35 Miranda 614 1 Matthew Ramsey United States 9,300 8 Miranda 614 2 Martin Pineiro Argentina 15,700 13 Miranda 614 3 Matthew Ara United States 19,800 17 Miranda 614 4 Anthony Kazgandjian France 13,500 11 Miranda 614 5 Wyatt Sadler United States 18,100 15 Miranda 614 6 Dustin Nelson United States 41,500 35 Miranda 614 7 Clifford Pappas United States 47,400 40 Miranda 614 8 Mark Tarica United States 25,900 22 Miranda 614 9 Joshua Palmer United States 99,500 83 Miranda 618 1 Daryn Firicano United States 15,500 13 Miranda 618 2 Arash Ghaneian United States 135,000 113 Miranda 618 3 James Gilbert United States 71,800 60 Miranda 618 4 Steven Snyder United States 80,700 67 Miranda 618 5 Gino Provenzano Australia 23,800 20 Miranda 618 6 Brian Wilson United States 67,000 56 Miranda 618 7 Nathan Weed United States 6,700 6 Miranda 618 8 Kelly Winterhalter United States 14,200 12 Miranda 618 9 Youngshin Im South Korea 46,000 38 Miranda 619 1 Joe Cada United States 30,700 26 Miranda 619 2 Louis Salter United Kingdom 45,800 38 Miranda 619 3 Rafael Marcondes United States 28,500 24 Miranda 619 4 Theodoros Aidonopolos Greece 66,400 55 Miranda 619 5 Paul Jenkinson United Kingdom 16,800 14 Miranda 619 6 Alex Bonner United States 41,900 35 Miranda 619 7 Rider Jensen United States 64,700 54 Miranda 619 8 William Holmes United States 17,400 15 Miranda 619 9 Davis Adams United States 35,000 29 Miranda 620 1 Olin Biddy United States 23,500 20 Miranda 620 2 Jason Smith United States 23,700 20 Miranda 620 3 Lance Howard United States 70,400 59 Miranda 620 4 Tamas Lendvai Hungary 30,000 25 Miranda 620 5 Stephen Bishop United States 8,800 7 Miranda 620 6 David Fung United States 43,100 36 Miranda 620 7 Taylor Paur United States 76,500 64 Miranda 620 8 Mark Herm United States 11,700 10 Miranda 620 9 Alexander Lukyanov Russia 38,500 32 Miranda 621 1 Barry Bindelglass United States 14,800 12 Miranda 621 2 Ramon Lampert Switzerland 49,800 42 Miranda 621 3 Francis Anderson United States 39,400 33 Miranda 621 4 Larry Little United States 25,800 22 Miranda 621 5 Luke Bindon United Kingdom 8,300 7 Miranda 621 6 Juliet Hegedus United States 12,500 10 Miranda 621 7 Joe Kuether United States 43,700 36 Miranda 621 8 Zhongfei Li United States 27,100 23 Miranda 621 9 Matas Dilpsas Lithuania 26,700 22 Miranda 622 1 Leslie Renken United States 81,000 68 Miranda 622 2 John Ross United States 13,600 11 Miranda 622 3 Giovanniluigi Zarcone United States 107,200 89 Miranda 622 4 Hewitt Poland United States 13,200 11 Miranda 622 5 Ran Niv Israel 37,000 31 Miranda 622 6 Roman Korenev Russia 104,300 87 Miranda 622 7 Robert Flowers United States 15,100 13 Miranda 622 8 Earl Hunter United States 30,400 25 Miranda 622 9 Christopher Andler Germany 30,000 25 Miranda 623 1 Daniel Wilson Ireland 35,800 30 Miranda 623 2 Po Jui Wang Taiwan 71,700 60 Miranda 623 3 Scott Hall United States 16,700 14 Miranda 623 4 Gregory Yeager United States 18,200 15 Miranda 623 5 Boaz Madhala Israel 19,900 17 Miranda 623 6 David Byer United States 25,000 21 Miranda 623 7 Mike Dentale United States 22,400 19 Miranda 623 8 Thomas Mcteer United States 59,900 50 Miranda 623 9 Rob Goetschius United States 63,700 53 Miranda 627 1 Alfred Schmuck Austria 17,400 15 Miranda 627 2 Raad Farida United States 43,300 36 Miranda 627 3 James Romero United States 40,000 33 Miranda 627 4 Rocco Palumbo Italy 51,000 43 Miranda 627 5 Rebekah Harkness United States 51,800 43 Miranda 627 6 Timothy Miles United States 21,000 18 Miranda 627 7 Kenny Hallaert Belgium 130,600 109 Miranda 627 8 Ramiro Petrone Argentina 82,200 69 Miranda 627 9 Christian Rudolph Germany 87,200 73 Miranda 628 1 Nick Davies United States 69,000 58 Miranda 628 2 Alan Kurkciyan United States 59,700 50 Miranda 628 3 Marc Faseler United States 33,600 28 Miranda 628 4 Roberto Romanello United Kingdom 81,300 68 Miranda 628 5 Yanki Koppel United States 59,000 49 Miranda 628 6 Andrew Camou United States 42,600 36 Miranda 628 7 Jonathan Braier United States 46,200 39 Miranda 628 8 Dong Guo China 42,000 35 Miranda 628 9 Karl Held United States 28,800 24 Miranda 629 1 Andre Akkari Brazil 91,500 76 Miranda 629 2 Sanghoon Ouh United States 39,500 33 Miranda 629 3 Cameron Glendenning United States 42,300 35 Miranda 629 4 Goran Mandic Croatia 83,400 70 Miranda 629 5 Jonathan Stamm United States 17,900 15 Miranda 629 6 Roger Hammond United States 54,300 45 Miranda 629 7 Eric Fields United States 112,500 94 Miranda 629 8 Scott Davies Canada 7,500 6 Miranda 629 9 Dmitry Savelyev United States 23,300 19 Miranda 630 1 Zewdie Wondimagegnehu United States 22,300 19 Miranda 630 2 Thomas Bates United States 41,300 34 Miranda 630 3 Muskan Sethi Germany 17,500 15 Miranda 630 4 Matthew Shafman United States 120,300 100 Miranda 630 5 Ronald Schiel United States 45,900 38 Miranda 630 6 Kou Vang United States 25,100 21 Miranda 630 7 Richard Vielhak United States 52,100 43 Miranda 630 8 Stephane Keyser United States 20,800 17 Miranda 630 9 Wenhao Ying United States 40,400 34 Miranda 631 1 Robert Fechser United States 51,900 43 Miranda 631 2 Ken Aldridge United States 9,100 8 Miranda 631 3 Grant Foster United States 71,900 60 Miranda 631 4 Fabrice Casano France 56,600 47 Miranda 631 5 David Brown United States 87,900 73 Miranda 631 6 Chance Kornuth United States 111,400 93 Miranda 631 7 Lawrence Whyte United States 32,700 27 Miranda 631 8 Christopher Herrin United States 55,200 46 Miranda 631 9 Chong Cheng United States 36,200 30 Miranda 632 1 Felipe Leme United States 145,200 121 Miranda 632 2 Jorge Gallardo United States 33,500 28 Miranda 632 3 Javier Swett Germany 77,300 64 Miranda 632 4 Matthew Trent United States 15,400 13 Miranda 632 5 Gary Yates United States 63,200 53 Miranda 632 6 Jim Pak United States 8,100 7 Miranda 632 7 John Phan United States 92,700 77 Miranda 632 8 Saurabh Patel United States 106,400 89 Miranda 632 9 Faraz Jaka United States 12,800 11 Miranda 636 1 Aaron Steele United States 28,900 24 Miranda 636 2 Albert Ng United States 11,500 10 Miranda 636 3 Robert Ferdinand United States 19,000 16 Miranda 636 4 Gary Floyd United States 30,300 25 Miranda 636 5 Cosmin Joldis Romania 38,100 32 Miranda 636 6 John Richards United States 88,800 74 Miranda 636 7 Andrei Konopelko Belarus 97,500 81 Miranda 636 8 Jose Hernandez United States 62,900 52 Miranda 636 9 Gordon Vayo United States 34,200 29 Miranda 637 1 Albert Truong United States 12,200 10 Miranda 637 2 Danny Wong United States 95,100 79 Miranda 637 3 Alan Myerson United States 31,500 26 Miranda 637 4 Daniel Rudd United Kingdom 106,200 89 Miranda 637 5 Andrew Mcelroy United States 4,000 3 Miranda 637 6 Danamarie Muse United States 67,800 57 Miranda 637 7 Michael Beattie United States 38,100 32 Miranda 637 8 Alex Queen United States 58,400 49 Miranda 637 9 Kaleb Smith United States 56,400 47 Miranda 638 1 Daniel Stanley United States 12,100 10 Miranda 638 2 Weiqi Liu United States 38,500 32 Miranda 638 3 Nikita Luther India 69,200 58 Miranda 638 4 Kenneth Marker United States 35,300 29 Miranda 638 5 Alfie Adam United Kingdom 14,600 12 Miranda 638 6 Chad Awerbuch Australia 33,500 28 Miranda 638 7 Tony Hoang Canada 18,900 16 Miranda 638 8 Khoi Ta United States 110,100 92 Miranda 638 9 Eric Beller United States 89,200 74 Miranda 639 1 Chris Cornell United States 24,300 20 Miranda 639 2 Darrel Graef United States 74,800 62 Miranda 639 3 Ruben van den Eshof Netherlands 43,500 36 Miranda 639 4 Georgy Philippovich Russia 112,400 94 Miranda 639 5 Sonny Franco United States 122,600 102 Miranda 639 6 Richard Mijares United States 102,200 85 Miranda 639 7 Travis Hartshorn United States 36,700 31 Miranda 639 8 Jeff Karchmer United States 17,800 15 Miranda 639 9 Idan Raviv Israel 99,400 83 Miranda 640 1 John Alleva United States 47,700 40 Miranda 640 2 Maximiliano Gallardo Argentina 21,600 18 Miranda 640 3 Jan Veit Denmark 68,100 57 Miranda 640 4 Jay Goldstein United States 25,200 21 Miranda 640 5 Kunal Patel United States 45,100 38 Miranda 640 6 Salvatore DiCarlo United States 44,900 37 Miranda 640 7 Denis Timofeev United States 151,800 127 Miranda 640 8 Felipe Casanova United States 74,500 62 Miranda 640 9 Frank Fernholz Germany 19,400 16 Miranda 641 1 Atanas Kavrakov Bulgaria 17,800 15 Miranda 641 2 Samuel Ganzfried United States 22,700 19 Miranda 641 3 Steve Gee United States 30,200 25 Miranda 641 4 Matthew Schultz United States 50,100 42 Miranda 641 5 Rafi Elharar Israel 47,700 40 Miranda 641 6 Mike Mirfaizy Canada 18,600 16 Miranda 641 7 Jerry Odeen Sweden 38,500 32 Miranda 641 8 Dohyung Kim United States 24,800 21 Miranda 641 9 Alex Rocha United States 32,100 27
Tags:
Andre Akkari Chance Kornuth Kenny Hallaert Martin kabrhel Phil Laak Roberto Romanello
Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
up against the 
of under-the-gun player Andre Akkari.
. The 
on the turn and 
on the river settled it; Davies was eliminated.
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. 
.
. Patel tabled 
flop just about settled it, though Patel got some outs with the 
river was a blank and Jaka doubled.
