198 players came back for Day 2 of Event #24, and they all had a bit of weight lifted off of their shoulders, as they knew they were in the money. As a result, we saw a flurry of bustouts that never slowed down throughout the day, as after ten levels of play, we had only 17 survivors. Leading the way is Salvatore Dicarlo (984,000), who doubled up into the chip lead on the final hand of the night.
Some of the notables who left us early on in the day included Jimmy Fricke (185th), AP Phahurat (166th), Tim Adams (126th), Brynn Kenney (115th), Sorel Mizzi (108th), and Darryll Fish (107th). Further up the final board, we lost Daniel Idema (47th), Paul Wasicka (31st), Shannon Shorr (30th), Sam Stein (23rd), and Victor Ramdin (22nd), and Kevin MacPhee (18th), who busted with 15 minutes left on the clock.
Despite losing this all-star list of players, we still have a couple notables who will come back to compete for the gold bracelet tomorrow. These players are Paul Splitzberg (957,000), Mohsin Charania (940,000), Zimnan Ziyard (461,000), Jacob Schindler (269,000), and Travell Thomas (254,000).
The 17 players have bagged and tagged for the night, and they will return tomorrow at 1 PM to battle it out for the title. As always, we will have the live coverage of the final day, including hand-for-hand updates from the final table. We hope to see you then, and good night from the desert!
The tournament has lost Kevin MacPhee and we are down to 17 players in Event #24.
MacPhee was down to just three big blinds so when the action passed to him on the button it was no surprise that he moved all in. Daniel Cascardo called from the big blind to put MacPhee at risk of elimination.
MacPhee showed and Cascardo . A queen and a nine on the flop left MacPhee drawing to a ten for a straight, but another queen on the turn left him drawing dead.
Corey Harrison opened the betting with a raise to 20,000 from middle position and Zimnan Ziyard called in the hijack. The flop saw Harrison check-call a 14,000 bet from Ziyard, but when Harrison checked the turn Ziyard checked behind.
The river was the , which put a straight onto the board and Harrison checked. Ziyard paused for a few moments before moving all in and Harrison snap-called.
The entire table erupted into laughter at Ziyard's attempt to buy the pot, with some commenting that you have to try your luck sometimes in poker. Ziyard certainly did that.
Paul Wasicka moved all in for his last 65,000 from early position, and it folded around to Sam Stein in the small blind. He peeked down at his cards, and after just a few moments of thought, he moved all in over the top. The big blind folded, and Wasicka saw that he was in trouble.
Wasicka:
Stein:
The flop brought Wasicka some help, coming down . He was now looking for a king or a jack to win the hand, but the turn was the , and the river brought the . After taking that one, Stein jumped up to 250,000.
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The hijack opened to, what appeared, 3,500 and Mohsin Charania on the button made the call. The player in the small blind made a three-bet to an unknown amount and both the hijack and Charania made the call. Three players saw the flop and the small blind bet out 13,500. The hijack folded immediately but Charania on the button made the call. The turn was the and appeared harmless. The small blind checked to Charania who bet a mere 9,000. The small blind thought for a second and then announced all in. Charania made the call instantly and had the small blind drawing slim with his . Only an eight could save the small blind who had tabled . The on the river was just adding insult to injury and didn't help the small blind.
As we arrived the flop was already out there: . In front of the small blind was 2,900, while the big blind had 9,100 laying out there. Paul Wasicka, who played the hand from middle position, had the All In token in front of him, indicating he had put all of his 126,000 in the middle. The small blind pushed his stack forward and the big blind folded.
Wasicka was looking for a ten or five as he tabled for the open-ended straight draw. The small blind was the proud owner of a set with and would see his hand hold: on the turn and on the river. Wasicka counted 48,700 and pushed them to the small blind.
At 1 p.m. day two of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament will be starting. Yesterday we played down till the money and after a pretty long bubble period they bagged and tagged their chips. All 198 players who survived the first day will return and take home at minimum $2,640 today.
Ashton Holmes is in the lead with 126,300 in chips. Non other than Paul Wasicka, runner-up in the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2006 behind Jamie Gold, is second in chips with 126,100. EPT Grand Final winner Mohsin Charania is the number four in chips with 122,800.
There are plenty of other familiar faces still left in the field and all of them will be battling it out today for a seat at the final table. We'll be playing 10 levels today, starting with level 12 (600/1,200 with a 200 ante).
Take a look at the June 14th Update Lynn Gilmartin before we start this second day of tournament play:
and Cascardo 
. A queen and a nine on the flop left MacPhee drawing to a ten for a straight, but another queen on the turn left him drawing dead.
flop saw Harrison check-call a 14,000 bet from Ziyard, but when Harrison checked the 
turn Ziyard checked behind.
, which put a straight onto the board and Harrison checked. Ziyard paused for a few moments before moving all in and Harrison snap-called.
. He was now looking for a king or a jack to win the hand, but the turn was the 
, and the river brought the 
. After taking that one, Stein jumped up to 250,000.
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and appeared harmless. The small blind checked to Charania who bet a mere 9,000. The small blind thought for a second and then announced all in. Charania made the call instantly and had the small blind drawing slim with his 
. Only an eight could save the small blind who had tabled 
. In front of the small blind was 2,900, while the big blind had 9,100 laying out there. Paul Wasicka, who played the hand from middle position, had the All In token in front of him, indicating he had put all of his 126,000 in the middle. The small blind pushed his stack forward and the big blind folded.
