Day 2c Concludes with Kroon Maintaining Lead
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Day 2c has come to a close here at the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. The Rio was a jam-packed place for poker's greatest tournament all day long, with play taking place in all three rooms. At the end of the night, Mark Kroon finished on top of the leader board with 507,300 in chips.
Kroon began the day as the overall leader, and picked up right where he left off. In the first level of the day, Level 6, Kroon was involved on a flop of 
. He led with a bet of 2,525, and one opponent called before a third player in the hand raised to 6,000. Both Kroon and the other player called, and the turn brought the 
. Kroon led again, this time for 10,025. Both opponents called. Then, on the 
river, Kroon bet 10,575. The next player called before the third folded. Kroon showed the 
for trip sixes and won the pot.
Plenty of big name poker pros, celebrities and athletes were in the mix today including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Jason Mercier, Phil Hellmuth, Nate Silver, Haralabos Voulgaris, Gerard Piqué and Roberto Luongo, just to name a few. Of that bunch, Ivey, Mizrachi, Hellmuth and Voulgaris were the ones that advanced.
Negreanu was eliminated in Level 7, the second level of the day, when he couldn't overcome and opponent's pocket tens with his 
. Mercier also lost with , losing out to a player's pocket aces.
Two former Main Event champions, Jamie Gold and Joe Hachem, were also eliminated on the day. Gold fell in a cooler situation against Gregory Liang where the 2006 champ turned a Broadway straight against Liang's turned full house. Drawing dead, it wouldn't be a repeat run for Gold.
In big-time athlete news, both Piqué and Luongo hit the rail today. Piqué hit the rail thanks to James Alexander, and Luongo was busted by Bryan Buonocore.
While many, many players hit the rail, plenty also survived. Several of those survivors thrived on the day, including Vladimir Geshkenbein, Victor Figueroa, William Reymond, Dirk Van Luijk, Ryan Olson, Chris Lindh, Jean-Robert Bellande, Glen Chorny, Ty Reiman and Stephen Chidwick.
All remaining players who advanced from Day 2a/b and Day 2c will return tomorrow at 12 p.m. for a combined Day 3. This will be the first time many players have tangled with one another, so things should be interesting from the get go. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the live coverage from the 2013 WSOP Main Event.
and all three players checked to see the 
on the turn. Action checked to Mizrachi who fired a bet of 5,000. Only the small blind called. The river was the 
and the player in the small blind checked again. Mizrachi bet out 15,000 and the player in the small blind eventually folded, showing a 
for a busted straight draw.
and then he was promptly moved to another table in the back of the silver section with Jean-Robert Bellande and Humberto Brenes.
and blew on it before mucking his hand and passing it to the dealer.
on the turn. Mizrachi bet 20,000 on the turn which drew an immediate fold from his opponent who showed 
.
, and the small blind led out 15,000. Voulgaris raised to 41,000.
for a set of eights, and Voulgaris couldn't beat it.
and action checked to van Luijk who bet 10,000. He drew one call before the player who was under the gun jammed all in for 59,800. Van Luijk called as did the other player who called the initial bet. The turn was the 
flop. The action was checked round to see the 
