Welcome back to the WSOP. Today is our second day of play for $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em and yesterday we saw a giant field of 2,086 pared down to just 233 players. After 11 levels of play, it was Justin Filtz holding the overnight chip lead as he bagged 135,800 in chips.
A few of the notables that entered, but bagged no chips, includes Tony Dunst, Phil Ivey, Greg Mueller, Greg Raymer, Vanessa Selbst and JC Tran.
There are several big names remaining, however. That list includes Darryll Fish, Phil Collins, Allen Kessler, Jason Somerville and champion of last summer’s final $1,500 No-Limit event, Loni Harwood.
Holding twice the average stack are Jon Hennigan and Scott Montgomery, though they and the rest of the field are looking up at Filtz. Not far behind Filtz’s 135,800 stack are Jameson Painter (116,900), Chris Furbert (116,500) and Victor Chapnik (116,300).
Only 17 eliminations from the money, we expect the bubble to burst early in play today as the field looks toward the final table and a deep run into day three.
Join us for full coverage of day two, beginning at 1 p.m. local time.
A player in early position had raised to 2,500 and another player in middle position had called. Darryll Fish pushed all in from middle position and everyone folded their hands. Fish is sitting on less than half the tournament average and will be looking to chip up quickly.
Donald Belanger got all of his chips in with against the of Bryan Micon. Belanger would hit his ace on the flop, but Micon also found a jack for the set. The board ran out clean and Micon takes an early one and eliminates Belanger.
With the bubble quickly approaching, Jonas Mackoff applied some pressure to the short stack in the big blind when action folded to him in the small blind. He pushed all in with and the big blind called when he discovered a pocket pair in front of him, . The board was not friendly, though, and the player was eliminated when Mackoff paired his nine on . Mackoff is sitting on a workable stack now with that bustout.
On a flop of , Dylan Thomassie bet 8,400 from the hijack seat. Paul Phillips took a couple minutes before he pushed all in and Thomassie called.
Thomassie:
Phillips:
It was the cooler that was needed to burst the bubble, and the turn and river fell to make Phillips the unfortunate bubble boy of this tournament with top pair and top kicker to Thomassie's overpair. We are now in the money.
As the payout calls were coming fast and furious after the bubble bursting, we walked up to a board of and Loni Harwood had pushed all in, putting her opponent Frank Blanco to the test. Blanco called for 27,000, but mucked when Harwood tabled for the full house.
Harwood raked her second double of the day and is now over 100,000.
Andrew Clarke raised to 2,500 from under the gun and the hijack called before Eric Mizrachi pushed all in from the button. Clarke called and the other player folded.
Mizrachi:
Clarke:
Board:
Clarke's pocket nines held and Mizrachi headed for the cashier for his min-cash.
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against the 
and the big blind called when he discovered a pocket pair in front of him, 
. The board was not friendly, though, and the player was eliminated when Mackoff paired his nine on 
. Mackoff is sitting on a workable stack now with that bustout.
, Dylan Thomassie bet 8,400 from the hijack seat. Paul Phillips took a couple minutes before he pushed all in and Thomassie called.
to make Phillips the unfortunate bubble boy of this tournament with top pair and top kicker to Thomassie's overpair. We are now in the money.
and Loni Harwood had pushed all in, putting her opponent Frank Blanco to the test. Blanco called for 27,000, but mucked when Harwood tabled 
for the full house.
