Welcome to Day 2 of Event #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK
After two Day 1 flights, players will soon be arriving this morning for Day 2 of Event #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The cards are scheduled to be in the air at 11:00 a.m local time. The tournament drew a total of 6,716 unique entries, with 1,944 of them finding a bag and advancing to Day 2.
Matt Downs comes into the day as the chip leader with 320,200, but there are many notables left in the field to keep your eye on, including Joe McKeehen (43,200), Maurice Hawkins (114,600), Jonathan Duhamel (16,000), Ari Engel (106,500), TJ Cloutier (41,700) and Loni Harwood (161,200), to name a few. There will be 1,008 players who make the money, all guaranteed at least $2,249, though all will be in search of that first-place prize of $1,094,349.
When the action gets underway, play will begin at Level 11 with the blinds at 600/1,200 with a 200 ante. There will be 10 levels played on Day 2 with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after today's sixth level (5:30 p.m.). A winner is due to be crowned at the end of Day 4 on June 28.
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and Cappucci checked. Zeitlin fired out a bet of 3,700 and O'Brien called, Cappucci folded.
and Zeitlin led for 7,500. O'Brien took a minute to assess things and then called.
and Zeitlin checked as did O'Brien. 
and O'Brien tabled 
. O'Brien took down the pot with his pair of aces, while Zeitlin is down to about 10 big blinds and will soon need to find a double-up.
. Portwood led all in for 14,900. Eyster called and Zhang folded.
sending the pot to Eyster with two pair and eliminating Portwood.
. A jack in the window gave brief hope to the short stack, but the queen on flop and river busted him while leaving Guo decidedly low on chips. The busted player took a photo on his phone as a souvenir before departing.
and Affleck checked. Sepman bet 2,000 and Affleck check-raised to 6,500, Sepman called.
. Affleck moved all in and was snap-called by Sepman. Affleck flashed 
and Sepman tabled 
and under the gun bet 13,000. Kirk check-raised all in having him covered and he called.
, spiking Sammer's overcard to give him the lead. The turn and river were the 
and 
, unable to tilt the pot back in Ferguson's favor and making this a black Monday for him as it ended his day.
