World Poker Tour -- Bay 101 Shooting Star Day 2Joris Springael Leads the Way Heading into the Final 24 on Thursday -- Vivek Rajkumar also near the Top |
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Day 2 at the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event ran late into the night in San Jose, California on Wednesday. When the dust finally settled there were 24 players who advanced to day 3. You can catch a recap of day 3 when play concludes tomorrow night. Read on below to catch an update on all of the day 2 action.
The chip leader at the end of the day was Joris Springael with 1,477,000. Other notables at the top of the leader board include Vivek Rajkumar (1,076,000) and Dan Smith (703,000). Smith made his jump to the top of the standings at end of the night when he eliminated John Juanda in 25th place to bring play to a close for the evening.
On that final hand of the night Juanda was all in with K-9 on a 10-9-5-10-7 board, but Smith held pocket sevens, which gave him the victory with the set. Juanda joined some of the other largest names of the game who hit the rail on day 2, which included casualties such as Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu.
Day 2 Chip Counts:
Joris Springael — 1,477,000
Alan Sternberg — 1,106,000
Vivek Rajkumar — 1,076,000
Casey McCarrel — 874,000
Brian Schmidt — 842,000
Andrew Weisner — 755,000
Dan Smith — 703,000
Steven Kelly — 653,000
Kevin MacPhee — 542,000
Mark Dickstein — 477,000
Day 2 Cashes:
25: John Juanda — $22,100
26: Tuan Nguyen — $22,100
27: David Ong — $22,100
28: Robert Thompson — $22,100
29: Matthew Berkey — $22,100
30: Steve Dempsey — $22,100
31: Jordan Young — $18,400
32: JJ Liu — $18,400
33: Tommy Chen — $18,400
34: Thor Hansen — $18,400
35: Giovanni Sigurta — $18,400
36: Chau Vu — $18,400
37: Hafiz Khan — $15,000
38: Richard Harroch — $15,000
39: Kenneth Go — $15,000
40: Josh Field — $15,000
41: Dash Dudley — $15,000
42: Marco Johnson — $15,000
43: Jennifer Harman — $15,000
44: Shawn Buchanan — $15,000
45: Wei Kai Chang — $15,000
Hand of the Day:
Layne Flack Eliminated on the Money Bubble
One player raised to 10,500 under the gun and Matthew Berkey made the call from the small blind. Layne Flack then moved all in from the big blind for 33,500. The original raiser mucked and Berkey made the call. Their cards:
Flack: J
J
Berkey: A
K
Board: Q 10 2 4
K
Flack was eliminated on the money bubble in 46th place but he did collect enough bounties to match the prize money for 45th place. He eliminated Jerry Yang, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and McLean Karr during his tour through the tournament and took home $15,000 in bounties as a result.
Day 2 Notable Eliminations:
Nam Le, Todd Brunson, Pat Pezzin, Owen Crowe, Time West, Men Nguyen, Randy Dorfman, McLean Karr, Todd Terry, Steve Gross, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Sam Stein, Shannon Shorr, Toto Leonidas, Pat Walsh, Dwyte Pilgrim, Steve Brecher, David Sands, David Williams, Freddy Deeb, Hoyt Corkins, Jeff Madsen, Jason Mercier, Jerry Yang, Jonathan Little, Bertrand Grospellier, Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Hellmuth.
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