WSOP -- Day 2 of the $50,000 Players Championship

You can’t win a five-day tournament on day 2, but you sure can lose. The finish line was nowhere in sight for the competitors in the World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship, but many were guilty of playing themselves right out of the tournament despite the relatively deep stacks in front of them.

Day 1 saw slow, methodical and patient play which resulted in only six casualties, but many returned on day 2 with the itch to gamble. After another full day of play, a total of 56 players were eliminated, leaving just 54 to battle it out.

Notables who hit the rail included Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Carlos Mortensen, Jason Mercier, Patrik Antonius, Freddy Deeb, Mike Matusow, Hoyt Corkins, David Benyamine, Phil Galfond, Greg Raymer and Phil Hellmuth, just to name a few.

Of the 116 players who entered, only one was female. Jennifer Harman came into the day with a decent stack, but failed to get anything going before busting in an Omaha eight-or-better hand. Harman held a set of queens, but Cole South sent her from the Amazon room with the wheel, scooping both the high and the low.

The room grew quiet as the night wore on, but a sudden outburst from Robert Williamson III woke everyone up. Williamson found himself in a preflop raising war with Andy Bloch in a hand of pot-limit Omaha and both players turned over aces.

It’s those other two cards that provided the drama, however, as Bloch went on to make a club flush to cripple Williamson to just a few chips. He was eliminated shortly afterwards and Bloch ended the day with 716,500, good for second place and just behind Kirk Morrision and his 741,000.

Other notables with big stacks entering day 3 include Mikael Thuritz, Robert Mizrachi, Nick Schulman, Daniel Alaei, Erik Sagstrom, Brett Richey and Alexander Kostritsyn.

Play will resume at 3 p.m. on Sunday and Card Player will continue to bring you updates live from the tournament floor.

Here’s a look at the chip counts.

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