Andy Bloch was short-stacked for a long time, but this time, he could not find another double up.
All of his chips were involved in the middle with a decent starting hand of 
.
He was facing the 
of Elhindi Albarazi who finished with a spade flush when the board ran out.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Raymond Henson: 
Kevin MacPhee: 
/
Valentin Vornicu departed from the hand early after a two-bet and a three-bet. Kevin MacPhee found himself all in and trailing as he had buried queens while Henson had buried aces.
The river card was dealt and MacPhee tabled the case ace the to win the pot dramatically with two pair to greatly hurt Henson's stack as he flipped over his defeated cards quickly following the bad beat and Macphee staved off elimination.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
|
125,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
Mori Eskandani: 
/
Manuel Labandeira: 
/
On sixth street, Mori Eskandani raised all in over a bet from Manuel Labandeira who called. Seventh street was dealt and the cards were turned over.
Labandeira tabled quads with the to shred Eskandani's hand and send him to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
|
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Philip Hayes: /
/
Oxana Cummings: /
/
Action was picked up on fifth street, Oxana Cummings bet with a pair of eights showing and Philip Hayes called. Sixth street gave Cummings trip eights. She bet 20,000 and despite the trips showing, Hayes raised to 40,000. Cummings thought for a while before calling.
Cummings checked as seventh street was being dealt. Hayes bet 20,000 and Cummings raised to 40,000. This gave Hayes pause for a few moments before he called.
Cummings tabeled the goods with the 
for quad eights. Hayes flashed a ten for trip tens, She celebrated her big pot as she got some cheers from her daughter watching on the rail, supporting the last woman standing in the event.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
217,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
Matthew Aronowitz: / 
/ — folded on seventh street
Jon Kyte: / 
/
Manuel Labandeira: / 
/
At table 673 Jon Kyte was already all in, with action on seventh street and plenty of chips already in the side pot. Start-of-day chip leader Manuel Labandeira bet with open tens and Matthew Aronowitz thought before folding.
"Two pair," announced Labandeira with 
.
Kyte peeled his final card but his wasn't enough and he was eliminated.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
45,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Mori Eskandani: / /
Brad Ruben: / 
/
On seventh street, Poker Hall of Famer Mori Eskandani bet and after a few moments contemplation, four-time WSOP bracelet winner Brad Ruben made the call.
"Good call," said Eskandani showing 
for downcards full of puppy dog feet. Ruben meanwhile turned over 
for a pair of queens, but couldn't resist waggling the six in his opponent's direction.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
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|
|
10,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
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Day 2 of Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud[/B] is set to get underway at 2 p.m. local time in the Bally’s Event Center with 97 players remaining out of a large starting field of 329.
Manuel Labandeira of Madrid, Spain, brings a large stack of 281,500 with him into Day 2, which is almost 50,000 more than second place. He was several mixed game cashes on his resume and he will be looking to make another deep run here today.
Second in chips is Daniel Weinman with 233,000 and WSOP Bracelet winner Kenny Hsiung enters the day in third with 204,500. Jude Arena with 203,500 and James "Mailman" Paluszek with 175,500 round out the top five counts.
Several prominent players are still alive for Day 2. Among them is Alex Livingston who has a heathy stack of145,500, Tamon Nakamura who has 139,500 and also Kevin MacPhee who brings 104,000 with him into today.
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Labandeira | Madrid, Spain | 281,500 |
| 2 | Daniel Weinman | Atlanta, GA | 233,500 |
| 3 | Kenny Hsiung | Henderson, NV | 204,500 |
| 4 | Jude Arena | New York, NY | 203,500 |
| 5 | James Paluszek | Philadelphia, PA | 175,500 |
| 6 | Timothy Mcbride | Somerset, KY | 166,000 |
| 7 | Oxana Cummings | Weston, MA | 165,000 |
| 8 | Andy Bloch | Las Vegas, NV | 161,000 |
| 9 | Edward Sass | Wallington, CT | 156,500 |
| 10 | David Singer | Las Vegas, NV | 156,500 |
Defending champion Rafael Lebron remains in contention for a repeat as he has a stack of 87,500.
Some other well-known players who will be looking for a Day 2 spin up include; Phillip Hui (60,000), Barry Greenstein (40,000) and Benny Glaser (22,500).
Just under half of the remaining players will make the money as the top 50 will claim at least a min-cash of $2,415. Of course, every player will want to position themselves as best as possible for Day 3 and a run at the grand prize of $103,282.
Day 2 will play with elongated 60-minute levels and continue through ten full levels of play before stopping to bag for Day 3. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 (~8:30 p.m.).
PokerNews will be on-site all day long to capture all the action as the remaining players look to make a run at Day 3.
