WSOP ME Day 2a Negreanu and Hellmuth advance: Duhamel and Jungleman12 fall
Jul 10, 2011 Gambling Consultant
With 2,031 poker player returning to the Rio for Day 2a on Monday fans around the Rio were able to watch some of the biggest stars in the poker world -as well as from the NBA and television-compete for pokers biggest prize.
Among the players in action on Monday were Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, 2009 WSOP Champion Joe Cada, Ted Forrest, 2010 Card Player Magazine POY Sorel Mizzi, online legend Shaun Deeb, 2011 EPT Snowfest champ Vladimir Geshkenbein, Eli Elezra, pokers recluse Martin DeKniff, Humberto Brenes, Tom McEvoy, JP Kelly, Christian Harder, former Victory Poker CEO Dan Fleyshman, Annette Obrestad, Gavin Griffin, Minh Ly, Mickey Appleman, Mimi Tran, Praz Bansi, Dennis Phillips, Mike Caro, Olivier Busquet, Jason Mercier, Alex Kamberis, Todd Witteles, Dewey Tomko, and poker playing celebrities Brad Garrett and Jason Alexander -all of whom were able to survive the day.
Falling by the wayside on Monday were Daniel Cates, Matt Hawrilenko, Rolf Slotboom, Marcel Luske, Johnny Chan, Lex Veldhuis, Bernard Lee, Andy Bloch, Barry Shulman, Johnny Lodden, Andrew Robl, Gavin Smith, Phil Gordon, Scotty Nguyen, reigning Champion Jonathan Duhamel, Maria Ho, Chris Moorman, Eric Baldwin, Sammy Farha, Allen Kessler, Dan Harrington, Brian Hastings, and NBA All-Star Paul Pierce who fell late on Day 2a.
All of the players who managed to bag up chips on Monday will have a day off on Tuesday before returning for Day 3 of the WSOP Main Event -which is actually seventh day of the tournament-on Wednesday, when the fields from Day 2a and Day 2b will be combined.
Here is a look at the Top 10 chip counts at the end of Day 2a:
1. Aleksandr Mozhnyakov – 478,600
2. Tuan Vo – 434,500
3. Guillaume Darcour – 410,500
4. Stephane Albertini – 401,100
5. Massimiliano Martinez – 355,000
6. Mike Sowers – 347,700
7. Chris Moore – 328,600
8. Biaggio Morciano – 306,800
9. John Renzi – 314.700
10. Joshua Gayton – 313,700
A few players to keep an eye on that you may be unfamiliar with are:
- Vladimir Beyne Geshkenbein – The Team PKR Pro won the EPT Snowfest in 2011 and is a wild, aggressive player, who is extremely dangerous when he has chips.
- Sorel Mizzi – whatever you think of Mizzi personally, his poker ability has never been questioned, and with a big stack he could go very deep in the Main Event.
- Shaun Deeb – Deeb has finally been having success in live tournaments in 2011, and a deep run in the Main Event could propel him from online star, to poker star.
- Olivier Busquet – Busquet is one of the few anonymous high-stakes poker players in the world, and his online grinding background should help him immensely with the uber-long Main Event grind.
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