WSOP Event #28: Joe Simmons Leads The Pack Into Day 3

Day 2 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em saw 327 players of the original 2,638 returning to the tables. While some players had their eyes set on the bracelet and the title, others were more than pleased with the idea of getting in the money and for that, they needed to reach the top 270.

Whichever place Ivan Demidov was aiming for, it certainly didn't look like he was going to reach it, as he started the day pretty badly. He opened with a raise to 3,000, Thomas Fuller pushed all-in and Demidov called, turning over . Fuller showed and the flop was a complete disaster for those pocket tens, as it revealed . The turn brought and it looked like Demidov was going to bust Fuller, but then the river came and Fuller doubled up, while Demidov was crippled to just 13,000 in chips.

Even though he lost most of his stack, Demidov managed to get in the money, as he was busted shortly after the bubble boy was determined. In his last hand, he held and found himself up against pocket kings, pocket sixes and pocket queens. The board came and Champie Douglas took down the pot with his pocket kings which got him up to 160,000 in chips. Douglas continued with his killing spree shortly after, though this time he busted only two opponents. Douglas held and called two players' all-in, one had and the other . The board came and Douglas moved up to 200,000 in chips.

Mehdi Alaei was also doing well, building up his stack throughout the day. He first tangled up with Jonathan Evans and won with pocket queens against A-9. By taking down this pot, his stack went up to 160,000 and Evans was left with 10,000.

Alaei's second big hand saw his going up against an opponent's . All the chips went in on the flop and the final board read to give Alaei the flush and boost his stack up to 215,000.

At the end of the day, only 27 players were left in the field, with Joe Simmons in a somewhat secure chip lead before they enter the last play day. Here are the top 10 chip stacks after Day 2:

World Series Of Poker Event #28 Standings
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Joe Simmons	1,100,000
2nd	Jason Potter	929,000
3rd	Adolfo Ramirez	789,000
4th	Tilman Kieschke	699,000
5th	Mickey Neuberger	684,000
6th	Mikkel Madsen	601,000
7th	Arthur Evans	580,000
8th	Mehdi Alaei	505,000
9th	Avi Braz	499,000
10th	Mike Zulker	484,000