WSOP Event #51: Filippi And Nguyen Eliminated On Day 2

Day 2 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event saw 349 players returning to their seats. With roughly 30 of them being down to less than 10 big blinds, "all-in" was heard quite frequently during the early stages of play and with so much action at the tables, it didn't take long before the bubble was reached.

In fact, three players were eliminated on the last hand before the money. Chris Cooke, was one of those unfortunate players even though he was looking relatively safe with his pocket jacks. He moved all-in for about 21,000 from the small blind and Jeffrey Vanchiro called with  . An ace came on the river, thus eliminating Cooke as one of the final three non-cash finishers.

Amnom Filippi made it into the money but he was probably hoping to reach the final table or at least get close to it. However, his day came to an end after his lost against . The board came and Filippi was out, earning $3,036 for his efforts.

Men Nguyen didn't make it much further either, as he was also seen packing his bags before the play was concluded for the day. On a flop of , Terry Fleischer moved all-in and Men Nguyen called all-in for 68,000. Fleischer showed and Nguyen revealed . Nguyen was ahead, but that changed when the turn brought . The river came and Fleischer scooped the pot with a full house.

While it's nice to see from time to time pocket rockets cracked, it is also nice to see when the best hand pre-flop actually holds up. A player in early position raised, a player behind him re-raised all-in, Steven Levy had both players covered and moved all-in, and the original raiser made the call. Early position player showed , the player in middle position tabled and Steven Levy tabled . The board came and Levy eliminated two players, receiving a huge pile of chips as his stack climbed up to 750,000.

Josh Schlein ended the Day 2 activities with a hand against Georgios Kapalas. Schlein opened with a raise to 32,000 from early position and Kapalas called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought , Schlein checked, Kapalas fired 45,000 into the pot and Schlein called. The river came , Schlein checked again, Kapalas bet 110,000 and after a few minutes in the tank, Schlein decided to make the call and showed for just ace high but apparently it was good enough since Kapalas mucked his hand.

Only 30 players will enter Day 3 and here are the top 10 chip stacks amongst them:

World Series Of Poker Event #51 Standings
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Thibaud Durand	1,650,000
2nd	Owen Crowe	1,002,500
3rd	Josh Schlein	875,000
4th	Kapalas Georgios	782,000
5th	Steven Levy	657,000
6th	Eric Lupovich	548,000
7th	Jesse Haabuk	434,000
8th	Diego Vilela	425,000
9th	Rafael Belloso	410,000
10th	Viktoria Szilasi	393,000