by Mike Paulle

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$10,000 Buy-in No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 2 Chip Counts And Seat Assignments

Day 3

Hanna, Mark 195,000
Friedman, Prahlad 188,100
Alexander, Lonnie 167,200
Sexton, Keith 166,500
Ferguson, Chris 158,800
Smith, Gavin 148,300
Brown, Chad 140,100
Worth, James 135,500
Licastro, Tony 101,400
Diaz, Arturo 90,900
Rose, Ron 82,500
Levi, David 67,500
Salem, Naseem 54,900
Bloom, Tony 44,300
Kessler, Allen 43,500
Prendes, Alex 43,200
Brodsky, Edward 40,300
Kumar, Sentil 40,000
Crockett, Steve 33,200
Williamson, Robert 33,000
Turk, Gregg 29,600
Ho, Maria 26,800
McMillan, Patrick 23,200
Martin, Jesse 22,900
Skaggs, Randall 20,400

Ferguson, Chris 158,800 14 1 Pac. Palisades, CA
Bloom, Tony 44,300 14 2 London, England
Ho, Maria 26,800 14 3 Arcadia, CA
Levi, David 67,500 14 4 Las Vegas, NV
Skaggs, Randall 20,400 14 5 Las Vegas, NV
Kumar, Senthil 40,000 14 6 Los Gatos, CA
Brown, Chad 140,100 14 7 Los Angeles, CA
Martin, Jesse 22,900 14 8 Northboro, MA
Alexander, Lonnie 167,200 14 9 Las Vegas, NV
Smith, Gavin 148,300 15 1 Las Vegas, NV
Friedman, Prahlad 188,100 15 2 Los Angeles, CA
Rose, Ron 82,500 15 3 Dayton, OH
Crockett, Steve 33,200 15 5 N/A
McMillan, Patrick 23,200 15 6 St. Charles, MO
Diaz, Arturo 90,900 15 7 N/A
Salem, Naseem 54,900 15 8 Spring Valley, CA
Turk, Gregg 29,600 15 9 Sterling, VA
Kessler, Allen 43,500 16 1 Huntington Valley, PA
Brodsky, Edward 40,300 16 2 San Diego, CA
Worth, James 135,500 16 3 Toronto, ONT
Williamson, Robert 33,000 16 4 Dallas TX
Prendes, Alex 43,200 16 5 Miami, FL
Sexton, Keith 166,500 16 6 Las Vegas, NV
Licastro, Tony 101,400 16 7 Long Valley, NJ
Hanna, Mark 195,000 16 9 Cincinnati, OH


7:00
Seat assignments for Day 3 to follow. 25 remain, paying 18.

Hanna, Mark 195,000
Friedman, Prahlad 188,100
Alexander, Lonnie 167,200
Sexton, Keith 166,500
Ferguson, Chris 158,800
Smith, Gavin 148,300
Brown, Chad 140,100
Worth, James 135,500
Licastro, Tony 101,400
Diaz, Arturo 90,900
Rose, Ron 82,500
Levi, David 67,500
Salem, Naseem 54,900
Bloom, Tony 44,300
Kessler, Allen 43,500
Prendes, Alex 43,200
Brodsky, Edward 40,300
Kumar, Sentil 40,000
Crockett, Steve 33,200
Williamson, Robert 33,000
Turk, Gregg 29,600
Ho, Maria 26,800
McMillan, Patrick 23,200
Martin, Jesse 22,900
Skaggs, Randall 20,400

Ferguson, Chris 158,800 14 1 Pac. Palisades, CA
Bloom, Tony 44,300 14 2 London, England
Ho, Maria 26,800 14 3 Arcadia, CA
Levi, David 67,500 14 4 Las Vegas, NV
Skaggs, Randall 20,400 14 5 Las Vegas, NV
Kumar, Senthil 40,000 14 6 Los Gatos, CA
Brown, Chad 140,100 14 7 Los Angeles, CA
Martin, Jesse 22,900 14 8 Northboro, MA
Alexander, Lonnie 167,200 14 9 Las Vegas, NV
Smith, Gavin 148,300 15 1 Las Vegas, NV
Friedman, Prahlad 188,100 15 2 Los Angeles, CA
Rose, Ron 82,500 15 3 Dayton, OH
Crockett, Steve 33,200 15 5 N/A
McMillan, Patrick 23,200 15 6 St. Charles, MO
Diaz, Arturo 90,900 15 7 N/A
Salem, Naseem 54,900 15 8 Spring Valley, CA
Turk, Gregg 29,600 15 9 Sterling, VA
Kessler, Allen 43,500 16 1 Huntington Valley, PA
Brodsky, Edward 40,300 16 2 San Diego, CA
Worth, James 135,500 16 3 Toronto, ONT
Williamson, Robert 33,000 16 4 Dallas TX
Prendes, Alex 43,200 16 5 Miami, FL
Sexton, Keith 166,500 16 6 Las Vegas, NV
Licastro, Tony 101,400 16 7 Long Valley, NJ
Hanna, Mark 195,000 16 9 Cincinnati, OH

5:10
Blood on the tracks. ESPN's star power is diminishing. Out last level:
Alan Goehring
Antonio Esfandiari
Freddy Deeb
Mel Judah
Stan Goldstein
Thor Hansen
Hasan Habib
David Oppenheim
Minh Ly
Ted Lawson
Ross Boatman
Ron Fenton
Troy Gabaldon
Travis Green
Eric Cunningham
Matt Lombardo
James Salters

They are stopping at 27 tonight. There are now 32 remaining. We get done before dinner which would be very nice indeed.

3:30
Sorry for the long hiatus, but it takes so long to get to the room that I miss too much. I have to wait for the level to end.

New outs:
Bill Gazes
Mark Bryan
Tuen Le
John Stolzmann
Robert Roter
Alex Todd (QQ vs. A A for Syzmazek, flop comes A Q)
Eli Elezra (A 8 vs. 66 held by Naseem Salem)

Matt Keikoan flushed 50k today, the last to Mark Hanna. Matt had J 10 to Mark's A 10. Matt went all-in on a flop of 10 9 8.

And in the 'Why we hate poker dept.' Paul Wolfe, last hand before the break, reads Keith Sexton for a move and goes all-in with pocket 5's. Sexton calls with the A 2 of Spades and flops 2 2. What's $10k anyway?

David Levi is on fire and he has caught Amir Vahedi for the chip lead.

Still in:

Gabaldon, Troy
Green, Travis
Skaggs, Randall
Levi, David
Goldstein, Stan
Salem, Naseem
Habib, Hasan
Ho, Maria
Bloom, Tony
Kessler, Allen
Lombardo, Matt
Boyd, Dutch
Sexton, Keith
James, Kenna
Smith, Gavin
Daugherty, Brad
Goehring, Alan
Brodie, Richard
Vahedi, Amir
Hansen, Thor
Licastro, Tony
Friedman, Prahlad
Oppenheim, David
Vinh, Vinnie
Turk, Gregg
Williamson, Robert
Esfandiari, Antonio
Prendes, Alex
Rose, Ron
Brown, Chad
Ly, Minh
Brodsky, Edward
Caro, Mike
Fenton, Ron
Martin, Jesse
Alexander, Lonnie
Diaz, Arturo
Judah, Mel
Boatman, Ross
McMillan, Patrick
Kumar, Sentil
Cunningham, Eric
Jewels, Robert
Hanna, Mark
Worth, James
Lawson, Ted
Deeb, Freddy
Salters, James
Crockett, Steve
Ferguson, Chris

1:50
Level 7 is over, next ante is 100, 400/800 blinds.

Some of the hands I've seen or heard about:
Erik Seidel went all-in with K J and a King on the flop. Vinnie Vinh had K Q and the Queen played.

Perry Friedman went out with pocket 3's versus pocket 9's from Maria Ho. She flopped top set ad let Perry impale himself.

Just before the break, Chris Ferguson went all-in with pocket 7's. Short stacked Barry Shulman did as well with J 10. Tony Gabaldon had pocket Aces cracked when the flop came K Q 7. The up and down straight draw didn't come for Barry.

Other outs:
Al Boston
William Chevrie
Brandon Jones (QQ vs KK for Stan Goldstein)
David Boyett
Doug Booth
Greg Stein
Eric Ford
Andy Miller
Harry Demetriou got cold decked when his pocket Kings couldn't hold off pocket 10's from David Levi. Runner runner double gutshot straight on the river, leaving Harry on life support.

Alan Goehring doubled up his 20k from Richard Brodie when Alan had the A K of Spades and made the nut flush.

Amir Vahedi is still the clear chip leader/

12:45
Three significant mistakes overnight. It looked like a 7 that Amir wrote on his bag. It was a 9. Amir Vahedi starts today with a nice chip lead.

Barny and Ross Boatman had opposite seats than I thought and Barny is now out. 6 5 of Hearts to pocket Queens, Barny was severly short stacked as several players are.

Also out is Bob Van Horne (Not Bruce Van Horne, who has a couple of major WSOP cashes).

I missed a player Matt Szymaszek, 22,575 in 11 2.

12:00
About to start Day 2. Still no Internet access near the tournament. Please bear with me.

Vahedi, Amir 95,875 12 4
Gabaldon, Troy 74,100 9 1
Brown, Chad 72,725 14 4
Keikoan, Matt 59,025 12 10
Kumar, Sentil 51,975 15 7
Deeb, Freddy 50,500 16 5
Habib, Hasan 47,425 10 2
Rose, Ron 47,300 14 3
Le, Tuen 44,025 13 7
Esfandiari, Antonio 42,975 14 1
Bryan, Mark 42,900 10 3
Goehring, Alan 39,600 12 1
Salters, James 39,225 16 6
Martin, Jesse 37,750 14 10
Prendes, Alex 36,600 14 2
Stein, Gregory 35,900 14 7
Diaz, Arturo 35,650 15 2
Nguyen, Scotty 35,500 16 2
James, Kenna 34,700 11 7
Boston, Al 34,025 15 8
Sexton, Keith 33,850 11 4
Boyd, Dutch 33,575 11 1
Alexander, Lonnie 31,800 15 1
Judah, Mel 31,150 15 4
Fenton, Ron 30,450 14 9
Gazes, Bill 30,075 12 7
Hanna, Mark 29,400 16 1
Ho, Maria 28,975 10 5
Levi, David 28,725 9 8
Brodie, Richard 28,375 12 3
Green, Travis 28,300 9 2
Stolzmann, John 27,725 13 5
Vinh, Vinnie 27,700 13 3
Worth, James 27,225 16 3
Oppenheim, David 26,925 12 9
Ferguson, Chris 26,300 16 10
Corkins, Hoyt 25,600 12 2
Caro, Mike 24,500 14 8
Lombardo, Matt 23,725 10 10
Miller, Andy 23,675 11 5
Bloom, Tony 23,525 10 8
Demetriou, Harry 22,600 16 9
Szymsdzek, Matt 22,575 11 2
Goldstein, Stan 22,475 9 9
Hansen, Thor 22,475 12 5
Shulman, Barry 22,225 9 5
Salem, Naseem 21,625 10 1
Todd, Alex 21,400 11 3
Ly, Minh 21,400 14 5
Daugherty, Brad 21,100 11 10
Friedman, Perry 18,175 10 6
Licastro, T 18,000 12 6
Turk, Gregg 17,825 13 6
Flack, Layne 17,725 9 6
Skaggs, Randall 16,900 9 4
Williamson, Robert 16,025 13 8
Wolfe, Paul 15,950 13 2
Seidel, Erik 15,800 13 4
Kessler, Allen 15,225 10 9
Roter, Robert 14,650 11 8
Chevrie, William 13,500 9 3
Jones, Brandon 13,325 9 7
Elezra, Eli 13,300 10 7
Friedman, Prahlad 13,075 12 8
McMillan, Patrick 12,025 15 6
Faltinsky, Ray 11,700 15 3
Brodsky, Edward 11,425 14 6
Lawson, Ted 11,400 16 4
Boatman, Barny 11,325 16 7
Van Horne, Bob 10,500 13 9
Ford, Eric 9,750 13 10
Smith, Gavin 9,175 11 9
Jewels, Robert 9,025 15 10
Crockett, Steve 8,825 16 8
Boyett, David 8,175 10 4
Booth, Doug 7,650 11 6
Cunningham, Eric 7,600 15 9
Boatman, Ross 2,875 15 5

78 players on 8 tables

Gabaldon, Troy 74,100 9 1
Green, Travis 28,300 9 2
Chevrie, William 13,500 9 3
Skaggs, Randall 16,900 9 4
Shulman, Barry 22,225 9 5
Flack, Layne 17,725 9 6
Jones, Brandon 13,325 9 7
Levi, David 28,725 9 8
Goldstein, Stan 22,475 9 9
Salem, Naseem 21,625 10 1
Habib, Hasan 47,425 10 2
Bryan, Mark 42,900 10 3
Boyett, David 8,175 10 4
Ho, Maria 28,975 10 5
Friedman, Perry 18,175 10 6
Elezra, Eli 13,300 10 7
Bloom, Tony 23,525 10 8
Kessler, Allen 15,225 10 9
Lombardo, Matt 23,725 10 10
Boyd, Dutch 33,575 11 1
Szymaszek, Matt 22,575 11 2
Todd, Alex 21,400 11 3
Sexton, Keith 33,850 11 4
Miller, Andy 23,675 11 5
Booth, Doug 7,650 11 6
James, Kenna 34,700 11 7
Roter, Robert 14,650 11 8
Smith, Gavin 9,175 11 9
Daugherty, Brad 21,100 11 10
Goehring, Alan 39,600 12 1
Corkins, Hoyt 25,600 12 2
Brodie, Richard 28,375 12 3
Vahedi, Amir 75,875 12 4
Hansen, Thor 22,475 12 5
Licastro, T 18,000 12 6
Gazes, Bill 30,075 12 7
Friedman, Prahlad 13,075 12 8
Oppenheim, David 26,925 12 9
Keikoan, Matt 59,025 12 10
Wolfe, Paul 15,950 13 2
Vinh, Vinnie 27,700 13 3
Seidel, Erik 15,800 13 4
Stolzmann, John 27,725 13 5
Turk, Gregg 17,825 13 6
Le, Tuen 44,025 13 7
Williamson, Robert 16,025 13 8
Van Horne, Bob 10,500 13 9
Ford, Eric 9,750 13 10
Esfandiari, Antonio 42,975 14 1
Prendes, Alex 36,600 14 2
Rose, Ron 47,300 14 3
Brown, Chad 72,725 14 4
Ly, Minh 21,400 14 5
Brodsky, Edward 11,425 14 6
Stein, Gregory 35,900 14 7
Caro, Mike 24,500 14 8
Fenton, Ron 30,450 14 9
Martin, Jesse 37,750 14 10
Alexander, Lonnie 31,800 15 1
Diaz, Arturo 35,650 15 2
Faltinsky, Ray 11,700 15 3
Judah, Mel 31,150 15 4
Boatman, Ross 2,875 15 5
McMillan, Patrick 12,025 15 6
Kumar, Sentil 51,975 15 7
Boston, Al 34,025 15 8
Cunningham, Eric 7,600 15 9
Jewels, Robert 9,025 15 10
Hanna, Mark 29,400 16 1
Nguyen, Scotty 35,500 16 2
Worth, James 27,225 16 3
Lawson, Ted 11,400 16 4
Deeb, Freddy 50,500 16 5
Salters, James 39,225 16 6
Boatman, Barny 11,325 16 7
Crockett, Steve 8,825 16 8
Demetriou, Harry 22,600 16 9
Ferguson, Chris 26,300 16 10

1st $652,085
2nd $359,630
3rd $197,600
4th $158,080
5th $118,560
6th $98,800
7th $79,040
8th $59,280
9th $39,520
10th $27,665
11th $27,665
12th $27,665
13th $23,710
14th $23,710
15th $23,710
16th $19,760
17th $19,760
18th $19,760