Main Event: Michael Newman and Nancy Birnbaum Among Recent Eliminations

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Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players remaining: 49 of 735

54th: Michael Newman – $3,608

50th: Jose Parra – $3,608
51st: Brandon Caputo – $3,608
52nd: Spencer Champlin – $3,608
53rd: Carey Pickus – $3,608
54th: Michael Newman – $3,608
55th: Gil Morgenstern – $3,285
56th: Deric Williams – $3,285
57th: Jose Delacruz – $3,285
58th: Harvey Glassman – $3,285
59th: Nagui Yassa – $3,285
60th: Timothy Myers – $3,285
61st: Lawrence Klur – $3,285
62nd: Thomas Gity – $3,285
63rd: Nancy Birnbaum – $3,285
64th: David Brainard – $3,018
65th: Nataliya Iakovleva – $3,018
66th: Howard Mash – $3,018
67th: Matthew Lambrecht – $3,018
68th: Wilmer Chavira – $3,018

63rd: Nancy Birnbaum – $3,285

Main Event: Gautam Lillany Sends Nagui Yassa to the Rail, Leads the Field

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Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players remaining: 59 of 735

Gautam Lillany

There was three-way action with Nagui Yassa all-in. Gautam Lillany claimed JsTs while Yassa had 9c7c and the third player in the hand had 5h3d. The board was complete and laid Tc6h4s4h9h. Lillany’s top pair was best and he eliminated Yassa while scooping the pot from the third player in the hand.

It was a small win, but helped trim the field and grew Lillany’s stack to 1,200,000. With that, Lillany is the Main Event chip leader.

Gautam Lillany – 1,200,000 (120 bb)

Main Event: First Round of Results

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Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players remaining: 68 of 735

Recent ring winner Wally Maddah among those have busted in Level 19

69th: Wally Maddah – $3,018
70th: Dominic Pacelli – $3,018
71st: Jerry Wong – $3,018
72nd: Herbert Woodbery – $3,018
73rd: Mitchell Shuman – $2,773
74th: Aaron Lasater – $2,773
75th: Jonathan Hilton – $2,773
76th: Sergei Nikiforov – $2,773
77th: Glenn Cruze – $2,773
78th: Jorge Aristizabal – $2,773
79th: Erik Christensen – $2,773
80th: Scott Johnston – $2,773
81st: Joshua Hillock – $2,773

Main Event: Corey Bierria Bursts the Bubble

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Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players remaining: 81 of 735

Corey Bierria (left) puts the bubble at risk

On the eighth hand of hand-for-hand (including four double-ups), Corey Bierria did the deed eliminating an unknown player on the bubble.

On the fateful showdown, Bierra was in the cutoff while the unknown player was on the button. The flop laid Td7c3h and the all-in player had 120,000 in the middle. Bierra had the best of it with 3c3d versus JdJh and the Ac turn and Ad river didn’t change a thing.

Corey Bierria (left) puts the bubble at risk

Bierria’s full house was best and he burst the bubble sending the final 81 players into the money.

Corey Bierria – 705,000 (88 bb)

Main Event: Some Day 2 Eliminations

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Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players remaining: 87 of 735

The World Series of Poker added some play to their ring event structures in the off-season and it’s resulted in some deep stacks as the event nears the money. Even so, a number of notables have hit the rail and almost three levels into the day, we’re less than a table away from the money.

Jackie Scott – Eliminated
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated
John Dolan – Eliminated
Peter Walsworth – Eliminated

Main Event: All the Chips for Jose Delcid; Seven Figures After Busting John Dolan

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Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players remaining: 108 of 735

Jose Delcid

Jose Delcid has put on a hurt on Day 2. He began with 285,500 chips — good for a top-10 stack — and just went up, up, up since then. He recently busted Florida pro John Dolan picking up kings versus Dolan’s ace-queen. The pair held, Dolan hit the rail and Delcide took a huge chip lead with over 1,000,000 chips.

Jose Delcid – 1,100,000 (220 bb)

Main Event: Sheddy Gets One Through

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Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante
Players remaining: 117 of 735

Sheddy Siddiqui (left) shoves the river

Starting the day with 115,500 chips, Sheddy Siddiqui is making moves for a bigger stack. Hovering around starting, he mixed it up in pot getting his last 78,000 in on the river on a Jh8s2sQhJd board. After some time in the tank, his opponent folded and Siddiqui took the pot.

With that, his stack grew closer to average with about 150,000.

Sheddy Siddiqui – 150,000 (30 bb)

Main Event: Jackie Scott Bringing Out the Hardware

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Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players remaining: 126 of 735

WSOP gold bracelet winner Jackie Scott

Up for grabs in the WSOP Circuit Main Event is a gold ring, but one player in the field that’s already scored WSOP hardware is Jackie Scott. The South Florida resident made Day 2 via yesterday’s Day 1B. She arrived for this morning’s play and joked saying she had to bring out the hardware today because some players were giving her a hard time.

Scott, who won her gold bracelet in the WSOP Ladies Event, is an accomplished player who complements her trophy with nearly $270,000 in reported earnings. She’s making some moves on Day 2 and is currently seated at Table 7, gold bracelet on her left wrist.

Main Event: Double Up for the High Roller Champ

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Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players remaining: 153 of 735

Jerry Wong

Freshly removed from a gold ring win in the Coconut Creek High Roller, Jerry Wong is jockeying for position again, this time on Day 2 of the Main Event.

After beginning the day with 120,000, Wong is flirting with the 300,000 mark following a recent double-up. He picked up KsKh and held against KdJh on a 6s5c2dJd4d runout. Wong’s last 113,500 got in the middle at the end, and when the dust settled he raked a pot worth 295,000.

Jerry Wong – 295,000 (73 bb)