2012 World Series of Poker › Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 completed

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

Day 2 Ends with 20 Players, Zach Clark Holds Small Lead

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Zach Clark will take the chip lead to Day 3.

Day 2 of Event 43, $1,500 No Limit Hold’em, of the World Series of Poker has wrapped up after ten action-packed levels. There were 320 runners that returned for the day and only 20 remain. Zach Clark leads the field after bagging up 1.342 million.

Chasing Clark are Balazs Botond (1.32m), Neil Channing (1.319m) and James Mackey (1.074m). John Nelson is the only other player over seven figures with 1.019m. Jesse Yagninuma, Henry Lu, Mark Ketteringham and Randy Lew remain in the field..

Many notable players found the rail today, including; Marvin Rettenmaier, Tommy Vedes, Andrew Lichtenberger, Alex Masek, Angel Guillen, Cherish Andrews, Ryan Tepen, Pius Heinz, Jordan Morgan, Alex Outhred, Jordan Young, Andy Frankenberger, Chino Rheem, Huy Nguyen and Matthew Affleck.

Channing spent time on the leaderboard and was running well, but really hit his stride in a hand against Rodrigo Caprioli. Channing held and was up against . The board ran and Channing took the chip lead at the time with 884,000.

Rettenmaier spent most of the afternoon near the top of the leaderboard. He lost a key hand against Carl DiVeglia III where DiVeglia’s outran his pocket tens. He was reduced to about twelve big blinds and then chipped up through Henry Lu. His luck would not last though; he was eliminated after the last break of the evening.

Zach Clark won a giant hand three-way pot where his pocket queens flopped a set. He went from around average to one of the tournament leaders when he walked away from that hand with over 750,000.

Day 3 will have cards in the air at 1:00 p.m. PST and should play down to a winner. It could be a close call with X players remaining. Follow all the WSOP action live on PokerNews.com.

Official Full Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Zach Clark			1,342,000	607,000
Balazs Botond			1,320,000	740,000
Neil Channing			1,319,000	-61,000
James Mackey			1,074,000	44,000
John Nelson			1,019,000	-341,000
Jesse Yaginuma			709,000	69,000
Mickael Morgousky			621,000	621,000
Henry Lu			573,000	158,000
Mark Ketteringham			525,000	80,000
Francois Dur			502,000	177,000
Jared Rosenbaum			420,000	-330,000
Randy Lew	PokerStars Team Online		402,000	-108,000
Cary Marshall			381,000	201,000
Adam Foster			371,000	41,000
Andres Sanchez			366,000	-206,000
Carl DiVeglia III			359,000	74,000
Michael Judge			322,000	-48,000
Hovan Nguyen			305,000	-30,000
Daniel Zeihen			291,000	91,000
Tom Alner			249,000	-101,000

Three More Hands

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

The tournament clock has reached the ten minute mark and they will play three more hands before bagging and tagging.

Nelson KOs Vegas

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

We had a preflop all in showdown between Karim Vegas and John Nelson.

Nelson:
Vegas:

The board ran and Vegas was eliminated.

Chip Counts
John Nelson			1,360,000	460,000
Karim Vegas			Busted

Tags: Karim Vegas, John Nelson.

Phillips Runs Big Slick into Aces

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

Zack Clark opened for 29,000, Carter Phillips raised to 78,000 and Clark re-raised to 158,000. Phillips shoved for over 500,000 and Clark called.

Clark:
Phillips:

The board ran and Phillips was eliminated in a shocking fashion.

Tags: Carter Phillips, Zack Clark.

Channing Pulling Away

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

We missed the preflop action but Julian Herold was all in against Neil Channing.

Channing:
Herold:

The board ran and Channing retook the chip lead.

Chip Counts
Neil Channing			1,380,000	400,000
Julian Herold			Busted

Tags: Neil Channing, Julian Herold.

Full Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

Chip Counts
James Mackey			1,030,000	688,000
Neil Channing			980,000	96,000
John Nelson			900,000	608,000
Jared Rosenbaum			750,000	-60,000
Zach Clark			735,000	-30,000
Michael Benvenuti			695,000	695,000
Kevin Song			580,000	420,000
Balazs Botond			580,000	138,000
Andres Sanchez			572,000	170,000
Carter Phillips			540,000	-70,000
Randy Lew	PokerStars Team Online		510,000	412,000
Mark Ketteringham			445,000	334,000
Henry Lu			415,000	65,000
Jesse Yaginuma			374,000	-56,000
Michael Judge			370,000	-145,000
Tom Alner			350,000	350,000
Hovan Nguyen			335,000	245,000
Adam Foster			330,000	-135,000
Francois Dur			325,000	125,000
Shankar Pillai			310,000	14,000
Carl DiVeglia III			285,000	45,000
Karim Vegas			200,000	85,000
Daniel Zeihen			200,000	-165,000
Julian Herold			195,000	-5,000
Cary Marshall			180,000	108,000

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New Seating Assginments

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Table 439

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Table 443

Final Three Tables Redraw

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 21: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

The field has reached 27 players and the clock has been paused for a complete redraw. We'll have it posted shortly.