2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 2b
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Day 2 Complete

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"Congratulations on making Day 3 of the Main Event," came the booming voice over the PA system, marking the end of play for Day 2. Redraw slips are being handed out before the chips are re-counted and bagged up for an overnight soak.

Today started with 2,379 players looking to chip up for a deep run, though we only have about 855 of them left when all is said and done. Alex Outhred appears to be our Day 2b chip leader, finishing up with 486,800 in chips. Some of the notable names that will not be with us tomorrow: Michael DeMichele, Brian Townsend, Amnon Filipi, Eric Lynch, John Juanda, Clonie Gowen, Shannon Elizabeth, Carlos Mortensen, Phil Laak, Joe Hachem, and defending champion Jerry Yang.

A number of big names are still alive though, and will be here tomorrow to do some more work. Among them are Victor Ramdin, Nenad Medic, Phil Hellmuth, Jean-Robert Bellande, Jeff Madsen, John D'Agostino, Phil Gordon, Shawn Sheikhan, Gus Hansen, and Mike Matusow.

Play will begin with right around 1,300 players tomorrow at 12:00pm on the dot. That means we have about 650 players to lose before we hit the money, and there's a chance we'll be there by this time tomorrow. We hope you'll join us then for Day 3 of the 2008 Main Event!