With a board reading , Javier Rincon bet 9,500 and was called by Kenyon McKellar, who held . His pocket pair was good enough to win and take down the 20,000 pot.
2010 World Series of Poker
We heard a ruckus coming from Table 364 and rushed over to find out that David Patent rivered Maureen Johansson in an all in situation.
Johansson held against Patent's and apparently a player at the table folded the . So, when the spiked on the river, the whole table erupted.
Johansson is our first bust-out of the day and will receive $1,265 for her efforts. Patent is still alive and kicking, sitting with 50,000 chips.
Kent Washington, the current chip leader, has come out ultra aggressive at the start of Day 2. He is frequently making big preflop raises and taking down the blinds and antes. It appears Washington isn't afraid to use his chip lead to push around the shorter stacks.
The cards are in the air for today's restart of Event #1!
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Today, the first bracelet of the 2010 World Series of Poker is scheduled to be awarded to one of the fifty-three remaining players in Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em.
Tournament Director Jack Effel informed the players that they will evaluate the situation after ten levels of play and determine whether or not to finish today or return again tomorrow.
The restart is set for 2:30 p.m. Vegas time, and Kent Washington leads the way with 168,000 in chips. Both Jonathan Kotula (108,700 chips) and Christopher Reider (107,500) are biting at his heels though. The action was fast yesterday and the field shrunk a considerable amount.
We will hopefully play down to a champion today, so stay tuned for all of your exclusive live updates from our fantastic PokerNews team!
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
Table 358
Seat 1: Kenneth Lee
Seat 2: Vincent Vandall
Seat 3: James Tarby
Seat 4: Kenyon Mckellar
Seat 5: John Hoffman
Seat 6: Matthew Hollinger
Seat 7: Javier Rincon
Seat 8: Todd Ohnmeiss
Seat 9: --empty--
Table 359
Seat 1: Zhen Cai
Seat 2: Kevin Brantner
Seat 3: Jacob Crawford
Seat 4: Barry Hulunian
Seat 5: Edward Martin
Seat 6: Michael Lopez
Seat 7: Brian Phillis
Seat 8: Jack McClelland
Seat 9: Jonathan Kotula
Table 360
Seat 1: Arthur Vea
Seat 2: Derek Dillman
Seat 3: Arthur Dupraw
Seat 4: Dean Saito
Seat 5: Christopher Perez
Seat 6: Patrick Silvey
Seat 7: Justin Paris
Seat 8: Christian Escano
Seat 9: Shaun Harris
Table 363
Seat 1: John Mcavoy
Seat 2: Allen Rubel
Seat 3: Hoai Pham
Seat 4: Daniel Hecht
Seat 5: Kevin Chiem
Seat 6: David Fischer
Seat 7: Kent Washington
Seat 8: Brooks Blake
Seat 9: Robert Burns
Table 364
Seat 1: David Patent
Seat 2: Yuta Motoyama
Seat 3: Jason Bardol
Seat 4: Christopher Reider
Seat 5: Maureen Johansson
Seat 6: Eric Zuerndorfer
Seat 7: Laurie Strantz
Seat 8: Alain Angelil
Seat 9: Jong Kim
Table 365
Seat 1: Jeffrey Bennett
Seat 2: David Villegas
Seat 3: Vu Pham
Seat 4: Jon Nakatani
Seat 5: Lance Tahata
Seat 6: Vincent Mettlen
Seat 7: Puangpaga Holmes
Seat 8: Orlando Reyes
Seat 9: Samuel Sperrazza