World Series of Poker Day 2a
Day 2a of the World Series of Poker is now complete. Day 2b will be be played today. The players will be combined into one Day 3 on Thursday. This will be the first day that all of the remaining entrants will play on the same day. You may also want to click below to read our reports from the four Day 1′s at the 2011 WSOP.
2011 WSOP Day 1a
2011 WSOP Day 1b
2011 WSOP Day 1c
2011 WSOP Day 1d
Day 2a of the World Series of Poker began with 2031 players. When play ended for the day there were 822 players remaining. Look for about 900 players to advance from Day 2b today, which will make for about 1700 players remaining at the beginning of Day 3. Below you will find top chip counts from Day 2a, notable players advancing, and some high profile exits.
Top Chip Counts from Day 2a of the WSOP
1 Aleksandr Mozhnyakov 478,600
2 Tuan Vo 434,500
3 Guillaume Darcourt 410,500
4 Stephane Albertini 400,100
5 Wilfried Haerig 366,000
6 Massimiliano Martinez 355,000
7 Mike Sowers 347,700
8 Christopher Moore 328,600
9 Brendan Taylor 317,500
Notable Players Advancing from Day 2a
Phil Hellmuth
Daniel Negreanu
Jason Alexander (George from Seinfeld)
Brad Garrett (from Everybody Loves Raymond)
Jason Mercier (extremely annoying tweeter and “poker pro”)
Shaun Deeb
Peter Feldman
Dan Shak
“Miami John” Cernuto
Humberto Brenes
Todd “Dan Druff” Witteles
Eli Elezra
Tom McEvoy (Former Main Event Champ)
Christian Harder
Adam Junglen
Ted Forrest
Joe Cada (Former Main Event Champ)
Shannon Shorr
Lee Childs
Sorel “The Cheat” Mizzi
David Gray
Notable Eliminations from 2011 WSOP Day 2a
Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics star)
Daniel Cates (online superstar)
Filippo Candio (final table in last year’s Main Event)
Lex Velduis
Andy Bloch
Barry Shulman (owner of Card Player Magazine)
Barny Boatman
Marco Traniello (husband of pro Jennifer Harman)
Marcel Luske
Andrew Robl
Gavin Smith
Soi Nguyen (final table last year in the Main Event)
Phil Gordon
Johnny Chan
Top Stories From 2011 WSOP Day 2a
The top story from the day has to be the ups and downs of Phil Hellmuth, and I don’t just mean his chips. Phil Hellmuth was initially a no show for Day 2a of the World Series of Poker. Apparently he thought he was supposed to play on Day 2b rather than Day 2a.
Luckily for Hellmuth his friend Mike Matusow noticed that Hellmuth was absent. He called Hellmuth’s cell phone, but the phone was turned off. He attempted to call his room, but Hellmuth had the front desk block calls to him. After some Matusow pleading, his call was eventually put through to Hellmuth’s room. But still no answer.
Matusow finally convinced the hotel security to break into Hellmuth’s room. They woke him and informed him that he was supposed to be at the Rio. Hellmuth got dressed quickly, and hopped in his car for the ride over to the Rio. By the time he arrived, Hellmuth’s already short stack had been blinded down to below 7,000. By the end of the day he was able to run his stack up to a respectable 64,900. If Hellmuth hits a big score he will definitely owe Matusow a huge favor. Maybe a stake into a tournament, or possibly a bag of coke?