$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  133 of 2,056

Kenny Han raised UTG+1 to 24,000, Christopher Miranda called from middle position, and Antonio Germani moved all in from the hijack for 60,000.

Al Gomez moved all in over the top from the cutoff for 116,000, and it folded back to Han, who asked for an exact count and thought for a while before he folds.

Miranda said something like, “I’ve gotta have the worst hand,” as he slid his chips forward to call all in for 108,000. (Miranda had pocket aces and was the last to act, so it’s not clear what he was talking about.)

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Al Gomez:  
Christopher Miranda:  
Antonio Germani:  

The board came , and Gomez flopped a set of jacks and rivered a full house to scoop the entire pot, eliminating both players from the tournament.

Al Gomez  –  328,000  (41 bb)
Christopher Miranda  –  Eliminated in 134th Place  ($420)
Antonio Germani  –  Eliminated in 135th Place  ($420)

With 133 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 232,000 (29 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $420 each. The next pay jump is $440 for 126th place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 2,056

The $200 Deep Stack field continues to lose players and break tables but there are still a lot of tough spots in the field including two-time WSOP Circuit winner T.K. Miles.

He came into Day 2 with the second-best stack and built up to 566,000 while others are exiting.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 144 of 2,056

Jeremy Becker ripped his 104,000 stack in the middle from the big blind and the original raiser on the button quickly called.

Becker:
Button:

“I knew you were making a move,” his opponent said.

Becker had two live, suited cards to double up and paired his three on the flop to take the lead. The board finished turn and river to send him a double.

Jeremy Becker – 220,000 (28 bb)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 159 of 2,056

199th: Antonio De Araujo – $325
200th: Alan Resh – $325
201st: Aaron Valencia – $325
202nd: Igor Evseev – $325
203rd: Ilan Bakhar – $325
204th: Rene Noriega – $325
205th: Michael Decesare – $325
206th: George Miro – $325
207th: Marcela Newmark – $325
208th: Philip Sokolov – $325
209th: Miguel Solano Rodriguez – $325
210th: John Aycock – $325
211th: Yoav Yuhjtman – $325
212th: Michael Capo – $325
213th: Claire Chiang – $325
214th: Scott Robb – $325
216th: Carl Pruitt – $325

217th: Steven McKoy – $315
218th: Joseph Diaz Jr – $315
219th: John Maddox – $315
220th: Roger McKinney – $315
221st: Peter Horenstein – $315
222nd: Carlos Apinaye – $315
223rd: Andrew Daire – $315
224th: Eric Treadwell – $315
225th: Michael Watkins – $315
226th: Alain Boucher – $315
227th: Vincent Simonelli – $315
228th: Alejandro Funes – $315
229th: Javier Sarache – $315
230th: Jose Ardila – $315
231st: Eric Prandl – $315
232nd: Mark Warren – $315
233rd: Henry Fermin – $315
234th: Svi Soudai – $315

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 159 of 2,056

Action folded to Artur Tishchenko in middle position and he moved all in for 47,000. Eduardo Cecchinato was in the big blind and called with a bigger stack.

Tishchenko:
Cecchinato:

Tishchenko was ahead for the double and solidified his lead by pairing his ace on the flop. Cecchinato also caught the flop, the turn changed nothing, but Cecchinato made trip sixes on the river to send Cecchinato out in 160th place.

Eduardo Cecchinato – 316,000 (53 bb)
Artur Tishchenko – Eliminated in 160th Place ($370)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 198 of 2,056

The following players made Day 2 in the money but were among the early eliminations. Each earned $305 and the rest of the field made a pay jump.

235th: Ernest Perry – $305
236th: Lesly Herard – $305
237th: Tyler Montoya – $305
238th: Luidmila Krylova – $305
239th: Osmany Saldanas – $305
240th: Oleg Gaidouk – $305
241st: Edgar Varas – $305
242nd: Jonathan Lukshns – $305
243rd: Yuri Chiozzo – $305
244th: Darrell Carril – $305
245th: Maneshwar Manthani – $305
246th: Kim Scoratow – $305
247th: Christopher Allison – $305
248th: Jon Stonger – $305
249th: Bobby Crain – $305
250th: Tuan Phan – $305
251st: Tim Shane – $305
252nd: David Vurgait – $305
253rd:  Ronald Johnston  –  $305
254th: Marcia Costa-Savidge – $305
255th: Justin Lerner – $305
256th: Sagi Zommer – $305
257th: Vinicius Monteiro – $305
258th: Carlos Ruiz – $305
259th: Eric Chhor – $305
260th: Randal Fernandez – $305

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 207 of 2,056

Players returned to their seats after the break and we have a new frontrunner. Javier Rios began the day with the third-biggest stack but now sits above them all with 652,000. Start of day leader Kenny Han is still doing well with 492,000 followed by Sean Shah with 480,000.

They will work their way through four more levels before enjoying their next break.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 207 of 2,056

Event 7 came to the end of Level 15 and tournament staff sent players on a 15-minute break while they colored off the purple chips and put the 25K chips into play.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 225 of 2,056

Action folded to Alejandro Funes in the cutoff and he moved all in for 17,000. Alejandro Funes was on the button and shipped in over the top for 53,000. Not to be left out of the fun, Artur Tishchenko moved all in with a double-covering stack from the small blind and the big blind folded to leave it a three-way pot.

Funes:
Boucher:
Tishchenko:

Tishchenko had the best hand and the biggest stack but Boucher took the lead when he paired his three on the flop. Tishchenko had a comeback club draw that missed the turn but got there on the river for the double knockout.

Artur Tishchenko – 153,000 (38 bb)
Alain Boucher – Eliminated in 226th ($315)
Alejandro Funes – Eliminated in 227th ($315)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 2,056

Aaron Massey and Perry Shiao drew seats next to each other for the restart, two tough players at a table that won’t break any time soon. They mixed it up early and we got there after the hand was complete.

The end result was Shiao’s in the small blind out flopped Massey’s button on the . Massey flopped a flush draw on top of his over cards but Shiao held and made a boat to double up.

Perry Shiao – 207,000 (69 bb)
Aaron Massey – 103,000 (34 bb)