Day 2 of Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em has been passed to the poker historians and the man whose name is inscribed in the space reserved for the chip leader is Will Jaffe. Jaffe will be returning for the final day with 1,947,000 chips. It was a fast and furious Day 2 that started with two hundred and sixty-five players, of which fifteen reserved their spaces in the final day. Here are the milestones of a great day of poker.

When the festivities began the dealers were doing most of the work (or more accurately their voices). Screams of "all-in" and "call" filled the air that was once occupied by the carnival smoke emanating from the One Drop area. We lost multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Huck Seed and legendary WSOP casher Tom McCormick. At the same time Benjamin Volpe became our early chip leader.

Two-time WSOP final tablist, John Eames, spun 5,000 into 50,000 and the dangerous German, Martin Finger, found pocket queens too strong for his pocket fours. Finger left, Eames moved up and down like a ship in the North Sea and Jonas Mackoff eliminated Matt Stout.

Will Jaffe was one of the bigger stacks that ended Day 1 and it wasn't long before he started to push his weight around on Day 2. Two-time WSOP bracelet holder Dutch Boyd was the first player to get in Jaffe's way when the unfortunate Boyd lost v after the hit the turn. Jaffe moved into the chip lead and it was a lead that he would maintain for several levels of play.

The ladies were well represented as we moved into the pre dinner break level. Katherine Dozier, Sofia Lovgren and Wendy Freeman all creating healthy enough stacks to help them wade through the treacle that $1k events can often create.

When we came back after the dinner break, we still had a host of WSOP bracelet holders who were in the hunt for more gold. David 'Bakes' Baker started to really get a run of form going and as Eames was doubling through Jaffe, Bakes was taking advantage by replacing him at the top. Then we lost two bracelet winners in quick succession when Ray Foley and Alex Kravchenko were eliminated as we moved into the final 2-levels of the day; Kravchenko eliminated by another WSOP bracelet holder David Singontiko.

Into the final levels and Bakes stepped on the gas winning a big pot from Jeff Fielder before eliminating Wendy Freedman to move over the one million chip mark. Ken Fishman and Will Jaffe left David Singontiko's hopes of a second gold bracelet hanging by a thread and we lost all of the ladies when Kathy Dozier and Sofia Lovgren both bowed out gracefully.

Jason Tomkins took out Brett Shaffer, Ryan Pringle and eventually the last thread of Singontiko, and he moved into the top three, nestled just behind the new chip leader Ken Fishman and second placed David Baker. Then in the final thirty-minutes Jaffee won a 1.3 million flip against Gianluca Rullo and then won a crucial pot against Baker to cement his place as the number one going into Day 3.

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We don't know how the action went preflop, but with a board reading Will Jaffe bet out 33,000. David Baker then raised it to 83,000. Jaffe made the call and both players were allowed to see the river.

The on the river brought a check from Jaffe, and a bet of 156,000 from Baker. Jaffe then raised and mandated 365,000 as the bet. Baker made the call and was in for some bad news.

Jaffe had for a set of jacks, while Baker held a weaker for two pair. This hand allows for Jaffe to become quite the chip leader with a substantial amount more than anyone else left in the field.

David 'Bakes' Baker

140,000

-860,000

David Smart has just been eliminated after getting all of his chips in holding unfortionately for him the player who called the bet was Will Jaffe and he sat with .

The board came and Smart was gone.

David Smart

0

-280,000

John Eames has had to play a very patient game in the past few levels. In the end he moved 140,000 into the middle, in early position, leaving him 12-15k behind. Ken Fishman called on his left shoulder and everyone else folded.

Flop:

Eames put his last few chips into the middle and Fishman made the call. It was for Fishman and for Eames. The turn and river not handing Eames the help he required and he was out.

Ken Fishman	1,050,000	-150,000
John Eames	0	-240,000

Table 362

Table 356

Will Jaffe has just taken the chip lead in a 1.3 million flip against the Italian Gianluca Rullo.

Jaffe opened to 25,000 on the button, Rullo three-bet to 80,000 from the big blind, Jaffe four-bet to 145,000, Rullo pushed 340,000 across the line, Jaffe moved all-in and Rullo called.

It was for Rullo and for Jaffe. The flop throwing Jaffe into the lead and the and confirming the result. It was a close count but Jaffe just about had Rullo covered and he was out in twentieth place.

Will Jaffe	1,350,000	600,000
Gianluca Rullo	0	-400,000

Fernando Castaneda has just been sent packing after getting all in holding , his opponent Nghi Van Tran possessed . The board came and with that Castaneda was sent home.

Nghi Van Tran	450,000	180,000
Fernando Castaneda	0	-180,000

Jeff Fielder, probably the greatest player ever to sneak under our radar, has 260,000 chips and a beer in front of him. Rumor has it, he raised and the blinds folded, but so far we cannot substantiate what is only word of mouth at the moment.

David Singontiko has just been eliminated after moving all in with and getting called by Jason Tompkins who held .

The board ran out and with that our former chip leader was sent home.

Jason Tompkins	950,000	160,000
David Singontiko	0	-90,000

Will Jaffe raised to 21,000 in the cutoff and David Singontiko three-bet to 100,000 on the button. The blinds moved out of the way, and after a minutes thought Jaffe moved all-in and Singontiko called.

Jaffe
Singontiko

Board:

Jaffe moved up to 750,000 and Singontiko was down to 90,000.

Will Jaffe	750,000	495,000
David Singontiko	90,000	-310,000

Fernando Castaneda just doubled up through Joseph Kuether. It was versus and a on the river giving Castaneda a pair to move up to 180,000.

Joseph Kuether	460,000	50,000
Fernando Castaneda	180,000	10,000

Nick Abou Risk has been eliminated after after his couldn't catch up to Luis Campelo's after they got all in preflop.

Luis Campelo	490,000	130,000
Nick Abou Risk	0	-71,000

This is like a game of pass the chips out there.

Nick Abou Risk had just doubled up through David Baker when he passed them onto Luis Campelo. It was another pre flop all-in with Risk holding pocket tens and Campelo holding pocket queens. The Brazilian rail was in full voice as Campelo doubled up and Risk really is at risk with just 73,000 chips.

Luis Campelo	360,000	-70,000
Nick Abou Risk	71,000	-124,000

Jason Tompkins has just eliminated Ryan Pringle v all-in pre-flop.

Jason Tompkins	790,000	70,000
Ryan Pringle	0	-80,000

We have lost our last remaining female player as Sofia Lovgren has been eliminated. She moved all-in from the small blind over a David Singontiko open and he snap-called.

Singontiko
Lovgren

The flop was all clubs - - but it did give Lovgren a pair of sevens, "Ace," said Lovgren. The turn was the and river , "Nice hand," said Lovgren as she exited the competition.

Just prior to that elimination Singontiko lost a big pot to Ken Fishman which has put Fishman into the chip lead. Singontiko now has 490,000.

Ken Fishman	1,200,000	816,000
David Singontiko	400,000	-340,000
Sofia Lovgren	0	-170,000

Brett Shaffer raised on the button, Jason Tompkins three-bet from the big blind and Shaffer called. The flop was and Tompkins bet 44,000, which brought a reactionary raise to 95,000 from Shaffer. Tompkins had his hand covering his face from Shaffer and after sometime he mouthed the words all-in. This put Shaffer into the tank for several minutes and when he surfaced it was to make the call. Tompkins confidently peeled and Shaffer turned over for top pair. The turn and river reduced Shaffer to 21,000 chips and he was eliminated a few short hands later.

Jason Tompkins	720,000	305,000
Brett Shaffer	0	-140,000

David 'Bakes' Baker has just eliminated Wendy Freedman moments after taking a chunk from the stack of Jeff Fielder to move him over 1 million. We didn't see the Fielder hand but we did see the Freedman elimination. It was all-in pre flop with Freedman holding and Baker holding . Just incase Baker was worried he nailed a set on the flop and Freedman was gone, leaving Sofia Lovgren as the only remaining female in the field.

David 'Bakes' Baker	1,000,000	545,000
Wendy Freedman	0	-160,000

We don't know exactly how the action went but we do know that Ken Fishman managed to get all in and at risk by the hands of David Singontiko.

Singontiko:
Fishman:

The board came and with that Singontiko sent off a giant chunk of his stack. Fishman on the other side of the coin jumps into the chip lead.

Ken Fishman	1,220,000	836,000
David Singontiko	330,000	-410,000

Robert Brown has just eliminated Katherine Dozier. She moved all-in from the hijack holding and was called in the big blind by Brown holding . Despite Dozier turning an open ended straight draw, her luck ran out on the river and she was out in twenty-seventh place.

Robert Brown	400,000	125,000
Katherine Dozier	0	-135,000