Event #43: DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 of the Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack saw the 1,064 survivors between Day 1a and Day 1b convene into a single field and battle it out on the green felt until just 149 players remained. By the time the dust settled, Jeff Platt stood tall as the probable chip leader going into Day 3 after accumulating 3,315,000 in chips. Not far behind him is Sylvian Naets with 2,740,000 in chips.

Platt, who is well-known for providing commentary on ESPN and PokerGO alongside being the co-host of the PokerNews Podcast, will be seeking his first WSOP gold bracelet. Platt was able to steadily build his stack, including when he won a flip later in the day on his way to becoming the chip leader. To date, Platt has racked up over $300,000 in live-tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob and is now poised to make a deep run in the event.

Event #43 Day 2 Chip Counts

Day 2 Action

Eliminations came swiftly right out the gate, with the one-thousand-strong field being reduced to 600 within the first three levels of play. The money bubble burst after Alexandre Reard busted with pocket sevens against a flopped set of Monika Thorn, which guaranteed the remaining 599 players would make at least $1,602 for their efforts. Some notables who busted before making the money include Barry Greenstein, Maria Konnikova, Steve Wilkie, and Ari Engel.

Among those fortunate enough to make the money, but not survive the day include Kristy Arnett (487th - $1,752), Jerry Wong (488th - $1,752), Chris Moorman (447th - $1,752), Chad Holloway (433rd - $1,752), Kitty Kuo (352nd - $2,002), Eric Baldwin (323rd - $2,212), Maria Ho (311th - $2,212), Cherish Andrews (267th - $2,463), and Andrew Barber (192nd - $2764)

Still in contention are Jeff Boski (445,000), Kenny Nguyen (1,250,000), Matt Vaughan (2,255,000), 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson (590,000), and Andrew Moreno (1,240,000) – who is looking to add to his already stellar year. Moreno took down a Venetian DeepStack event for $127,740 and The Wynn Millions event back in June.

Day 3 is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. local time and the remaining field will play for another 10 hour-long levels. Play will resume on level 22 with 15,000/30,000 blinds and a 30,000 big blind ante. Players will receive a 15-minute break after every two hours and an hour-long dinner break after Level 29 at approximately 7 p.m.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you the action leading to an eventual WSOP Double Stack gold-bracelet winner!

The tournament director has just announced play will resume for four more hands before bagging and tagging for the day.

Action was picked up with all cards on their backs and two players all in and at risk.

Wagner Wysotchanski:   
David Guay:   
JeeWok Oh:   

The board ran out       and Guay once again found himself on the winning side of a massive pot. Wysotchanski could not find an ace to stay alive and was eliminated. Oh could not catch a jack but covered the other two players. Guay now sits among the biggest stacks in the room.

David Guay	2,800,000	1,850,000
JeeWok Oh	500,000
Wagner Wysotchanski	0	-1,200,000

The action was picked up on the river with about 300,000 in the middle on a board reading      .

David Guay fired out a pot-size river bet of 300,000 putting his opponent's tournament life at risk.

Guay's opponent went deep into the tank before flicking in the call and Guay flipped over    for the king high flush to send his opponent to the pay out line.

David Guay

950,000

789,000

Joshua Heinzl opened to 40,000 from under-the-gun and was called by Daniel Dayan in the hijack, the player in the cutoff, and both blinds.

Action checked to Dayan on the     flop, who bet 200,000. The player in the cutoff called and everyone else folded.

The   fell on the turn and Dayan went all in for a bit over 100,000. The cutoff called to put him at risk.

Daniel Dayan:   
Cutoff:   

Dayan was ahead, but would need to fade a lot of outs to survive.

The   bricked out and Dayan more than doubled his stack with kings and queens.

Joshua Heinzl	1,050,000	0
Daniel Dayan	850,000	634,500

A player in early position opened to 45,000 and was three-bet to 140,000 by another player in the cutoff. Ralph Massey then cut out a four-bet to 360,000 and placed it into the middle.

The initial raiser quickly folded and the three-bettor followed suit after a lengthy tank — awarding the pot to Massey.

Ralph Massey

1,500,000

250,000

A player in early position raised to 45,000 and action folded to Andrew Moreno in the big blind, who announced he was all in for 460,000 total. Action folded back around to his opponent, who asked for a count and decided to call.

Andrew Moreno:   
Early-position player:   

The       runout left Moreno with a straight and he doubled up.

Andrew Moreno

980,000

772,500

The remaining 214 players have taken their seats and have all begun to play.