Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

The first hand after the re-draw, Rupert Elder pushed all in for his last 50,000 and got a call from Jesse Cohen

Elder had    and Cohen had   

The board ran out       and Elder left in 18th place.

One hand later on another table, Tyler Cornell raised it up to 26,000 preflop and our chip leader Anthony Ruberto re-raised it up to 77,000 from the big blind. Cornell re-raised to 160,000 and Ruberto moved all in, Cornell called.

It was a bit of a cooler for Cornell as his    were dominated by the    of Ruberto. The board ran out       and Ruberto is now up to around 2,100,000 and has a dominating chip lead.

Anthony Ruberto	2,100,000	550,000
Jesse Cohen	450,000	78,000
Rupert Elder	0	-330,000
Tyler Cornell	0	-500,000

Peter Gilmore pushed his last 150,000 in preflop and Will "The Thrill" Failla made the call.

Failla had    and Gilmore was ahead with   

Failla said, "Ace of diamonds dealer." The flop came down     and Failla again said, "No, dealer, I said ace of diamonds come on."

The turn was the   and Failla said, "Ok, that'll do." The river was the   and Gilmore hits the rail. Failla has just around 500,000 after the hand

Christian Jeppsson opened from the small blind to 27,000 and Anthony Lellouche reraised to 64,000. Jeppsson moved in and Lellouche called.

Showdown:
Lellouche:    
Jeppsson:    

Board:          

Lellouche's jacks held and Jeppsson made his way to the cashier's cage.

Antony Lellouche	1,120,000	276,000
Christian Jeppsson	0	-315,000

We found this hand unfolding as the river was being peeled off. The board was           and Rupert Elder moved all in. Michael Finstein called and Elder tabled     for Broadway. Elder doubled to up over 400,000.

Rupert Elder	420,000	78,000
Michael Finstein	290,000	-234,000

Ionel Anton opened for 22,000 and Benjamin Pollak moved all in from the button. Action folded back around to Anton and he called.

Showdown:
Anton:    
Pollak:    

Board:          

Pollak's boat pushed him up over the 200,000 mark; Anton dipped to 70,000

Benjamin Pollak	210,000	85,000
Ionel Anton	70,000	-141,000

Out of the1,378 players who started Day 1, and the 189 players who came back for Day 2, only 22 remain. Our chipleader heading into day 3 is Anthony Ruberto who finished the day with 1,550,000, but the story of the tournament so far has to be Chris Moorman who is second in chips with 1,210,000 to start today. Moorman is an absolute legend of online poker tournaments who has had minimal WSOP success, and in an event like six handed No-Limit Hold'em (which favors the aggressive player), a relentlessly aggressive player like Moorman has a huge advantage going into our final day of play.

All of the remaining players are guaranteed to take home at least $20,377, but all eyes are on the $689,739 and gold bracelet that will go to our eventual champion. There were many notable players who hit the rail yesterday including Jean-Robert Bellande, who started the day 2nd in chips, Jake Cody, Tuan Le, Jimmy Tran, Olivier Busquet, and Mohsin Charnia, but plenty notables remain. Players like Moorman, Will "The Thrill" Failla (cashed seven times at last year's WSOP), Rupert Elder (2011 EPT San Remo Champion), Dan O'Brien (tournament circuit regular with a third place finish in a 2008 WSOP No-Limit Hold'em event) are all big name players and all searching for their first WSOP bracelet. These will be the players to watch as we get closer and closer to the final table and the bracelet.

We are about to get underway here in the next few minutes in the blue section of the Amazon Room. Stay tuned to PokerNews for up-to-the-minute live updates in the event.