Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey Hit the Rail at WSOP
The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event continued on Saturday with the play and conclusion of Day 2-B. This session included the second of two flights of players who survived past the initial round of competition. The first round of competition consisted of four starting days, classified as 1-A through 1-D.Day 2-B began with 2,734 players. After four levels of play (8 hours), only 1,357 players survived. The remaining players will combine with Day 2-A survivors. Day Three is to be played on Monday, July 12th. There will be 2,557 players when play commences, which also means for the first time in the tournament all players will be competing together at the Rio.
The end of Day 2-B chip leader is David Assouline, from Hampstead, Quebec (Canada). He has 387,800 in chips, which leads all players at this point in the championship. Assouline has never been in this spot before. His sole recorded cash in a live tournament took place in a 500 Euro buy-in event in France where he won about $4,000. Assouline has never cashed at the WSOP, to date.
Also of note were the fine performances of former gold bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst (Brooklyn, NY), who finished the day ranked in eleventh place. Former world champions who survived included Robert Varkonyi and Dan Harrington.
Among those who did not fare as well on Day 2-B were Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey. In fact, this was a brutal day for last year's November Nine players. Four of the nine players from last year's final table busted out on this day, with Phil Ivey, Darvin Moon, Antoine Saout, and Jeff Shulman walking the plank.
The Main Event continues through July 17th when the final table players will ultimately be determined, otherwise known as the "November Nine."
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by Nolan Dalla
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