A host of P5er’s made it to Day 2 of the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #39, making for some interesting table draws as less than 200 remain.

Two online heavyweights drew each other’s table at the onset in Garrett “GBecks” Beckman (pictured at left) and Adam “Roothlus” Levy.

Levy started the day with 43k but is down to 32k after doubling up a nine big blind short stack that woke up with kings to Levy’s eights. Its been a rollercoster ride for Levy, who was down to less seven big blinds late last night before the money bubble.  Beckman has added to his stack early and is up to 65k as blinds are 800-1600-200.

Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach drew a few live pro’s to his left in Joe Tehan and Barry Greenstein. Fohrenbach’s 43k stack will have to tread cautiously with Greenstein’s 80k stack a few seats over, although it seems like it’s taking a lot for Greenstein to stay awake.

Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer’s table woes continued on through Day 2.  In the first half hour of play at Steve’s table, which also includes Kyle “kwob20″ Bowker and David “ComptonMasta” Barter, only seven hands had been dealt!  The table shenanigans continued when a hand folded around to an extremely short stacked player in the small blind.  She appeared to complete the blind, but her chips were in a messy pile rather than a stack, so it was difficult to tell if she had just called or moved all-in.  Barter, who was in the big blind, thought she had moved all in and announced call.  Bowker then pointed out that there was technically no raise for him to call.  The small blind then clearly announced all-in and Barter called with his A-8.  The other player showed pocket aces and Barter’s hand failed to improve.  We can only hope the other player stacked her newly aquired chips a little better as play continued.
 
Dan “wretchy” Martin (pictured right) took a big hit early on when he and a shorter stack got it all in pre-flop with QQ to the other player’s JJ.  The other player hit is set on a flop of JT8 and Dan, who began the day with 50K was left with right around 25K.  His table has since broke and he now has to contend with his new tablemate, Luke “JohnnyCashOut2″ Priour.
 
Priour just knocked out a short stack when he raised from the cut-off with the blinds at 800/1,600 ante 200 and the player in the big blind moved in for less than 10K total.  Priour made the call with KT and the big blind showed 24.  It looked like the other player was going to double through when the board came out 98{5h]A and gave him a flush, but the J on the river brought a bigger flush for Priour and shot his chip stack up to 60K.

Another player who got off to a good start today is Wayne “Imustcall” Leonard, who doubled up early when he got it all-in preflop with A-K to his opponent’s K-Q.  His hand held and he now has 50K.  Other players weren’t so lucky in their attempts to double up.  Tony “Bond18″ Dunst and Jose “papadelpoker” De La Guardia were recently eliminated.

• June 22, 2008 -- Beckman Elimates Levy
• June 22, 2008 -- Barter and Beckman Bulldozing
• June 22, 2008 -- Worth More Than a Wooden “Nickel”
• June 28, 2008 -- The HORSE Race Continues

Nursing a short stack after the money bubble burst in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #39, Scott “gunning4you” Seiver (pictured right) adopted a strategy to either build up his 7k stack or go home with less than 40 minutes left in the day.

After a few double ups, once making a straight when he went all-in preflop with 5 high, Seiver now has a puncher’s chance with 21k with the average stack at 38k.

He was admittedly hoping to bust when he was really short so he could play the 2-7 triple draw tournament that starts in eleven hours.

Once Seiver built his stack up he said that he wasn’t throwing in the towel anymore as he started the 5k NL tournament on day 2 with a below average stack of 22k and went on to win the bracelet and 755k a few weeks back.

Wayne “Imustcall” Leonard won a nice pot off of Amit “amak316″ Makhija when he won an all-in confrontation with QQ against Makhija’s AK minutes after the money bubble bursted, increasing Leonard’s stack to 40k and dropping Makhija’s down to 14k.

Theo Tran continued to add to his tally of cashes, making the money for the fifth time this WSOP. Tran won’t be able to make his third final table this series however, busting with two minutes left on a 4.5k stack.

Tran’s chances of making another deep run was thwarted when he lost a 40k pot before the money bubble when his AK lost to AQ in a hand that was all-in preflop.

Here’s a list of other notable players left.

Barry Greenstein - 84k

Garrett “GBecks” Beckman - 68k

Luke “JohnnyCashOut2″ Priour - 46k

Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach - 45k

Adam “Roothlus” Levy -  44k

Kenna James - 40k

Jason “JCarver” Somerville - 27k

Hasan Habib - 26k

Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 18k

Joshua “pbdrunks” VanDuyn - 17k

• June 28, 2008 -- Seat Open!
• June 25, 2008 -- Pocket Fives No Good to Graham
• June 22, 2008 -- Beckman Elimates Levy
• June 21, 2008 -- “Another Day, Another Donkament.”