Day 2A of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event is complete as approximately 630 of the original 1,476 players have survived the day. Among the chip leaders at the end of the day were Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp, Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth, Karec “K-Rock2525″ Terrell and Carter “cswidler” Swidler.
Many, however, hit the rail before the [...]

Craig “MrCasino” Gray (pictured at left) has been very patient here on Day 2A. His stack has slowly dwindled as the hours have passed, but Gray’s patience finally paid off just a few moments ago.
Craig got all in holding AA and his opponent rolled over KK. The A was in the window of the flop [...]

Amanda “MandyB” Baker was looking for a spot to double up this evening and found one just before Level 8 came to a close. With blinds at 400/800 ante 100 a player at her table raised to 3.1K and Baker moved all in for 18K total. The player called and Mandy was in a standard [...]

We’re down to just 873 of the original 1,981 Day 1a starters and short stacks are suddently finding themselves in desperation more with the blinds increasing to 400/800 with a 100 ante. There seems to be an all in every time we blink. Tim “tmay420″ West, Jeff “yellowsub” Williams and Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer were among [...]

Karec “K-Rock2525″ Terrell is chipping up nicely here on Day 2A. In one hand at his table a player raised to 1.4K from early position and received four callers including Terrell from the small blind. The flop fell Q87 and the blinds checked to the original raiser who bet 1.9K. A player in middle position [...]