07.14
Day 2 of the second largest World Series of Poker field started with a bang, and continued to deliver exciting poker. 2,412 players started day 2A, while only 1,295 made it through today 3. Even with all of those players having been eliminated there are still a large number of well known poker players remaining in this year’s Main Event.
The current chip leader is a Chicago native Boulous Estanfanous. While he is not a household name, Estanfanous is poised to make a deep run in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Currently Estanfanous holds 344,000 chips which is well above the chip average.
Even with an unknown amateur holding the current chip lead there are still plenty of well known players alive in this year’s field. Johnny Chan, who has had a quiet World Series thus far only playing a handful of events, is saving his best poker for the perfect time. Chan entered day 2 among the chip leaders, and that is where he still finds himself. Chan has been able to amass just over 281,000 chips, which is good enough for a top 10 position.
Other notable poker pros that are still alive and well in this year’s Main Event include Chris Moneymaker, Scotty Nguyen, reigning champ Joe Cada, Robert Mizrachi, Sam Farha, Hoyt Corkins, Michael Mizrachi and David Williams.
While there are still some popular players remaining in the field not all of the poker pros were able to escape day 2A. Players who saw their Main Event dreams vanish include Ted Forrest, Tom McEvoy, Daniel Alaei, Dennis Phillips, Dutch Boyd and Mike Sexton.
Day 3 is scheduled for Monday and is sure to be another wild day at the 2010 World Series of Poker.
