May 25, 2005

Poker News: World Poker Tour – Mirage Poker Showdown – Day Two.

Poker News: World Poker Tour – Mirage Poker Showdown – Day Two.:
Boy, today could to be a long day. That is all I can think about writing this story. The original design was to play down to 27 players, or the end of level 10. At the end of level 10, they still have 49 players in, and they have to play down to six today for TV. This could make for a long day, but the average stack only has about 35 big blinds, so maybe it won't be that bad.

Day two brought us another action filled day, as over 100 players bit the dust today, and can go about their business, and not be concerned with winning this event. Some of the prominent exits on day two were...Layne Flack, Tobey Maguire, Jennifer Tilley, Paul Phillips, Jesus Ferguson, David Williams, Scott Fischman, Mel Judah, David Pham, Barry Shulman, Huck Seed, and many others.

The big mover today was Gavin Smith, who went from the bottom/middle of the pack to second in chips. Notables with stacks include Toto Leonidas, who is third, and The Unabomber, who is in the top ten. It was not a great day for the Cardplayer Camp, as CEO/pop Barry, who started the day second in chips was out early to some tough luck (quad deuces for his opponent), and son Jeff, who began the day third in chips didn't run much better, and is going to have to stage a big rally to get to the money, and stage a small miracle to make it to the TV table.