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Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

RISE Clothing Player of the Day - Antonio Esfandiari

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Official Chip Counts and Seating Assignments

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Antonio Esfandiari Ends the Day on Top

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Day 2 is in the books and around 140 players remain in the Five Diamond World Poker Classic.  Once again, Antonio Esfandiari ended as one of the big stacks.  He is the only player over 400,000 chips, ending with 485,600.

Danny Fuhs is nearly 100,000 chips behind him and is second in chips with 397,500.  Some of the other players who ended the day with over 300,000 chips include Faraz Jaka, Doug Lee, Vanessa Rousso, and Sorel Mizzi.  

Here are the unofficial top ten chip counts from the end of the day.  We'll have official chip counts and seat assignments later tonight:

1. Antonio Esfandiari - 485,600
2. Danny Fuhs - 397,500
3. Faraz Jaka - 364,400
4. Doug Lee - 355,000
5. Vanessa Rousso - 334,100
6. Sorel Mizzi - 332,400
7. Keith Gipson - 325,100
8. Albert Kim - 320,000
9. Phil Ivey - 308,100
100. Doyle Brunson - 295,400

Seth Fischer Doubles Through John Hennigan

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Tyler Kenney moves all-in from under the gun for 8,000, John Hennigan calls on the button, and Seth Fischer raises to 28,000 out of the blinds.  Hennigan moves all-in, having Fischer's remaining 110,000 covered and Fischer calls with A-K.  Kenney also holds A-K and Hennigan has them both in bad shape with pocket aces.

The flop falls Q42 and Hennigan has his opponents drawing even slimmer since he holds the A.  The turn brought a non-diamond jack and the river brought a non-diamond heart though, making Broadway for both Kenney and Fischer to triple and double them up respectively and drop Hennigan to 50,000.

Seth Fischer - 267,000
Tyler Kenney - 26,000
John Hennigan - 50,000

A Big Mess

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

The tournament staff stops the clock to draw for the number of hands the field will play before the end of the day.  They also hold up the process to allow for a table to break and take their seats.  Then, another mess delays the end of Day 2 even further.

The players at Doug Lee's table have noticed that their table is quite a bit wobbly.  As a result, when someone stood up, they inadvertently shook the table, knocking over Lee's massive stack, which were piled up in around 60-chip stacks.  The chips spilled over into his neighbor's stack, creating a massive pile of chips and quite a bit of confusion about how much each player had.  Thankfully, the shorter-stacked player had done a precise count the previous hand, but that table will still be one of the last ones to leave tonight thanks to the mess.

Vanessa Rousso Climbing the Leaderboard

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Allen Carter Eliminated by Andrew Lichtenberger

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Andrew Lichtenberger raises to 4,000 from the hijack and Allen Carter moves all-in from the small for around 35,000.  Lichtenberger calls instantly and Carter knows he is in trouble.

"You have aces, don't you?"

Lichtenberger does have aces and Carter is behind with 1010.  The board runs out J44K6 and Lichtenberger eliminates Carter to take the pot.

Andrew Lichtenberger - 185,000
Allen Carter - eliminated

Vanessa Rousso vs. Justin Smith

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Three players see a flop of 643. Justin Smith (BoostedJ) bets 6,700 from the big blind, the under-the-gun player folds, and Vanessa Rousso raises from the cutoff to 16,500. Smith thinks for a bit before he calls.

The turn card is the 2, and both players check. The river card is the 7, Smith checks, and Rousso bets 20,000. Smith goes into the tank for a long time, remaining silent as he studies Rousso and the board.

After about five minutes, Smith folds, and Vanessa Rousso takes the pot.

Vanessa Rousso  -  355,000
Justin Smith  -  56,000

Official Numbers: 438 Players

Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante

The Bellagio's payout structure for championship events works a little differently than most tournaments, and when the field crosses the 400-player mark, they pay 100 players. In this case, that's 22.8% of the field.

1st:  $870,124*
2nd:  $549,003
3rd:  $358,964
4th:  $232,271
5th:  $168,924
6th:  $126,693
7th:  $97,131
8th:  $67,570
9th:  $59,123
10th:  $50,677
11th-15th:  $42,231
16th-20th:  $33,785
21st-30th:  $25,339
31st-40th:  $21,116
41st-50th:  $16,892
51st-70th:  $13,725
71st-100th:  $12,669

* Includes a $25,500 seat to the season-ending WPT World Championship.