After flopping a pair of queens with his , Charles Vargas got the rest of his stack in the middle. He was eliminated when William Davis caught a spade flush on the river. Vargas will collect $7,526 in winnings.
On the final hand of the night, Sean Nguyen popped it up from the button and was called by table short stack, Michael Moore, from the big blind. The flop fell and Moore bet out. He was called by Nguyen and the hit the river. Moore threw in his last 1,100 and was called by Nguyen.
Nguyen:
Moore:
Moore was drawing dead going to the river with Nguyen's flush winning the hand. Michael Moore, a native of a town with a population of 72, will take home a prize of $7,526.
The second day of the sixth event of the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker has officially come to a close! Out of the 130 players who started out today, only 15 will return tomorrow to battle it out for the bracelet and everything that comes with it - the fame, the fortune and, according to the wisdom of one of our cab drivers, "the ecstacy of winnin', yes indeed!"
Naturally, all eyes will be on Matt Matros, as the Long Islander is well on his way to defending his title, bagging up 153,000. However, he's going to have some work to do if he's to catch Bill Davis, who's on top of the pops with 416,000, followed by Tim Chauser (371,000), Sean Nguyen (327,000), Scott Clements (259,000) and Thomas Jamieson (221,000).
The bust-outs were thick and fast right from the word go, with many big names falling by the wayside, including Jennifer Harman, Barry Shulman, Liz Lieu, Chino Rheem, Tom Schneider and Archie Karas, who was unfortunate enough to share the dubious honor of being the "bubble boy" with Jerrod Ankenman, who started Day 2 as the overall chipleader.
There were also plenty others that fell by the wayside, but they did pick up some cash for their trouble, including names like Jonathan Aguiar (61st place), Daniel Ospina (44th place), Jose Nacho Barbero (40th place), Michael "Mr. Hipster" Winnett (32nd place) and JJ Liu (30th place).
Here are the 15 players that will be returning tomorrow to decide the next WSOP champion:
Thomas Jamieson
221,000
Craig Laben
108,000
Harrison Wilder
142,000
Jeff Williams
185,000
Matthew Elsby
125,000
Mitch Schock
171,000
Matt Matros
153,000
John Myung
205,000
Sean Nguyen
327,000
Scott Clements
259,000
Bill Davis
416,000
Bryan Pimlott
208,000
Chris Overgard
186,000
Paul Schumer
26,000
Tim Chauser
371,000
Be sure to join PokerNews once again tomorrow at 2.30pm PST (GMT -7) as we bring you the exciting conclusion to this event. Until then, it's ciao for now!