Event 2
$350+$50 Black Chip Bounty NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/5,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 18
Average Chips: 1,536,111
Peter Giordano
With the elimination on Quintin Tyson in 19th the Event 2 field is down to just two tables. Leading the way is Peter Giordano with over 3,000,000 and Jimmy Poper is right behind with 2,760,000.
The players will battle into the early morning hours and one lucky winner will take home the $81,769 first prize and the second BWPO of the series.
Below is a list of the updated chip counts and seating assignments along with the final Event 2 payouts.
Table 1.
Seat 1. Barry Rosenkranz- 1,500,000
Seat 2. John Caputo- 2,250,000
Seat 3. Soheb Porbandarwala- 1,800,000
Seat 4. Peter Hong- 950,000
Seat 5. Sung Kim- 2,500,000
Seat 6. Edgardo Figueroa- 1,210,000
Seat 7. Arthur Schiavo- 20,000
Seat 8. John Yanni- 1,100,000
Seat 9. Ricard Eyzaguirre- 1,140,000
Table 2
Seat 1. Keren Uzer- 1,200,000
Seat 2. Bill Miller- 840,000
Seat 3. Vincent Caravello- 615,000
Seat 4. Andrew Forsythe- 2,500,000
Seat 5. Peter Giordano- 3,050,000
Seat 6. Joe Ulm- 2,400,000
Seat 7. Tim McGuigan- 700,000
Seat 8. Jimmy Poper- 2,760,000
Seat 9. John Andrews- 1,365,000
Payouts
1. $81,760+BWPO trophy
2. $48,813
3. $29,851
4. $24,970
5. $20,652
6. $16,709
7. $13,142
8. $9,763
9. $6,890
10-12. $4,487
13-15. $3,004
16-18. $2,009
$350+$50 Black Chip Bounty NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 21
Average Chips: 1,316,666
Sung Kim
The action folds around to the player on the button and he moves all in for about 700,000. Sung Kim calls for his last 235,000 from the small blind and the big blind gets out of the way.
Kim: 
Button: 
“I’m in bad shape” says the player on the button when he sees his king jack is dominated by the ace jack of Kim.
The board runs out 
and Kim’s ace high is enough to earn him the double up leaving his opponent with less than two big blinds.
Sung Kim- 1,350,000
$350+$50 Black Chip Bounty NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 26: 20,000/40,000/4,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 24
Average Chips: 1,150,000
Joe Ulm
A short stacked player moves all in from late postion and Joe Ulm calls. The player shows but is dominated by the 
of Ulm.
The board runs out 
improving Ulm to top set and he sends one to the rail.
Ulm is now up over 2,200,000 and the players are heading out on a 15 minute color up break.
$350+$50 Black Chip Bounty NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/4,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 27
Average Chips: 1,024,074
Edguardo Figueroa
Edguardo Figueroa raises to 125,000 and it folds to Nicholas Tedford in the small blind. Tedford moves all in for 626,000 and the big blind folds.
Figueroa goes into the tank for nearly two minutes and eventually tosses in the calling chips.
Nicholas Tedford
Tedford shows 
and is flipping with the 
of Figueroa. They see a flop of 
and Tedford pairs his queen to take the lead.
The dealer burns and turns the 
and Figueroa picks up both straight and flush draws. The 
hits the river and Figueroa improves to a flush holding the ten of hearts.
Tedford is eliminated and Figueroa chips up to over 2,000,000.
Edgardo Figueroa- 2,400,000
Nicholas Tedford- Eliminated
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Level 25: 15,000/30,000/4,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 31
Average Chips: 891,935
John Yanni
The action folds around to John Yanni on the button and he moves all in for 425,000. The small blind folds and the big blind thinks it over for a bit. After a few moments he announces “call” and they flip the cards.
Yanni:
Big Blind: 
Yanni shows ace queen and is dominating the of the big blind. The 
seals the deal for Yanni and he doubles up for the second time in as many levels.
John Yanni- 897,000
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$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/4,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 32
Average Chips: 864,000
Andrew Forsythe
A player in middle positon moves all in for 447,000. It folds to Andrew Forsythe in the cutoff and he re-shoves all in for about 1,300,000. The rest of the table quickly folds and they turn over the cards.
Forsythe:
Opponent: 
The dealer fans the flop and the player picks up a gutshot straight draw to go with his over card. The turn is the pairing the player to give him a few added outs.
The 
river is not one of them and Forsythe’s pocket kings hold up earning him the pot and the knockout.
Andrew Forsythe- 1,800,000
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$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/4,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 34
Average Chips: 813,235
Ricard0 Eyzaguirre
Ricardo Eyzaguirre started Day 2 second in chips and was one of only two players over 500,000. He has stayed near the top of the chip counts all day long and has just moved into the lead.
Eyzaguirre is now playing a stack of 2,010,000 and is the first player to cross the two million chip mark.
There are now 34 players remaining and with the average stack still over thirty big blinds they should be in for a long night of poker.
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$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/3,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 35
Average Chips: 790,000
Craig Rubinstein
It folds around to Edgar Figueroa in the hi-jack and he raises to 55,000. The cutoff folds and Craig Rubinstein moves all in for 127,000. The blinds fold and Figueroa calls.
Rubinstein:
Figueroa: 
Rubinstein is in good shape to double up and he does just that when the board runs out 
.
The players are now on a 15 minute break and there are just 34 left in the hunt.
Craig Rubinstein- 305,000
Edgar Figueroa- 1,100,000
$350+$50 Black Chip Bounty NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/3,000
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 37
Average Chips: 747,297
John Yanni
Just as we pick back up on the Black Chip Bounty NLH action we see John Yanni raking in a pot. Craig Rubinstein who was involved in the hand filled us in on the action.
A player raised from early position and Rubinstein moved all in for about 355,000. With the action on John Yanni in the big blind he called for his last 225,000. The original raiser got out of the way and the hands were shown.
Rubinstein turned over but Yanni had woken up with . The board ran out clean for Yanni who doubled up to over 500,000 and Rubinstein is left with 130,000.
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Level 23: Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 39
Average Stack: 709,000
Peter Giordano and Franklin Garcia
After Peter Giordano opened for 60,000 from the hijack, Franklin Garcia (cutoff) shoved for 366,000. Peter gave it some thought, then called. His pocket 7s were racing against his opponent’s .
The runout of 
missed Franklin completely and Peter took the pot. He’s now up to about 1.7 million, good for the chip lead.
Franklin finished in 40th place, earning $1,277.