WSOP 2010: Johnny Chan is just ridiculous
Oriental Express still flying as World Series of Poker 2010 Main Event hots up in Las Vegas
| by German Virgin |  July, 10th 2010 |
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Above: Johnny Chan is currently ranked 10th at the WSOP Main Event 2010
POKER legend Johnny Chan finished Day 2A of the World Series of Poker last night in a ludicrously brilliant 10th place.
The 53-year-old double World Champion, who played so well on the opening day of this monster tournament, again turned in a masterclass to finish with 281,600 chips – just 60,000 behind overall chip leader Boulos Estafanous.
A whopping 2,412 players sat down for the first of two scheduled 'Day 2s' at the Rio in Las Vegas, but just 1,200 survived the eight hour marathon.
They will return on Monday for Day 3 – the first time that all the remaining players in the second biggest tournament in poker history will all play on the same day.
A total of 3,936 players remain in the $10,000 buy-in 2010 WSOP main Event including double bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard, from Denmark, who is also flying and finished the day in third place.
Chip leader Boulos Estafanous, from Darien, Illinios, who boasts two previous WSOP cashes. Estafanous won both the Bayou Poker Challenge at Harrah’s in New Orleans in 2004 and the Chicago Poker Open in 2005 but has never made the money in the big one.
As well as chan a host of other former world champions played on Day 2A including Joe Cada (2009), Tom McEvoy (1983), Berry Johnston (1986), Jim Bechtel (1993), Scotty Nguyen (1998), Chris Moneymaker (2003) and Carlos Mortensen (2001).
Mortensen was the first to hit the rail, busting midway through the day after failing to fight back from starting the day short-stacked.
Joe Cada put up another strong performance and will continue his title defence on Monday, finishing the day with above average chips.
Tom McEvoy, a four-time WSOP bracelet winner, survived several levels before busting and he was joined by Berry Johnston whose pocket aces weren't enough when he ran into a set of queens.
Big name survivors further down the field include Jim Bechtel and Scotty Nguyen, who famously claimed earlier this year he would win this event.
Chris Moneymaker was up and down and took several huge hits, but fought back hard and will return on Day Three with a slightly above-average stack.
There was less good news for Mike Sexton. He may have made it into the Poker Hall of Fame, but he won't be cashing here after he arrived short-stacked, pushed with pocket nines and ran into pocket dames.
The ESPN main stage feature table star of the day was Daniel 'Kid Poker' Negreanu who was his usual talkative self. He survived – but is short-stacked heading into next week.
