Main Event Day 2A Recap

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WSOP Day 2A

WSOP tournament floor Day 2A

Day 2 of the 2008 WSOP was split into two flights. Day 2A kicked off on Tuesday with 1,252 players returning to battle it out in the Amazon Room. When it was over, less than 500 players remained. Day 2B starts on Wednesday at Noon.

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Isabelle Mercier

Isabelle Mercier

The Buzz: As much as Day 2A was underway, most of the chatter was about what happened away from the tables at the PokerStars Party at Rain from the night before. 2008 WSOP bracelet winner Dario Minieri and Isabelle Mercier were lip locking at the bar and having a blast.

Quote of the Day: Madeline Ungar, Stu Ungar's widow, started Day 2A with "Shuffle up and deal!" But before she started the day, she spoke to the crowd for a few moments about a new foundation she started in Stu's name. She said that there's not a day that goes by where someone doesn't bring up a Stuey Ungar story. She also said that it's almost ten years since he passed away.

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Shane Warne

Shane Warne, Aussie cricket legend

The Celebrities: "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Ray Romano ran Kings into Aces and got crippled before he was moved to the featured TV table. Ray hung on with a short stack but eventually busted. French actress Alexia Portal also hit the rail early on Day 2A. Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne had a decent stack for most of the day.

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Erick Lindgren

Brian Schaedlich's three quarters of a million in WSOP play money

Sight of the Day: The first of many big stacks started to develop late in Day 2. Guys like Brian Schaedlich, Jeremiah Smith, and Hunter Frey were all past the 400K mark by Midnight and rushing towards 500K.

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Ray Romano

Ray Romano's WSOP Main Event quest ended late on Day 2A

Day 2A Eliminations: Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, Billy Baxter, Jesse Jones, Shaun Deeb, Cathy Liebert, Billy the Croc, Ted Lawson, Trond Eidsvig, Robert Varkonyi, Alex Bolotin, Gabe Thaler, Sweet Svetlana, Scotty Nguyen, Alexia Portal, Perry Friedman, John Myung, Greg "FBT" Mueller, The Eggman Thomas Wahlroos, Lee Markholt, Harry Demetriou, Barry Shulman, John Shipley, Paul Wasicka, David Grey, Susie Isaacs, Steve Brecher, Michael Criag, Mark Karam, Ray Romano, Johnny World Hennigan, Vicky Coren, Sverre Sundbo, Nick Schulman, Ciaran O'Leary, Dan Schmiech, Haralabos Voulgaris, and Julian Gardner.

Big Stacks: Brian Schaedlich was one of the first players to pass the half a million chip mark. Also with lots of chip? Jeremiah Smith, Hunter Frey, and Brandon Adams.

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Brian Schaedlich