Ten Remain in Event #15; Brian Rast On Top
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Another day has been lodged at the 2011 World Series of Poker, and as the railbirds and players exit the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, just ten players remain in Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Holdem.
Kicking off after lunch, 88 players returned to battle it out on day two, and after a quick flurry of eliminations, we were soon in the money when reigning champion James "Flushy" Dempsey was outed to the rail on the bubble when his 
for top pair was out-drawn on both the turn and river when his opponent made both a straight and then a flush.
With players celebrating at their new-found inheritance of WSOP gold, elimination after elimination would see players head to the cashier as John Dolan (71st), Davidi Kitai (64th), Matthew Hawrilenko (62nd), Joe Sebok (60th), Michael Leah (58th), Alessio Isaia (51st), Hoyt Corkins (49th), John Racener (39th), Mickey Petersen (26th), Christopher DeMaci (25th), Randall Flowers (19th) and Christian Harder (17th) all were bounced to the rail.
Eventually play would be halted for the night with a unofficial final table of ten remaining as Brian "tsarrast" Rast amassing a 1,081,000-chip stack to hold the mantle of overnight chip leader. With Allen Kessler, Ali Eslami, Ronald Lee and Ted Lawson all in contention for the $227,232 first prize, here is how they will stack up tomorrow.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | BBs | Chip % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dajuan Whorley | USA | 85,000 | 7 | 2.5% |
| 2 | Daisuke Endo | Japan | 174,000 | 14.5 | 5% |
| 3 | Ted Lawson | USA | 140,000 | 11.7 | 4.1% |
| 4 | Allen Kessler | USA | 618,000 | 51.5 | 17.9 |
| 5 | Andrew Cohen | USA | 190,000 | 16 | 5.5% |
| 6 | John Gordon | USA | 380,000 | 32 | 11% |
| 7 | Ronald Lee | USA | 198,000 | 16.5 | 5.7% |
| 8 | Ali Eslami | USA | 402,000 | 33.5 | 11.6% |
| 9 | Mika Paasonen | Finland | 187,000 | 16 | 5.4% |
| 10 | Brian Rast | USA | 1,081,000 | 90 | 31.3% |
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on the floor tomorrow from 2:30 pm PDT where we provide continuous live coverage of the final table as we play down until just a winner remains in the Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Holdem!