In der Nacht von Mittwoch auf Donnerstag stand bei der World Series of Poker in Las Vegas der Tag 2 des $1.500 Seven Card Stud High/Low Event auf dem Programm. Von den ehemals 521 Spielern starteten 124 in den Tag 2 und gingen in den Kampf um die 79 bezahlten Plätze. Von den deutschsprachigen Teilnehmern waren noch Clemens Manzano (AUT) und Marcel Scherrer (SUI) vertreten. Beide sollten es auch bis in die Geldränge schaffen. Für den Schweizer Marcel Scherrer war dann auf Platz 56 für $2.602 Endstation. Clemenz Manzano (AUT) schaffte es mit Platz 36 für $3.721 noch etwas weiter. Am Ende des Tages waren noch 14 Protagonisten im Turnier die im Finale wiederkommen dürfen. Den Chiplead sicherte sich David Prociak (USA) mit 701.000 vor John Monnette (USA) mit 420.000. Außerdem sind noch bekannte Spieler wie Calvin Anderson (USA) oder auch Brandon Shack-Harris (USA) mit von der Partie.
Das Finale startet am Donnerstagabend um 23:00 Uhr (MEZ). Der Average beträgt 279.107.
Hier sind die Chipcounts und der Seat Draw fürs Finale:
| RANK | PLAYER | CITY / STATE / COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | ROOM / TABLE / SEAT | |
| 1 | David Prociak | Kissimmee, FL, US | 701,000 | Amazon / 455 / 3 | |
| 2 | John Monnette | PALMDALE, CA, US | 420,000 | Amazon / 460 / 2 | |
| 3 | Al Barbieri | LONG BEACH, CA, US | 382,000 | Amazon / 455 / 8 | |
| 4 | Jameson Painter | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 379,000 | Amazon / 460 / 7 | |
| 5 | Gaurav Kalro | Las Vegas, NV, US | 375,000 | Amazon / 460 / 6 | |
| 6 | Calvin Anderson | YUKON, OK, US | 347,000 | Amazon / 455 / 7 | |
| 7 | Bryan Devonshire | HENDERSON, NV, US | 243,000 | Amazon / 460 / 4 | |
| 8 | Michael Ross | Chicago, IL, US | 214,000 | Amazon / 460 / 8 | |
| 9 | Phillip Penn | BELL GARDENS, CA, US | 184,000 | Amazon / 455 / 4 | |
| 10 | Louis Russo | LINCROFT, NJ, US | 163,000 | Amazon / 455 / 6 | |
| 11 | Alexsandr Vinskii | St Petersburg, , RU | 162,000 | Amazon / 460 / 3 | |
| 12 | Alex Livingston | HALIFAX, NS, CA | 156,000 | Amazon / 460 / 1 | |
| 13 | Brandon Shack-Harris | CHICAGO, IL, US | 95,000 | Amazon / 455 / 2 | |
| 14 | Steven Loube | Norcross, GA, US | 92,000 | Amazon / 455 / 5 | |
Hier sind die Payouts:
| Platz | Preisgeld |
| 1 | $156.546 |
| 2 | $96.750 |
| 3 | $66.601 |
| 4 | $46.652 |
| 5 | $33.263 |
| 6 | $24.148 |
| 7 | $17.855 |
| 8 | $13.452 |
| 9 | $10.330 |
| 10 | $10.330 |
| 11 | $8.088 |
| 12 | $8.088 |
| 13 | $6.459 |
| 14 | $6.459 |
Hier sind die bisherigen Payouts:
| # | Player | Earnings | Country | |||
| 15 | Arash Ghaneian | $5,264 | United States | |||
| 16 | Phillip Hui | $5,264 | United States | |||
| 17 | Mark Gregorich | $4,379 | United States | |||
| 18 | Paul Sokoloff | $4,379 | Canada | |||
| 19 | Jimmy Fricke | $4,379 | United States | |||
| 20 | Nickolai Orlov | $4,379 | United States | |||
| 21 | Danny Wong | $4,379 | United States | |||
| 22 | Mikhail Tulchinskiy | $4,379 | Russia | |||
| 23 | Andy Bloch | $4,379 | United States | |||
| 24 | Curtis Ikeuchi | $4,379 | United States | |||
| 25 | Brad Albrinck | $3,721 | United States | |||
| 26 | Kevin Cote | $3,721 | United States | |||
| 27 | Dana Kellstrom | $3,721 | United States | |||
| 28 | Denis Ethier | $3,721 | United States | |||
| 29 | Dan Matsuzuki | $3,721 | United States | |||
| 30 | Daniel Negreanu | $3,721 | Canada | |||
| 31 | Clemens Manzano | $3,721 | Austria | |||
| 32 | Erle Mankin | $3,721 | United States | |||
| 35 | Victor Ramdin | $3,231 | United States | |||
| 36 | Yuval Bronshtein | $3,231 | Israel | |||
| 37 | Jess Price | $3,231 | United States | |||
| 38 | Daniel Idema | $3,231 | Canada | |||
| 39 | Gregory Jamison | $3,231 | United States | |||
| 40 | Aaron Steury | $3,231 | United States | |||
| 41 | Yen Wu | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 42 | Mike Krescanko | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 43 | Francesco Barbaro | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 44 | Brian Zekus | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 45 | James Sear | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 46 | Carol Fuchs | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 47 | Hoyt Verner | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 48 | Svetlana Gromenkova | $2,867 | United States | |||
| 49 | Brian Nichols | $2,602 | United States | |||
| 50 | Brian Brubaker | $2,602 | United States | |||
| 51 | Daniel DiPasquale | $2,602 | United States | |||
| 52 | Sergio Ramirez | $2,602 | United States | |||
| 53 | Jesse Hampton | $2,602 | United States | |||
| 54 | Thomas Taylor | $2,602 | Canada | |||
| 55 | Tony Ma | $2,602 | United States | |||
| 56 | Marcel Scherrer | $2,602 | Switzerland | |||
| 57 | Robert Harmelin | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 58 | James Laird | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 59 | Jason Rivkin | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 60 | Matthew Honig | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 61 | Joe McKeehen | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 62 | Greg Pappas | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 63 | Soner Osman | $2,417 | United Kingdom | |||
| 64 | Jeanne David | $2,417 | United States | |||
| 65 | Frankie O’Dell | $2,299 | United States | |||
| 66 | Jeffrey Duvall | $2,299 | United Kingdom | |||
| 67 | Christopher Miller | $2,299 | United States | |||
| 68 | William Kohler | $2,299 | United States | |||
| 69 | Chris Klodnicki | $2,299 | United States | |||
| 70 | Brian Bumpas | $2,299 | United States | |||
| 71 | Ben Yu | $2,299 | United States | |||
| 72 | Andrey Zaichenko | $2,299 | Russia | |||
| 73 | Naoya Kihara | $2,239 | Japan | |||
| 74 | Mike Leah | $2,239 | Canada | |||
| 75 | Lonnie Heimowitz | $2,239 | United States | |||
| 76 | Richard Bai | $2,239 | United States | |||
| 77 | Allen Cunningham | $2,239 | United States | |||
| 78 | Rich Nguyen | $2,239 | United States | |||
| 79 | Cory Zeidman | $2,239 | United States | |||
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