A quick glance throughout the room makes it obvious that there is going to be some serious and at times annoying Poker being played in the second session. Joe Hachem led the list of previous WSOP winners sitting down on this day and that means anyone at his table better be ready to play some serious poker. Hachem is one of the few recent amateur winners that has proven he has the game to play as a professional. While he is at one end of the spectrum, you have the Jamie Gold’s and Chris Moneymakers on the other end.

I can only imagine those that had to sit next to the Brenes clan. Umberto’s displays have become some of the most annoying things in Poker over the last few years and having to deal with his idiotic routine every time he wins a hand is enough to make someone push with 27o. Having to deal with three of them must seem like a day in poker hell. Luckily for the players, they did not fair very well during the first session and we will all be spared the chomping shark on day 2.

Unfortunately for Hachem, the cards would not come on this day and he was not really able to make anything happen. Every time he made a move it seemed as though his opponent was sitting on the cooler cards. His final hand of the tournament was more of the same as he was short stacked and forced to push with KQo and ended up getting called by AKo. The lady never came and Joe was forced to the rail.

All in all, 35 players move on from this session to join the 27 from day 1b to have 62 players vying for 9 seats at the final table. There is still plenty of firepower left at the felt and the next 2 days should be fun to watch.