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                                                              | DAY 
                                                                  TWODisaster 
                                                                  struck most 
                                                                  of the first 
                                                                  day leaders, 
                                                                  but the �Harry 
                                                                  Potter� of Poker, 
                                                                  Julian Gardner, 
                                                                  continued his 
                                                                  wizardry with 
                                                                  a strong second 
                                                                  day showing. 
                                                                  Gardner is going 
                                                                  to have to use 
                                                                  all his magic 
                                                                  to overcome 
                                                                  the hex on first 
                                                                  day leaders, 
                                                                  however. Historically, 
                                                                  it�s been very 
                                                                  difficult to 
                                                                  go wire-to-wire 
                                                                  in the WSOP. 
                                                                   In 
                                                                  the biggest 
                                                                  move of the 
                                                                  second day, 
                                                                  the Series� 
                                                                  prodigal son, 
                                                                  Chip Reese, 
                                                                  exploded from 
                                                                  101st to 2nd 
                                                                  place behind 
                                                                  Gardner.  Phil 
                                                                  Hellmuth (6th) 
                                                                  is the only 
                                                                  survivor of 
                                                                  the 13 former 
                                                                  Champions who 
                                                                  entered the 
                                                                  field. There 
                                                                  are three women 
                                                                  still playing 
                                                                  with Trang Phan 
                                                                  in 31st, the 
                                                                  highest ranking. 130 
                                                                  players start 
                                                                  Day Three, by 
                                                                  the end of which 
                                                                  there will be 
                                                                  only 45. All 
                                                                  45 players will 
                                                                  be in the money. Mike 
                                                                  Paulle |  |  GARDNER, 
                                                      JULIAN $199,700 REESE, DAVID (CHIP) $176,100
 KLINGER, JOSEF $153,700
 HEIMILLER, DANIEL M. $149,200
 JANUARY, RAY D. $130,200
 HELLMUTH, PHIL JR. $126,900
 BETSON, ALAN $124,900
 IVEY, PHILLIP $118,300
 FETER, MICHAEL $110,300
 KORSON, ALAN J. $99,800
 SHIPLEY, JOHN $98,700
 PERRY, RAFAEL $94,400
 HOLUM, ERIC A $91,800
 AMOS, SCOTT $86,900
 NASSERI, AMIR $86,600
 COZEN, GLENN E. $86,300
 MULLIN, OWEN $83,100
 D, TONY $82,400
 BOOTH, DOUGLAS R. $80,900
 DEKNIJFF, MARTIN $80,500
 VARKONYI, ROBERT $79,500
 GIORDANO, PETER $77,500
 LA, HUNG V $77,000
 THOAILY, MINH $76,800
 NEELY, JAMES $75,300
 HALL, HARLEY $73,600
 MELTON, STEVE $72,300
 HARTMAN, TONY $71,500
 BOATMAN, ROSS $71,100
 GRAY, PETER S. $70,600
 PHAN, TRANG $69,500
 MANNO, JULIUS $64,200
 VINCENT, STEPHEN L. $63,500
 KO, BERNARD $62,500
 BEGA, SOKRAT $62,200
 OBRYAN, WESLY $59,300
 CALVERT, GUY $59,000
 JASSINOWSKY, CY $54,100
 KARRIMAN, JOE $52,900
 GARLAND, DANIEL H. $52,700
 PHU, LUAN $51,200
 LENNARD, KEN R. $50,800
 GREENSTEIN, BARRY $50,000
 ZALEWSKI, HERTZEL $49,900
 YOAK, JEFFERY W. $49,800
 MAGDALINOS, DIMITRIOS $49,600
 STOCKINGER, SIGI $48,500
 KAUFMAN, PETE $48,000
 WILKINSON, LAMAR V. $47,000
 ESPOSITO, JOHN J.,JR. $46,300
 SINGER, DAVID E. $46,300
 HOLLAND, RANDY $45,700
 RAYMER, GREGORY P. $45,600
 HABIB, HASAN $45,400
 FRYDMAN, MICHAEL I. $45,200
 STUDER, DANIEL $44,800
 PASEKA, KURT $44,400
 THOMAS, HARRY ,JR. $44,000
 CUSCHIERI, CHARLES $43,900
 BRANDENBURG, JOSEPH E. $42,200
 HAWKINS, PHILIP E. $40,700
 CRUNKLETON, HENRY D. $40,100
 LAING, MICHAEL A (MIKE $39,800
 BONYADI, FARZAD $39,800
 SAI, RAMEEN $37,800
 JOHNSTON, CREWS $37,500
 HAVESON, BRIAN D. $36,700
 ALVAREZ, LEO $36,300
 NGUYEN, MINH $35,800
 MCDONALD, TRISTAN $35,500
 LA, MENG $35,300
 SKLANSKY, DAVID B. $35,300
 OULES, MARTINA $34,500
 HOPKINS, GREG $34,200
 ROSENBLUM, RUSSELL $33,900
 RUBIN, DAVID S. $33,400
 LONGSON, ONEIL (LIONEL) 
                                                      $33,200
 WILSDON, STEPHEN $33,200
 THUNG, ROY (T JAY) $33,100
 KRAMER, JAMES A. $33,000
 HENDERSON, FRANK G. $32,700
 WYNN, GREG $31,500
 QUTAMI, DANNY $31,500
 COUSINEAU, ANTHONY $31,300
 LANE, JASON M. $31,100
 DO, CONG V. $31,100
 LECHICH, TINO J. $30,900
 ROBERTS, BENJAMIN $30,500
 LUBER, MIKE $29,800
 KARP, WARREN $29,100
 MCMILLIAN, RONALD $27,700
 BADIMANSOUR, FARIBORZ $27,600
 MICHAEL, JOHN $27,600
 PILKINGTON, FLAN $26,900
 LINCOLN, VESNA $26,300
 HEIMOWITZ, JAY B. $24,800
 FOX, JACK $24,000
 MCKINNEY, PAUL $23,700
 SCHNEIDER, TOM $23,600
 RECHNITZER, GEORGE $23,200
 BURCHELL, DONALD M. $23,100
 BARTON, DONALD (DON) L. 
                                                      $23,000
 GOLSER, MARKUS $21,900
 BEILFUSS, LARRY M. $21,900
 SHANLEY, DOUG $21,000
 BERGER, FREDERICK J. $20,200
 ALLEN, RANDY $20,100
 SUNAR, SURINDER PAL S. $19,900
 WOLFE, PAUL $19,400
 CUNNINGHAM, ALLEN $19,100
 BACH, CHRISTOPHER $18,700
 INASHIMA, JOHN HARVEY $18,600
 JACOBS, KENNETH M. $18,600
 HORI, KENT $18,500
 MUSTANOGLU, OSMAN $18,200
 CLARK, PAUL �ESKIMO� $17,200
 WHITT, SAMUEL C. $17,200
 GREY, DAVID $17,100
 SARKESHIK, ALI $16,900
 NAKANO, YOSHIO $16,600
 DYKSTRA, KEVIN $16,000
 POPEJOY, ANTHONY $14,400
 MAY, MIKE $11,200
 PARROTT, SHELBY $10,900
 ELIAS, ELDON $10,900
 CUSTER, CHARLES $10,700
 APPLING, MIKE $8,600
 CALKINS, JEFF $5,000
 WARD, JIM $4,300
 ALSTON, GREG $3,200
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