December 13 2011, Josh Bell

If you would like to boost your bankroll, then PokerNews is the best place for exclusive bonuses, freerolls and promotions. We have a guide of all the best promotions and bonuses through to Dec 18.

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The PokerNews League on PokerStars is an ongoing tournament league that offers big cash prizes and value to our players. Not only is there a final tournament that will award thousands of dollars to the winners, there are also weekly added prize pools in each league event. There is only one more week remaining before it’s all over so don’t miss out! Find out more about the PokerNews League on PokerStars.

In order to have a chance at winning a WPT Dublin package worth $5,000, all players must do is start collecting PKR points, which are earned by playing in any raked poker games. All qualifying players will be entered into an exclusive freeroll that features a unique format.

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The $15,000 Carbon League is an ongoing poker league that is taking place at the moment and will culminate in the Big Final on Jan. 8 at 1800 GMT (1100 PDT). The top 30 players who earn the most points during the league will qualify for this final tournament. $2,250 is up for grabs for the winner of the final tournament and the top 15 players are guaranteed at least $100.

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The 10th anniversary Sunday Million is set to take place on Dec. 18 at 1430 EST (1930 GMT) and a life changing $2 million is guaranteed to the eventual winner. Its mammoth $10 million prize pool makes the event one of the biggest of the year. To help celebrate this monumental moment in PokerStars history, Pokernews will be hosting a $2+$0.20 satellite that kicks off on Dec. 16 at 1400 EST (1400 GM) and will award the top five finishers with a seat into the $10 million guaranteed Sunday Million.

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The $10,000 Unibet Size Does Matter promotion is taking place now and continues until Dec. 15 and is a fun new initiative where players compete for a seat in a freeroll with a unique format. The difference between this promotion and all of the others is the exciting format. The starting stacks for each player in the freeroll will be dependent on the amount VIP points accumulated during the qualification period.

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December 12 2011, Rich Ryan

Day 2 of the 2011 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s Atlantic City is in the books. The day began with 215 players, but that number skyrocketed when over 100 players lined up to be alternates. When the dust finally settled, the tournament fielded 618 entrants, generating a prize pool of $899,190. Make the final table, and you’re guaranteed $17,516. Win, and you take home $188,830 and the gold ring.

No player had a more turbulent day than our chip leader; Tuan Phan. Phan was unafraid to get all of his chips in the middle, and was fortunate enough to win a 200,000-chip pot against Chris Reslock when he flopped a set against Reslock’s flopped flush. The board paired on the river, eliminating Reslock from the tournament and propelling Phan to the top of the leaderboard. Phan finished with an impressive 1.060 million chips – we’ll see if he can go wire-to-wire on Monday.

Hung Truong entered the day as the leader with 211,200 chips, and survived with 692,000 chips in his stack. He could’ve finished stronger, his peak was well over 700,000, but he’s certainly happy with advancing to Day 3. Jimmy Born was second in chips entering the day, and he too will return on Day 3 to chase the gold. Like Truong, Born was at one time flirting with seven figures, but only managed to bag 510,000 chips.

Peter Ippolito cashed, but failed to reach a second final table at this stop. He won Event #1 for $37,926, and added $4,388 to that today with his 33rd place finish. Other notables who cashed include Sirous Jamshidi (57th, $2,940), Mark Rose (54th, $3,192), Ashira Lavine ($3,192), Jeffrey Papola (38th, $3,507), and Steven Tabb (26th, $5,755).

Quite a few well known players busted short of the money, including Mark “Pegasus Smith, Mike “Little Man” Sica, Chris Tryba, Drazen Ilich, Carter Phillips, Josh Brikis and Matthew Chang.

The final 20 look like this:

Table 52

Table 62

Table 83

The tournament resumes Monday at 1200 EST (1700 GMT), where we will play down to a champion. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.com for exclusive coverage of the WSOPC!

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