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Day 2 of the World Series of Poker main event
DAY: 2 (Officially known as Day 1B).
BIG NEWS: The World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event will likely last a few hours longer than previous years as players begin the tournament with more chips.
The chips were added to starting stacks to give players more time to size up the tables and maneuver during the tournament.
Players began this year with 30,000 in chips compared with 20,000 last year.
On Saturday, 873 players entered the main event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, bringing the total number of entries for the first two days to 1,989.
STUD OF THE DAY: Jeremiah Smith, who doubled his chip stack …
Both Sides Still Must Answer Key Questions
NEW YORK With nearly three months to go until New York's generalelection in November, there is time for the mayoral candidates to winsupport.
Republican Rudolph Giuliani is just beginning his televisionadvertising; David Dinkins has not yet started. Big-audiencetelevised debates won't be held until after the September primary.Dinkins still has opposition in that primary, but he is expected towin handily.
There are several critical questions to be answered in thecoming weeks. Both sides are putting heavy stock in carrying theLatino vote that represents perhaps 10 percent to 12 percent of thetotal. Ordinarily, this bloc is Democratic, but Giuliani is runningon …
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