Bonomo Surges Late on Day 2B of 2009 WSOP Main Event

Bodog Poker pro Justin Bonomo has been surging toward the end of day 2B of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. (Bodog Beat Image)"]

With just a few minutes left in the last level of the night (short day!!!) here on Day 2B of the 2009 WSOP Main Event, Bodog Poker pro Justin Bonomo has made a surge up the leaderboard to get up to 225,000 in chips. Here are the details from his own mouth:

Raised aces. Both blinds called. SB led small all 3 streets. Bb called once. I called down on scary board but held. 225k now.

Bonomo's teammate Jean Robert Bellande took a bit of a downswing earlier this evening back has climbed up out of his hole back up to 165,000.

There are still an astounding 1,486 players left out of the starting 2,924 thanks to the sellout situation from Day 1D, so there is still quite a ways to go, but this is a great way to start for both of them.

Notable chip leaders at the moment include Phil Ivey, who is looking bulletproof at the moment, Kevin 'BeL0WaB0Ve' Saul, Kenny Tran, David Benyamine and Josh Arieh.

We have some disappointing news. Tomorrow is a day off, which means no news from us from the WSOP. We know, don't cry, you'll only make us feel worse. Ok, fine, maybe we'll update you from the media tournament. Happy? (So selfish.)

Anyway, there is still plenty to do with the Bodog Mini Poker Series going on and everything, so try to occupy your time and give us a day to recover and come back better than ever for Day 3. And by "recover," we mean play poker and go to the last shindig of the WSOP party season, leaving us exhausted for Day 3.