Jun Takada of Tokyo, Japan leads the charge into Day 3 of the World Series of Poker.

Jun Takada not only survived Day 2A of the WSOP but he thrived with over $100K in chips. Takada can relax today as the rest of the remaining players are thrown into the meat grinder for Day 2B of the World Series of Poker.

Shirley Williams, mother to David Williams, plays it cool and makes it to Day 3.

Woman poker pro Shirley Williams was up to nearly $100K before being knocked down to around $17K. But she never went on tilt or lost her cool and ground her way back to $51K. Play route 66 poker.

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