Rhett Butler, the Rockville insurance broker who finished fifth and won $3.2 million last year in the World Series of Poker main event, busted out yesterday in the second round of this year's tournament. The second flight of the second round plays today and in that group is Severn accountant Steve Dannemann, who was the runner-up two years ago and won $4.25 million.

Among the famous pros who were eliminated in the four-day first round were Phil Hellmuth Jr., Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan. Last year's winner, Jamie Gold, also busted out. This year, 6,358 competitors started playing on July 6 and the winner will get $8.2 million. A celebrity that finished strong yesterday was actor Tobey "Spider-Man" Maguire (left), who has 150,000 chips. Yesterday's chip leader ended with more than 570,00.

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