Day 2 is Here; Paul Sampson Leading Final 136 Players
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Welcome back to the Peppermill Resort Hotel and the 2016 Run It Up Reno festival hosted by Jason Somerville for Day 2 of the $565 Main Event!
Across three day one flights - one of which was a super turbo - a field of 391 players took to the felt to create a prizepool of $195,500. Although many people expected the guarantee to be met, no one expected that it would be crushed by 30%!
Leading the final 136 players into Day 2 is Paul Sampson who finished 4th in the Thursday Thrilla earlier this week. Sampson would absolutely steamroll his Day 1b flight picking off bluffs and making hands as he finished as the overwhelming chip leader with 456,400 in chips; more than 200,000 then second placed Brandon Boatman who bagged 256,500.
Gary Kochalka (246,100), Robert Paul (242,000) and Reuben Moss (210,900) are the only other players who bagged over 200,000 while the likes of defending champion Nick Aguilera, WSOP bracelet winners Jason Somerville, Leo Wolpert and Chad Holloway as well as last year final tablists Jesse Capps and Kristin Kane are all making an appearance here on Day 2.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor providing continuos live updates from 12:00 p.m. PDT of all the Day 2 Main Event action.