Michael Mizrachi Leads 185 Players in Day 2 of Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT
When Day 2 of Event #11: $365 PLO GIANT kicks off at 2:00 p.m. local time, 185 players will take their seats in pursuit of the $116,015 top prize and coveted gold bracelet. At the head of the pack is none other than Michael Mizrachi. The longtime pro is fresh off his third victory in the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship four his fourth career bracelet and is looking to add more jewelry to an already phenomenal collection. He will begin Day 2 with 1,845,000 chips.
Texan player Pete Arroyos is hot on his heels with a stack of 1,757,000, while Robert Dukes (1,530,000), two-time bracelet winner Randy Holland (1,450,000), and Tim Andrew (1,375,000) round out the top five spots on the leaderboard. Dzmitry Urbanovich (1,246,000) and Leif Force (1,082,000) also advanced to Day 2 with seven-figure stacks. Layne Flack (825,000), Aleksey Filatov (624,000), Kevin Gerhart (620,000), 2018 MILLIONAIRE MAKER winner Arne Kern (525,000), Matt Stout (500,000), and Takashi Ogura (385,000) are all still in the hunt, as well.
Levels will be 40 minutes long for Days 2 and 3. The plan for Day 2 is to play 15 levels or until the final table is reached, whichever comes first. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels and a one-hour dinner break after level 30 (at approximately 8:30 p.m.).
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Day 2 Seat Draw
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon | 427 | 1 | Justin Gardenhire | United States | 235,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 427 | 2 | Bridges Roe | Austria | 510,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 427 | 3 | Noah Merritt | United States | 575,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 427 | 4 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 590,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 427 | 5 | Willie Smith | United States | 250,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 427 | 6 | Mitchell Smith | United States | 410,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 427 | 7 | Nicholas Martucci | United States | 380,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 427 | 8 | Jerry Humphrey | United States | 590,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 427 | 9 | John Popa | United States | 560,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 428 | 1 | Heroico Aguiluz | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 428 | 2 | Jacob Brundage | United States | 30,000 | 1 |
Amazon | 428 | 3 | Michael Raimon | United States | 315,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 428 | 4 | Raymond Walton | United States | 295,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 428 | 5 | John Navarro | United States | 460,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 428 | 6 | Harry Binda | United States | 270,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 428 | 7 | Christopher Battenfield | United States | 380,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 428 | 8 | Alan Chern | United States | 260,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 428 | 9 | Peter Levine | United States | 215,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 429 | 1 | Debby Perkins | United States | 353,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 429 | 2 | Eric Aasa | United States | 310,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 429 | 3 | Daniel Grassi | United States | 574,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 429 | 4 | Andrew Klivan | United States | 110,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 429 | 5 | Jason Mayer | United States | 1,163,000 | 39 |
Amazon | 429 | 6 | Paul Hoch | United States | 225,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 429 | 7 | Sandeep Vasudevan | United States | 520,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 429 | 8 | Timothy Andrew | Canada | 1,375,000 | 46 |
Amazon | 429 | 9 | Julio Belluscio | Argentina | 285,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 430 | 1 | Daniel Smith | United States | 1,185,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 430 | 2 | Preston Jarneski | United States | 144,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 430 | 3 | Peter Travis | United States | 215,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 430 | 4 | James Sievers | United States | 465,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 430 | 5 | Tuyen Nguyen | United States | 655,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 430 | 6 | Ville Mattila | Finland | 140,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 430 | 7 | Kevin Nomberto | United States | 570,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 430 | 8 | Ayaz Mahmood | United States | 695,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 430 | 9 | Steven Gagliano | United States | 795,000 | 27 |
Amazon | 431 | 1 | Jack Schroth | United States | 350,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 431 | 2 | Daniel Gonzalez | United States | 211,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 431 | 3 | Takashi Ogura | Japan | 385,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 431 | 4 | Supan Shah | United States | 160,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 431 | 5 | Pierre Horaud | France | 450,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 431 | 6 | Robert Covert | United States | 525,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 431 | 7 | Randy Holland | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
Amazon | 431 | 8 | Mihails Morozovs | Latvia | 90,000 | 3 |
Amazon | 431 | 9 | Tanner Lefferts | United States | 276,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 435 | 1 | Srinivas Balasubramanian | United States | 1,245,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 435 | 2 | Arne Kern | Germany | 525,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 435 | 3 | Gonzalo Mercade | Argentina | 1,045,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 435 | 4 | Alfredo Vega | Germany | 265,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 435 | 5 | Masahiro Marumoto | United States | 110,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 435 | 6 | David Bingham | United States | 945,000 | 32 |
Amazon | 435 | 7 | Joseph Sanders | United States | 245,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 435 | 8 | Hannes Van De Pol | United States | 120,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 435 | 9 | Joann Kim | United States | 25,000 | 1 |
Amazon | 436 | 1 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 175,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 436 | 2 | Sandeep Pulusani | United States | 670,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 436 | 3 | Michael Padula | United States | 115,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 436 | 4 | John Agelakis | Canada | 610,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 436 | 5 | Mohamed Kasswran | United States | 690,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 436 | 6 | Mitchell Bailey | United States | 730,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 436 | 7 | Mathieu Cardona | France | 660,000 | 22 |
Amazon | 436 | 8 | Donald Landers | United States | 275,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 436 | 9 | Yonatan Basin | Israel | 1,125,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 437 | 1 | Daren Weaver | United States | 10,000 | 0 |
Amazon | 437 | 2 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 181,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 437 | 3 | Alan Steinberg | United States | 158,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 437 | 4 | Calen McNeil | Canada | 215,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 437 | 5 | Howard Mann | United States | 260,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 437 | 6 | Kenneth Brosnahan | United States | 265,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 437 | 7 | David Lee | Austria | 115,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 437 | 8 | Layne Flack | United States | 825,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 437 | 9 | James Mcmanus | Canada | 365,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 438 | 1 | Jason McIntosh | United States | 420,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 438 | 2 | Linda Iwaniak | United Kingdom | 230,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 438 | 3 | Craig Chait | United States | 635,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 438 | 4 | Joshua Reichard | United States | 216,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 438 | 5 | Jesus Acosta | Venezuela | 165,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 438 | 6 | Adam Brown | United States | 470,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 438 | 7 | Neeraj Gupta | Canada | 345,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 438 | 8 | Douglas Suyemoto | United States | 170,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 438 | 9 | Aleksey Filatov | United States | 624,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 439 | 1 | Gary Benson | Australia | 86,000 | 3 |
Amazon | 439 | 2 | Norman Albrecht | United States | 145,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 439 | 3 | Kevin Gerhart | United States | 620,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 439 | 4 | Robert Mahlmann | United States | 135,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 439 | 5 | Alan Snow | United States | 370,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 439 | 6 | Craig Fishman | United States | 90,000 | 3 |
Amazon | 439 | 7 | Alan Kim | United States | 450,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 439 | 8 | John Tsotsoros | United States | 70,000 | 2 |
Amazon | 439 | 9 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 1,246,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 443 | 1 | Tyler Drouare | United States | 365,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 443 | 2 | Andrew Koenigsberg | United States | 310,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 443 | 3 | Steve Westheimer | United States | 400,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 443 | 4 | Scott Schlein | United States | 155,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 443 | 5 | John Gonzalez | Cuba | 305,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 443 | 6 | Men Nguyen | United States | 170,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 443 | 7 | Andrew O'Flaherty | Ireland | 380,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 443 | 8 | Mark Liedtke | United States | 765,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 443 | 9 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 1,845,000 | 62 |
Amazon | 444 | 1 | Michael Carter | United States | 520,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 444 | 2 | Israel Perez | United States | 330,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 444 | 3 | Daniel Laidlaw | Australia | 1,050,000 | 35 |
Amazon | 444 | 4 | Bradley Myers | United States | 305,000 | 10 |
Amazon | 444 | 5 | Micah Smith | United States | 200,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 444 | 6 | Raviinder Vinayak | United States | 220,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 444 | 7 | Claudio Cha | Brazil | 210,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 444 | 8 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | 405,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 444 | 9 | Laine Tanaka | United States | 235,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 445 | 1 | Stephanie Chung | United States | 415,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 445 | 2 | Karl Akers | United States | 700,000 | 23 |
Amazon | 445 | 3 | Marc-Andre Yelle | Canada | 190,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 445 | 4 | Leif Force | United States | 1,082,000 | 36 |
Amazon | 445 | 5 | Joseph Walsh | United States | 40,000 | 1 |
Amazon | 445 | 6 | David Diiorio | United States | 195,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 445 | 7 | Peter Treglia | United States | 450,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 445 | 8 | Joon Park | Canada | 495,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 445 | 9 | Federico Quevedo | Costa Rica | 280,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 446 | 1 | Skylar Gonzalez | United States | 320,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 446 | 2 | Pedro Arroyos | United States | 1,757,000 | 59 |
Amazon | 446 | 3 | Jason Young | United States | 495,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 446 | 4 | Nick Peperone | United States | 260,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 446 | 5 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | 485,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 446 | 6 | Robert Cicchelli | Canada | 350,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 446 | 7 | Joshua Larson | United States | 205,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 446 | 8 | Adam Swan | United States | 235,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 446 | 9 | Daniel Turklay | United States | 721,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 447 | 1 | Russell Sartin | United States | 1,025,000 | 34 |
Amazon | 447 | 2 | Cai Zhen | United States | 346,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 447 | 3 | Andrew Bathrick | United States | 720,000 | 24 |
Amazon | 447 | 4 | Nicholas Levis | United States | 265,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 447 | 5 | Nader Isahac | United States | 185,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 447 | 6 | Matthew Palmucci | United States | 570,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 447 | 7 | Michael Beattie | United States | 115,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 447 | 8 | Gary Kosakowski | United States | 555,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 447 | 9 | Matt Stout | United States | 500,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 525 | 1 | Sikander Rajwade | Canada | 555,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 525 | 2 | Erik Olson | United States | 230,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 525 | 3 | Timothy Lang | United States | 555,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 525 | 4 | Rommel Santos | United States | 405,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 525 | 5 | Edward Schulte | United States | 270,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 525 | 6 | Mikael Guenni | France | 585,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 525 | 7 | Omar Mehmood | United States | 385,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 525 | 8 | Tara Dunn | United States | 375,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 525 | 9 | Lee Serota | United States | 635,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 526 | 1 | Ran Niv | israel | 180,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 526 | 2 | Remedios Patalinghug | United States | 112,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 526 | 3 | Robert Cheung | Canada | 345,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 526 | 4 | Paul Taylor | United States | 390,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 526 | 5 | Parminder Kumar | United States | 425,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 526 | 6 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 1,125,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 526 | 7 | Derrick Herron | United States | 215,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 526 | 8 | Gerard Taylor | United States | 330,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 527 | 1 | Scott Hall | United States | 270,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 527 | 3 | Chase Curry | United States | 100,000 | 3 |
Amazon | 527 | 4 | Oliver Vereschagin | United States | 465,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 527 | 5 | Ming Zhu | United States | 150,000 | 5 |
Amazon | 527 | 6 | Mark Darner | United States | 1,165,000 | 39 |
Amazon | 527 | 7 | Albert Leach | United States | 420,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 527 | 8 | Stephen Wilson | United States | 220,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 527 | 9 | Cherie Baber | United States | 345,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 528 | 1 | David Anderson | United Kingdom | 75,000 | 3 |
Amazon | 528 | 2 | Michal Maryška | Czech Republic | 260,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 528 | 3 | David Neiman | United States | 115,000 | 4 |
Amazon | 528 | 4 | George Kramvis | United States | 95,000 | 3 |
Amazon | 528 | 5 | Bo Persson | Sweden | 365,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 528 | 6 | Amit Peled | United States | 320,000 | 11 |
Amazon | 528 | 7 | Ashley Locker | United Kingdom | 360,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 528 | 8 | George Alexander | United States | 620,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 529 | 1 | Alberto Sayde | Canada | 210,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 529 | 2 | Michael Chase | United States | 470,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 529 | 3 | Ryan Paluf | United States | 415,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 529 | 4 | Jose Santos | Venezuela | 180,000 | 6 |
Amazon | 529 | 5 | Casey Keith | United States | 250,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 529 | 6 | Donald Anderson | United States | 260,000 | 9 |
Amazon | 529 | 8 | Brett Faustman | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 529 | 9 | Kristina Depaula | United States | 370,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 530 | 1 | Maury Solano | United States | 220,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 530 | 2 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | 640,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 530 | 3 | Mark Larsen | Canada | 235,000 | 8 |
Amazon | 530 | 4 | Tom Walch | United States | 595,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 530 | 5 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 360,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 530 | 6 | Christopher Carey | United States | 420,000 | 14 |
Amazon | 530 | 7 | Robert Dukes | United States | 1,530,000 | 51 |
Amazon | 530 | 8 | Magnus Martin | United Kingdom | 370,000 | 12 |
Amazon | 530 | 9 | Michael Lech | United States | 335,000 | 11 |