Richard Ashby Leads 101 Runners into Day 2 of Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 1 p.m. for the second of three days in this mixed game event.
Richard Ashby leads a returning field of 101 players, down from the 281 total runners that generated a prize pool of $625,225. The top 43 players will earn a min-cash of $4,000 and the winner will take home the top prize of $144,338 along with the WSOP gold bracelet.
Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Ashby | United Kingdom | 387,100 |
| 2 | Did Not Report | United States | 273,000 |
| 3 | Steve Friedlander | United States | 204,200 |
| 4 | Bariscan Betil | United States | 199,300 |
| 5 | Sterling Savill | United States | 195,900 |
| 6 | Brian Rast | United States | 193,900 |
| 7 | Keith Lehr | United States | 191,400 |
| 8 | Andrew Robl | United States | 184,000 |
| 9 | Daniel Mayoh | Austria | 180,500 |
| 10 | David Prociak | United States | 171,700 |
Ashby is followed by several notable bracelet winners near the top of the leaderboard, including Brian Rast, Keith Lehr, Michael Moncek, Alex Epstein, Michael Noori, Frank Kassela, Robert Mizrachi, and Main Event champion Ryan Riess.
Other players bagging for Day 2 include Phil Ivey, who brings back 51,300 after sitting down at the end of late registration. Daniel Negreanu will return with one of the shorter stacks and he will try to spin it up in the mixed big bet format on Day 2.
Players will return to Bally's Gold on Friday at 1 p.m. to play ten more 60-minute levels with a dinner break after Level 16. The surviving Day 2 players will return on Saturday to play down to a winner on the Day 3 finale.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all weekend long for updates on the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet tournament and all of your favorite events at the 2022 World Series of Poker.