218 Survivors Race to the Money on Day 2 of Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix
A total of 218 players are looking up at Shaun Deeb’s sparkling hat when Day 2 of Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix begins at 1 p.m. local time.
Deeb, chasing his sixth World Series of Poker bracelet, put himself in pole position as he carries a chip-leading stack of 311,200 into Day 2. Right behind him are Sampo Ryynanen (282,000), Kao “Flexx” Saechao (279,500), Chad Campbell (263,400), and Daniel Vargas (261,700).
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 311,200 |
| 2 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | 282,000 |
| 3 | Kao Saechao | United States | 279,500 |
| 4 | Chad Campbell | United States | 263,400 |
| 5 | Daniel Vargas | United States | 261,700 |
| 6 | David "Bakes" Baker | United States | 238,000 |
| 7 | Hugh Joiner | United States | 211,800 |
| 8 | Nicolas Barthe | France | 208,800 |
| 9 | Paul Martino | United States | 205,600 |
| 10 | Ryan Roeder | United States | 202,600 |
A record-setting field of 789 filled up the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas yesterday, and many of poker’s biggest names came out for mixed-game action. David “Bakes” Baker (238,000), David Bach (183,100), Anthony Zinno (177,800), and Chino Rheem (141,900) are among those with healthy stacks heading into Day 2. Josh Arieh won his fifth bracelet in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship and jumped right into this event, bagging up 160,800 as he tries to win his second tournament in a row.
Further down the leaderboard are Phil Hellmuth (84,700), Calvin Anderson (84,600), Nick Schulman (81,300), Daniel Negreanu (63,900), and online legend Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, who is trying to cash in a live WSOP event here in Las Vegas for the first time in more than a decade but has his work cut out for him as he carries a stack of 47,500 into Day 2.
The first order of business once play resumes is to reach the money. Only 119 will take home part of the $1,053,315 prize pool, with nearly 100 players leaving today’s action empty-handed. Day 2 consists of 10 60-minute levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21, which should come around 7:30 p.m.
The race to the money is on. Then it’s a quest to build up a stack and put yourself in a position for the final table. PokerNews will be following the action the entire way, providing live updates and chip counts through the bursting of the bubble and on towards the final table.