Matthew Hunt with Massive Chip Lead After Day 2 on Hunt for First Bracelet
Day 2 of Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout has concluded at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A total of 2,046 players entered the event on Day 1, generating a prize pool of $2,731,410. The field started the second day with 188 players and ended the night with 17. This year’s winner can look forward to a $406,403 purse and, of course, a WSOP gold bracelet to go with it.
At the end of the day, Matthew Hunt sat atop the leaderboard with an impressive 9,380,000 chip stack. This would be the poker coach’s first bracelet win.
One of the turn around hands was an ill-timed bluff by Chino Rheem that had all of the chips in on the turn with Rheem drawing dead.
Other players who ended the day with high chip counts and will be vying for a piece of Hunt’s chip stack were Benjamin Ector (5,690,000), Jean Lhuillier (5,165,000), and Dean Hutchison (4,000,000).
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Hunt | United Kingdom | 9,380,000 | 94 |
| 2 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 5,690,000 | 57 |
| 3 | Jean Lhuillier | France | 5,165,000 | 52 |
| 4 | Dean Hutchison | United Kingdom | 4,000,000 | 40 |
| 5 | Santiago Plante | Canada | 3,990,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Rocco Iati | United States | 3,460,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 2,595,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Peter Nigh | United States | 2,470,000 | 25 |
| 9 | Samuel Roussy-Majeau | Canada | 2,190,000 | 22 |
| 10 | Rene Lazaro | United States | 2,165,000 | 22 |
| 11 | Robel Andemichael | United States | 2,025,000 | 20 |
| 12 | Nick Palma | United States | 1,595,000 | 16 |
| 13 | Adam Swan | United States | 1,585,000 | 16 |
| 14 | Clyde Maliauka | United States | 1,540,000 | 15 |
| 15 | Jonathan Kramer | United States | 1,440,000 | 14 |
| 16 | Divyam Satyarthi | United States | 1,355,000 | 14 |
| 17 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 1,175,000 | 12 |
Some of the notable players that found themselves on the wrong end of Lady Luck on day 2 included Justin Pechie, Leo Soma, Jeremy Pekarek, Ryan Laplante, Danny Wong, Asher Coniff, Johnnie "Vibes" Moreno, Mustapha Kanit, Ryan Leng, Upeshka De Silva, Ryan Bambrick, Everett Carlton, Aram Oganyan, Jonas Wexler and Day 1 chip leader Hao Zhou.
Cards will be in the air at noon PDT on June 14th, and those fortunate enough to be returning for Day 3 will start the day at Level 28, with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a dinner break to be determined.
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