Get Ready for Day 2 of Event #56: $500 Salute to Warriors
Day 2 of Event #56: $500 Salute to Warriors kicks off today at 10 a.m. here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Only 661 of the starting field of 4,303 entrants remain in contention, and they're all looking forward to reaching the money as the bubble is right around the corner with 646 players in the money.
The min-cash is worth $800 out of the $1,764,230 prize pool, while the winner awaits a $217,921 first-place prize and a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Charlemagne Benjamin and Brazilian player Ariel Celestino are leading the field with an impressive 1,300,000 chips stack. Three-time WSOP champion Ryan Eriquezzo (1,216,000), who won his third bracelet last night in a $400 deepstack event, and Kyle Miholich (1,121,000) round out the top three. While playing the Salute to Warriors, Eriquezzo took down Event #10, the online $400 NL Hold’em Ultra Deepstack for $145,374.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlemagne Benjamin | United States | 1,300,000 | 108 |
| 2 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 1,300,000 | 108 |
| 3 | Ryan Eriquezzo | United States | 1,216,000 | 101 |
| 4 | Kyle Miholich | United States | 1,121,000 | 93 |
| 5 | Dylan Lemery | United States | 1,062,000 | 89 |
| 6 | Antonio Ruelas | United States | 1,053,000 | 88 |
| 7 | Ting-Yi Tsai | Taiwan | 1,004,000 | 84 |
| 8 | Nicola Tassone | Canada | 1,002,000 | 84 |
| 9 | Jason Pedigo | United States | 942,000 | 79 |
| 10 | Prashray Rai | United States | 850,000 | 71 |
Among the notable players still in contention include Ari Engel (726,000), Lithuanian player Vladas Tamasauskas (685,000), Austrian Samuel Mullur (618,000), Raffaello Locatelli (613,000), Kenny Hallaert (239,000), and Barry Greenstein (145,000).
Play will resume on Monday June 26th at 10 a.m. local time at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Levels will be 40 minutes with a 15-minute break every three levels and a dinner break after Level 6 (around 4:30 p.m.). Blinds will begin at 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 big blind ante. This will play down to 15 or 17 levels.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all of the action as the day unfolds.