Jérémy Oleon Leads the Final Five Players After Day 2 of Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day 2 of Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em has come to an end. The day started with 428 players returning out of a starting field of 5,257. By day's end, only five players remained, each locking up a guaranteed payout of at least $147,129 with a first-place prize of $549,555 paired with the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet awaiting the winner.
French player Jérémy Oleon is leading the final table with 98,100,000. Oleon jumped to the top of the leaderboard near the end of the day when he eliminated Marius Iftimia, in a hand where he had Iftimia dominated with pocket eights against ten-eight suited.
Rounding out the final five are Oliver Berens (63,300,000), Bradley Gafford (18,400,000), Josh Reichard (55,900,000), and Jennifer Abad (80,000,000).
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bradley Gafford | United States | 18,400,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Oliver Berens | United States | 63,300,000 | 21 |
| 4 | Jérémy Oleon | France | 98,100,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Josh Reichard | United States | 55,900,000 | 19 |
| 9 | Jennifer Abad | United States | 80,000,000 | 27 |
Among those who busted earlier in the day was WSOP bracelet winner Stephen Song. Bracelet winner John Reading made a deep run, but was knocked out in 21st place ($21,602) when Jérémy Oleon's ace-queen suited found a flush against Reading's pocket sixes. Two time WSOP bracelet winner Timur Margolin fell in 15th place ($26,767) when Fabrizio Nutzel called his all in from the big blind and found two pair.
The final five players will return on Tuesday, July 4th at 12 p.m. local time to the Paris Purple section to play down to a winner. The event will resume at Level 42 with blinds of 1,500,000/3,000,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000,000.
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