Scarborough Leads At End of Day 2 of $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 of Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker has been completed and, at the end of the day, only five players remain battling it out for the bracelet and the $777,777 top prize.
Anthony Scarborough ended the day with an impressive chip lead, bagging 140,000,000. Julien Montois started to gain momentum near the end of the night after winning a favorable flip to eliminate Yizhou Huang.
He bagged the second-largest chip stack with 70,700,000. Montois has found his fourth cash in a WSOP event and will at least double his total tournament earnings with this result.
Final Five Seating and Chip Counts
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Daniels | United States | 47,400,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | 13,400,000 | 5 |
| 3 | Istvan Briski | Hungary | 32,400,000 | 13 |
| 4 | Julien Montois | France | 70,700,000 | 28 |
| 5 | Anthony Scarborough | United States | 140,000,000 | 56 |
Almost joining was Alexander Cole-Gardner, who was just shy of Day 3 after a very swingy Day 2 grind. He has only one other WSOP cash to his name, that coming in Event #70: $400 Colossus. Cole-Gardner said that he is “surprised to have stuck around, hovering between five and ten big blinds for the majority of the day”. Cole-Gardner banked $95,777 for his sixth-place finish.
Some 317 players began the action-packed Day 2 with many bracelet winners falling short of Day 3, including 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang, 2021 Ladies Championship winner Lara Eisenberg, four-time bracelet winner David Peters, and three-time bracelet winner David “ODB” Baker.
The final five players will return at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday, July 11th, to the Horseshoe Events Center. All five players are guaranteed a payout of $125,777, but all eyes are on the grand prize of $777,777 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Levels remain 40 minutes long and blinds will begin on Level 41, 1,250,000/2,500,000, with a 2,500,000 big blind ante. They will play down to a winner with a 15-minute break scheduled every three levels (two hours).
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