Antonio Galiana Bags Chip Lead Going Into Day 3
Day 2 of Event #34: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em at the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas started with a bang as Koray Aldemir, Josh Arieh, Erik Seidel, Kristen Foxen, and Jesse Lonis made early exits as the field quickly narrowed within the first few hours of play.
Spain's Antonio Galiana not only survived the initial flurry of eliminations but rose to the top of the chip counts and returns for Day 3 with 90 big blinds in his stack. Galiana has already cashed once at the 2024 WSOP, doing so in the $1,000 Mystery Millions. Regardless of where he finishes on Day 3 of this event, he is guaranteed his largest-ever live score.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Galiana | Spain | 8,990,000 | 90 |
| 2 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 5,090,000 | 51 |
| 3 | Josh Reichard | United States | 4,560,000 | 46 |
| 4 | Romain Lewis | France | 4,390,000 | 44 |
| 5 | Connor Belcher | United States | 3,690,000 | 37 |
| 6 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 3,610,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Johan Guilbert | France | 3,320,000 | 33 |
| 8 | Brett Apter | United States | 2,690,000 | 27 |
| 9 | David Goodman | United States | 2,020,000 | 20 |
| 10 | Dinesh Alt | Austria | 1,890,000 | 19 |
Josh Reichard was firing on all cylinders at the top of his game today. At one point, Reichard found himself in the tank on the river facing a check-raise from Sean Ragozzini while holding pocket jacks on an ace-high double-paired board. He finally found the call, and Ragozzini turned over queen-deuce for bottom two pair, and Reichard added to his hefty chip stack.
Johan ‘YoH ViraL’ Guilbert took a break from playing at high-stakes cash games to run deep in this event and try to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet. But he faces some stiff competition as the field still has plenty of bracelet winners in Helppi, Romain Lewis, Patrick Leonard, Brett Apter, and Jeremy Ausmus.
During Level 27 the tournament director announced that at the end of the level they would be bagging for the night. Day 3 will begin on June 14 at 12:00 p.m. local time with blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante. Players will play down to a winner with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Stick with PokerNews for all the action as we play down to a winner!