Abdul Amer Leads the Remaining 118 Players, Georgios Sotiropoulos and Daniel Idema in Search of a Fourth Bracelet

There's 118 players returning for Day 2 of Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold'Em, all of whom will be looking towards the top prize of $121,074 and a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

The event saw 429 entries, generating a prize pool of $591,405. Sixty-seven players will make the money, and the minimum cash stands at $3,014.

The player leading the charge when play resumes will be Abdulrahim Amer who will unbag 308,500 to start the day. Followed by Howard Mann with 290,500.

The field includes numerous champions who can challenge Amer, one-time bracelet winners Jason Daly (186,000) and Renan Bruschi (184,000) both have top ten chip stacks, while three-time bracelet winners Georgios Sotiropoulos (132,000) and Daniel Idema (120,000) look to add a fourth bracelet to their collection.

Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Abdulrahim Amer	United States	308,500	62
2	Howard Mann	United States	290,500	58
3	Christopher Bartley	United States	233,000	47
4	Julian Junker	Germany	232,500	47
5	Sheldon Gross	United States	225,500	45
6	Stuart McHenry	United States	195,500	39
7	Ayman Qutami	United States	192,500	39
8	Hang Xu	China	188,000	38
9	Jason Daly	United States	186,000	37
10	Renan Bruschi	Brazil	184,000	37

The schedule calls for play to resume at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 1 inside the Horseshoe and Paris Casino Las Vegas. The players are scheduled to play ten hour-long levels on their journey toward the prize money. The Day 2 action starts on Level 16, with blinds at 2,500-5,000 and limits at 5,000-10,000.

Stay tuned to PokerNews all day as the last 118 players will look to bag Day 2, giving themselves a clear shot at the coveted WSOP bracelet.