Tommy Tran Leads the Way as Money Bubble Approaches to Start Day 2
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Welcome to Day 2 of Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em where Tommy Tran begins play as the chip leader with 187,100.
Tran leads a returning field of 308 players, and with 294 players set to get paid the money bubble is just fourteen players away. That will be the first order of business of the day. Akin Tuna is second in chips with 182,800. Rounding out the top three stacks is Luke Marsh from the United Kingdom with 178,300.
There were 1,956 entries on Day 1, generating a prize pool of $2,640,600. A min-cash for those surviving the bubble will be worth $2,248, with the eventual winner set to receive $428,423 along with a coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Some of the notables still in the hunt include Kenny Hallaert, Ben Yu, Christian Harder,Dutch Boyd, John Racener, Darren Elias, and Brian Hastings.
Cards are in the air at 12 p.m. in the Pavilion black section with a scheduled 10 ½ levels of play. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 6.
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