Ryan Leng Takes Chip Lead at End of Day 2
Day 2 of Event #33: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em started today with 274 players knowing that the bubble would burst soon after play began. Two hundred and fifty-five players cashed for at least $2,251, but all of them had their hopes set on the first prize of $384,833 and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet.
Only 22 players advanced to Day 3 on Monday, and the chip leader going into the day will be Ryan Leng with 1,370,000 chips. Second in chips is Ron Rosenberg with 1,162,000, and third in the chip counts is Christopher Frank with 1,103,000. Other notables still in are Michael Gagliano (820,000), Pratyush Buddiga (757,000), Tom Hall (658,000) and four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori (386,000).
Last night's leader Valetin Vornicu did not make it through the day. This is also the case for notables Jeff Gross, David Pham, Griffin Benger, Brandon Cantu, Allen Cunningham and Jose Barbero.
Day 3 will kick off at noon on Monday in the Brasilia room and play down to a winner. Follow all the updates here on PokerNews.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 802,000 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Luigi Curcio | United States | 326,000 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 1,103,000 | 92 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Noah Vaillancourt | Canada | 568,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Ronald Massetti | United States | 755,000 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Tom Hall | United Kingdom | 658,000 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Victor Kim | United States | 125,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Pratyush Buddiga | United States | 757,000 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Ron Rosenberg | United States | 1,162,000 | 97 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Blake Bohn | United States | 364,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Ryan Leng | United States | 1,370,000 | 114 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Rory Hayes | United States | 147,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Max Pescatori | Italy | 386,000 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | James Poper | United States | 312,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Michael Gagliano | United States | 820,000 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Christopher Kostoulas | United States | 441,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | 619,000 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Melissa Gillett | Australia | 332,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Chang Luo | United States | 179,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Grant Denison | United States | 433,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Joseph Kent | United States | 465,000 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Kami Hudson | United States | 515,000 | 43 |