Day 1 Draws to a Close with Chun Law Leading the Field
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Day 1 of Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha attracted a field of 870 players. The day concluded with 138 players remaining, seven from the money, as the top 131 get paid a minimum of $2,249. First place will be $231,483 accompanied by the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.
The chip leader going into Day 2 is Chun Law, who bagged 179,100. Law won a massive pot against Jeff Williams towards the end of the day which vaulted him to the top of the leaderboard. Law is followed closely by Kyle Knecht, who bagged 148,400, and Philip Hayes, who bagged 139,000.
Some of the other notables and big stacks remaining are Toby Lewis (125,200), David Williams (71,700), TJ Cloutier (52,500), Thomas Taylor (45,100), Joe Cada (29,900), Jeff Lisandro (25,000) and defending champion Jiaqi Xu (10,200).
Phil Hellmuth, John Racener, Benny Glaser, Anthony Zinno, Michael Mizrachi, Barry Greenstein, Brandon Shack-Harris, Jonathan Duhamel, Joe Serock and Jason Mercier all played and busted on the day.
The players will return Thursday at noon local time and continue to play another 10 60-minute levels. The Day 2 survivors will return for Day 3 when they will play until a champion has been crowned.
The full table draw and full player lists will be posted as soon as available. Continue to follow along with us at PokerNews for all of the remaining coverage and action from the 2017 WSOP.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Players | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Michael Sanders | United States | 12,500 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Timothy Batow | United States | 85,600 | 71 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Andrii Nadieliaiev | Ukraine | 52,600 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Gerhard Schleicher | Germany | 1 | 0 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 125,200 | 104 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | William Foster Jr | United States | 39,900 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Joshua Reichard | United States | 29,600 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 25,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | David Williams | United States | 71,100 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Judah Bolser | United States | 137,800 | 115 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Benjamin Juhasz | Hungary | 56,100 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 29,600 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | James Fitzsimmons | United States | 16,600 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Takuma Sasali | Japan | 47,900 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 48,700 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Kyle Bowker | United States | 49,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Danny Wong | United States | 50,200 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Robert Dukes | United States | 19,900 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Mark Wahba | United States | 42,400 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Kyle Kloeckner | United States | 19,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Rumen Nanev | Bulgaria | 32,100 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Dien Le | United States | 51,500 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Loren Klein | United States | 49,300 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Alexander Freund | Austria | 81,900 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Markov Sofia | Bulgaria | 68,500 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Ashton Griffin | United States | 83,400 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Samuel Golbuff | United States | 18,700 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Jens Kruuse | Sweden | 60,100 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Philip Hayes | United States | 139,000 | 116 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | TJ Cloutier | United States | 52,500 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Raymond Walton | United States | 31,500 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Matt Giannetti | United States | 35,100 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 62,900 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Chris Ruby | United States | 42,600 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 8 | Michael Gyger | United States | 95,900 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 9 | John O'Shea | Ireland | 20,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Robert Paddock | United States | 98,500 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Dennis Benavides | United States | 58,900 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Paul Fowler | United Kingdom | 69,200 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Adam Monaghan | Australia | 15,500 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Gregory Kolo | United States | 57,000 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Matt Waxman | United States | 21,100 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Robert Park | United States | 71,600 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 41,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Stephen Moreschi | United States | 29,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Joshua Tieman | United States | 26,600 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 2 | Robert Slezak | United States | 6,600 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 3 | Rod Fani | United States | 16,200 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Sergej Barbarez | Germany | 97,800 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 6 | James St Hilaire | United States | 28,100 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 7 | Andrew Klivan | United States | 10,700 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 8 | William Strong | United States | 91,200 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 9 | Jean Marc Thomas | France | 34,200 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Horacio Chaves Cortes | Paraguay | 52,900 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Andrew Teng | United Kingdom | 20,900 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Jan Collado | Germany | 98,600 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Kenneth Po | United States | 75,200 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Willy Ding | Canada | 105,200 | 88 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 6 | Ted Leva | United States | 77,300 | 64 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 7 | Thiago Grigoletti | Brazil | 66,900 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 8 | William Black | United States | 15,500 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 9 | Jason Stockfish | United States | 105,100 | 88 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 1 | George Linkenback | United States | 15,300 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 2 | Tim Seidensticker | United States | 29,300 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Pallas Aidinian | United States | 19,800 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 4 | Mohsin Virani | United States | 44,300 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Robert Matuszewski | United States | 16,100 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Brant Hale | United States | 18,900 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 7 | Brad Ruben | United States | 21,500 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 8 | Zeik Tuit | Ireland | 18,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 9 | Zachary Hirst | United States | 42,200 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Joshua Gilkerson | United States | 9,800 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Tom Marchese | United States | 30,700 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Dong Suh | United States | 49,600 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Terence Gillett | United States | 1,100 | 1 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 45,100 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Christopher Delgrande | United States | 101,000 | 84 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Hoyt Corkins | United States | 13,300 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Chun Law | United States | 179,100 | 149 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Jordan Simoneau | United States | 12,800 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Eric Lescot | Belgium | 32,800 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Joon Park | Canada | 57,700 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 4 | Joe Cada | United States | 29,900 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 5 | William Knight | United States | 28,600 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Rory Rees Brennan | Ireland | 47,400 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 7 | Lance Howard | United States | 42,600 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 8 | James Anzaldua | United States | 23,800 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 9 | Jordan Polk | United States | 95,900 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Jeff Williams | United States | 34,600 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Kyle Knecht | United States | 148,400 | 124 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Chris Bromley | United States | 10,100 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Anthony Hallum | United States | 15,300 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Filippos Stavrakis | United States | 53,200 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Peter Clark | United States | 22,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Tan Nguyen | United States | 35,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 8 | Brian Borovay | United States | 43,700 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 9 | Sebastian Langrock | Austria | 47,500 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Fabian Schoneck | Germany | 67,200 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Nick Schwarmann | United States | 11,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Ben Nir | Israel | 49,400 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 18,300 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Andrew Moser | United States | 10,400 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | United States | 6,700 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Greece | 57,300 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 8 | Senovio Ramirez III | United States | 61,000 | 51 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 9 | Mark Herm | United States | 66,400 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Matt Sterling | United States | 10,800 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 22,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Apoorva Goel | India | 65,200 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Angelos Pettas | Greece | 36,300 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Yang Lu | China | 17,400 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 6,900 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | George Abdallah | United States | 34,600 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Isaac Malca | Panama | 62,500 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Yang Guo | Canada | 18,300 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Bernardo Dias | Brazil | 13,300 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Ville Mattila | Finland | 21,500 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Cesar Garcia | Spain | 100,300 | 84 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Shankar Pillai | United States | 120,400 | 100 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Steven Loube | United States | 39,100 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Jonas Vanbaelen | Germany | 72,000 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Jiaqi Xu | United States | 10,200 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Shane Abbott | United States | 73,100 | 61 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Alex Venovski | United States | 29,400 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 29,400 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | James Morgan | Canada | 35,400 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Ludovic Lacay | France | 90,000 | 75 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Oskar Silow | Canada | 89,700 | 75 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Jeremy Harkin | United States | 29,100 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Frank Piocos | United States | 15,200 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Tom Chambers | United States | 42,900 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 9 | David Paredes | United States | 70,000 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Nghia Le | United States | 77,700 | 65 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 2 | Kevin Pionkowski | United States | 22,200 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Pablo Bai | United States | 30,500 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Kyle Ho | Canada | 20,100 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 5 | Aaron Overton | United States | 69,900 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 6 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 36,000 | 30 |