Ready to Burst the Bubble on Day 2 of Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2017 World Series of Poker. From the 1,580 players who started yesterday, 246 will return today to play 10-and-a-half 60-minute levels. As 237 players will be in the money, the bubble is expected to burst quite early at the start of the day. The minimum cash will be $2,254, but they will all be trying their best for that WSOP gold bracelet and $364,438 for first place.
The chip leader is Kework Besiktasliyan with 177,400, gunning for his first-ever bracelet. Trailing behind him in the chip counts are Kyle Muelrath (131,500), Parker Drew (119,300), Griffin Malatino (116,500), Finn Zwad (113,700) and Jean-Pascal Savard (108,600).
There are still lots of other notable names to pay attention to as well, such as Kelly Minkin, Rainer Kempe, Cary Katz, Dan Heimiller, Tony Dunst, Jason Mercier, Joe Elpayaa, Jeff Madsen, Eugene Katchalov, Barry Greenstein and many, many more.
Day 2 will kick off at 12 noon on Wednesday in the Miranda room, and the bustouts should go quickly after the bubble has burst. So keep following the live updates here on PokerNews to find out who will make it to Day 3 and have a shot at taking that bracelet home.