Higgins Leads the Field Into Day 3
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Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Main Event has come to a close and only 22 players remain of the 300 plus that started the day. Ryan Higgins will enter Day 3 as the chipleader with 1.477 million.
Chasing the only seven-figure stack are Aaron Overton (955,000) and Justin Liberto (893,000). Also moving on to Day 3 are Roland Israel (675,000) and John Andress (548,000). Israel won this event in 2010 and then both he and Andress made the final table of this event last year, with Andress turning in an 2nd place finish.
Also returning for Day 3 are Garry Gates (805,000), Josh Brikis (354,000), Edward Pham (578,000) and Tyler Kenney (446,000).
The start of the day saw swift action with players busting at a quick rate and the field was only a handful players away from the money bubble when the dinner break hit.
It was a day of attrition with a slew of notables hitting the rail, including; Dwyte Pilgrim, Jacob Bazeley, Christian Harder, Andy Frankenberger, Lee Childs, Sirous Jamshidi, Matt Glantz, Kurt Jewell, Wendeen Eolis, Anthony Gregg and Ari Engel.
Midway through the day, the WSOP decided to boot up the live stream at the feature table due to the number of accomplished players seated at the table. Josh Brikis, David Fox, Garry Gates, Manh Nguyen and Edward Pham were all deep stacked. This was the first instance this season a non-final table was streamed. But the poker gods would not have it. Five minutes after going live the spotlight on the table burnt out and couldn’t be fixed easily. The table broke with a collective sigh of relief.
For almost the whole evening no single player was able to pull away from the field. The chiplead changed multiple times and as many as a dozen different players held the lead at one time or another following the dinner break.
Day 3 action will get underway at noon EST and they will play down until we crown a Main Event champion. Watch the live streaming final table on WSOP.com and follow all the action on Pokernews.com
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Higgins | 1.477 million |
| 2 | Aaron Overton | 955,000 |
| 3 | Troy Erickson | 917,000 |
| 4 | Justin Liberto | 893,00 |
| 5 | Greg Brletich | 807,000 |
| 6 | Garry Gates | 805,000 |
| 7 | Roland Israel | 675,000 |
| 8 | David Zeitlin | 650,000 |
| 9 | Alex Rivera | 626,000 |
| 10 | Eugene Fouksman | 610,000 |