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The players are very close to the money with 171 places paying out, so we are expecting a cautious start from some of the short stacks as they wait for big cards or hope to creep into the money, while the bigger stacks exert pressure and use the approaching bubble to chip up where they can.
It’s sure to be a tense and dramatic first level here.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. On Day 1 we saw 1,594 entries narrowed to 178 by day's end, just seven away from the money.
Mark Dube was the overnight chip leader, stacked at 160,300. Dan Smith (132,200) is right on his heels, thanks to a massive double in the night's final level of play. Other notables looking to cruise into the money and beyond are Ryan Welch (101,000), Mike McDonald (81,900), and Scott Clements (75,100). Also, we should not forget about Phil Hellmuth who bagged 34,600. We will see early in play today if Hellmuth can add to his record 102 WSOP cashes.
While golf's U.S. Open and the World Cup are both just starting today, it's "moving day" in Event #26 and we will keep our eyes on the amateurs with a dream, as well as the pros looking to increase their clout in the poker world. Between "fores" and "gooooaaaaaaalllls," be sure to tune in for some "check-raises" and "all ins" from some of the world's best on the felt.
PokerNews' Live Reporting Team will be on hand to bring you Day 2 action starting at 1 p.m. local time today, so come back then as we find out together who makes the final day of Event #26.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 426 | 1 | Karim Jomeen | 46,900 |
| 426 | 2 | Davis Adams | 30,900 |
| 426 | 3 | Benjamin Reinhart | 47,800 |
| 426 | 4 | Jamie Heitner | 13,800 |
| 426 | 5 | Diego Sanchez | 19,000 |
| 426 | 6 | David Kelbel | 20,300 |
| 426 | 7 | Andrew Yung | 24,000 |
| 426 | 8 | Matthew Humphrey | 21,900 |
| 426 | 9 | Arturo Ortuno | 48,400 |
| 427 | 1 | Mike Ellis | 54,900 |
| 427 | 2 | Long Nguyen | 15,800 |
| 427 | 3 | James Clark | 47,300 |
| 427 | 4 | Daniel Corbin | 27,400 |
| 427 | 5 | Hector Quiroz | 64,700 |
| 427 | 6 | Chris Dombrowski | 65,000 |
| 427 | 7 | Robert Cheung | 42,800 |
| 427 | 8 | Karim Merali | 21,800 |
| 427 | 9 | Matthew Lapossie | 13,700 |
| 428 | 1 | John Garry | 15,600 |
| 428 | 2 | Brandon Meyers | 17,200 |
| 428 | 3 | Kirill Rabtsov | 34,600 |
| 428 | 4 | Manh Nguyen | 110,000 |
| 428 | 5 | Justin Gow | 31,400 |
| 428 | 6 | Charles Edwards | 14,100 |
| 428 | 7 | Jude Ainsworth | 36,400 |
| 428 | 8 | John Alm | 27,800 |
| 428 | 9 | Reed Goodmiller | 60,200 |
| 429 | 1 | Soi Nguyen | 64,900 |
| 429 | 2 | Jeff Blenkarn | 17,100 |
| 429 | 3 | Dan Smith | 132,200 |
| 429 | 4 | Scott Clements | 75,100 |
| 429 | 5 | Will Failla | 45,000 |
| 429 | 6 | Michel Pomaret | 32,100 |
| 429 | 7 | Alex Santiago | 24,500 |
| 429 | 8 | Glenn Cozen | 56,700 |
| 429 | 9 | Jesse Cohen | 23,500 |
| 430 | 1 | Dash Dudley | 50,300 |
| 430 | 2 | Jonathan Poche | 60,600 |
| 430 | 3 | Gary Huggins | 64,400 |
| 430 | 4 | Joaquin Correia | 13,000 |
| 430 | 5 | William Hill | 1 |
| 430 | 6 | Darren Elias | 52,400 |
| 430 | 7 | Michael Campbell | 33,600 |
| 430 | 8 | Aaron Frei | 32,000 |
| 430 | 9 | Matthew Davenport | 33,500 |
| 431 | 1 | Andrew Rennhack | 84,600 |
| 431 | 2 | Daniel Frumkin | 21,300 |
| 431 | 3 | Vincent Valenti | 1 |
| 431 | 4 | Chris Back | 11,100 |
| 431 | 5 | Jeffrey Griffiths | 57,200 |
| 431 | 6 | Zachary Gruneberg | 51,200 |
| 431 | 7 | Phil Hellmuth | 34,600 |
| 431 | 8 | James Mchenry | 13,700 |
| 431 | 9 | Matt Brady | 18,000 |
| 432 | 1 | Peter Hong | 75,000 |
| 432 | 2 | Matthew Haugen | 112,000 |
| 432 | 3 | David Singontiko | 33,100 |
| 432 | 4 | Henry Lu | 20,600 |
| 432 | 5 | Leopoldo Araneta | 63,500 |
| 432 | 6 | Brian Green | 24,800 |
| 432 | 7 | Nick Schulman | 42,000 |
| 432 | 8 | Michael Katz | 44,000 |
| 432 | 9 | Mike McDonald | 81,900 |
| 433 | 1 | Matthew Alexander | 23,400 |
| 433 | 2 | Mohsin Charania | 17,900 |
| 433 | 3 | Ian Gavlick | 10,400 |
| 433 | 4 | Thomas Paul | 30,300 |
| 433 | 5 | Vinicus Teixeira De Silva | 50,200 |
| 433 | 6 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 10,100 |
| 433 | 7 | Steven Watts | 15,100 |
| 433 | 8 | Christopher Doheney | 59,700 |
| 433 | 9 | Connor Drinan | 27,800 |
| 434 | 1 | Kevin Clark | 15,300 |
| 434 | 2 | Lorne Wechsler | 39,100 |
| 434 | 3 | Erik Rector | 43,700 |
| 434 | 4 | William Palmer | 11,300 |
| 434 | 5 | Arnaud Dieudonne | 18,300 |
| 434 | 6 | Alexander Haris | 17,500 |
| 434 | 7 | Quinn Bruno | 38,900 |
| 434 | 8 | Lisa Hamilton | 25,300 |
| 434 | 9 | Carlos Licona | 33,700 |
| 435 | 1 | Leslie Bashaar | 12,200 |
| 435 | 2 | Heinz Kamutzki | 85,800 |
| 435 | 3 | Michael Snow | 16,800 |
| 435 | 4 | Vinny Pahuja | 11,700 |
| 435 | 5 | Peter Apicelli | 10,900 |
| 435 | 6 | Isidro Sifuentes | 33,100 |
| 435 | 7 | Eric Rappaport | 41,100 |
| 435 | 8 | Eugene Castro | 23,200 |
| 435 | 9 | Ryne Johnson | 38,000 |
| 436 | 1 | Cristopher Lasco | 11,900 |
| 436 | 2 | Karl Myburgh | 19,900 |
| 436 | 3 | Eugene Todd | 32,500 |
| 436 | 4 | Matthew Ara | 18,600 |
| 436 | 5 | Joe Serock | 11,100 |
| 436 | 6 | Pierre Peretti | 29,400 |
| 436 | 7 | Kyle Weir | 36,200 |
| 436 | 8 | Darek Spring | 13,700 |
| 436 | 9 | Geremy Eiland | 51,900 |
| 437 | 1 | Samuel Wasserman | 34,700 |
| 437 | 2 | Daniel Sindelar | 55,000 |
| 437 | 3 | Mark Dube | 160,300 |
| 437 | 4 | Jonas Wexler | 31,600 |
| 437 | 5 | Chad Layne | 38,300 |
| 437 | 6 | Patrick Arena | 49,200 |
| 437 | 7 | Joseph Neiman | 47,900 |
| 437 | 8 | Michael Jarvela | 78,800 |
| 437 | 9 | Paul Lenkeit | 28,100 |
| 438 | 1 | Tony Gargano | 76,700 |
| 438 | 2 | David Daggett | 1 |
| 438 | 3 | Scott Augustine | 88,100 |
| 438 | 4 | John Minjarez | 8,800 |
| 438 | 5 | Dimitrios Trichas | 28,200 |
| 438 | 6 | Travell Thomas | 88,600 |
| 438 | 7 | Ryan Hall | 64,100 |
| 438 | 8 | Phu Ngo | 25,000 |
| 438 | 9 | Jan Eric Schwippert | 5,700 |
| 439 | 1 | Shane Douglas | 8,000 |
| 439 | 2 | Ami Barer | 108,300 |
| 439 | 3 | Steven Wolansky | 43,200 |
| 439 | 4 | Michael Palo | 26,900 |
| 439 | 5 | John White | 1 |
| 439 | 6 | Vincent Moscati | 30,100 |
| 439 | 7 | Roland Israelashvili | 50,700 |
| 439 | 8 | Richard Wiggins | 1 |
| 439 | 9 | Stephen Kats | 46,400 |
| 440 | 1 | Bob Ciaffone | 10,100 |
| 440 | 2 | Alex Bolotin | 19,700 |
| 440 | 3 | Kunal Patel | 37,700 |
| 440 | 4 | David Meland | 33,700 |
| 440 | 5 | Anthony Dimeo | 16,000 |
| 440 | 6 | Daniel Laming | 71,700 |
| 440 | 7 | Hemanth Kumar | 16,000 |
| 440 | 8 | Hyuck Kwon | 19,700 |
| 440 | 9 | Ryan Welch | 101,000 |
| 441 | 1 | Jesse Martin | 16,100 |
| 441 | 2 | Edward Brogdon | 27,600 |
| 441 | 3 | Nicholas Abourisk | 30,000 |
| 441 | 4 | Leslie Roussell | 29,900 |
| 441 | 5 | David Postar | 23,400 |
| 441 | 6 | Christopher Symesko | 140,700 |
| 441 | 7 | Michael Lackie | 17,100 |
| 441 | 8 | Henry Wilken | 23,500 |
| 441 | 9 | Martin Finger | 85,100 |
| 442 | 1 | Vanessa Kade | 95,800 |
| 442 | 2 | Harold Yago | 47,200 |
| 442 | 3 | Hyongchul Kim | 38,200 |
| 442 | 4 | Erwann Pecheux | 19,000 |
| 442 | 5 | Tom Alner | 85,300 |
| 442 | 6 | Justin Miller | 50,300 |
| 442 | 7 | Manoj Batavia | 18,200 |
| 442 | 8 | Olaoluwa Okelola | 11,700 |
| 442 | 9 | Anthony Spinella | 70,200 |
| 443 | 1 | Stephen Graner | 12,500 |
| 443 | 2 | Christophe De Meulder | 36,900 |
| 443 | 3 | Andres Garcia | 7,800 |
| 443 | 4 | Dustin Dirksen | 42,500 |
| 443 | 5 | Michael Almaleh | 55,100 |
| 443 | 6 | Lance Donnell | 14,700 |
| 443 | 7 | Adam Wilkinson | 61,300 |
| 443 | 8 | Max Silver | 80,100 |
| 443 | 9 | Joshua Hillock | 84,100 |
| 444 | 1 | James Gettinger | 63,100 |
| 444 | 2 | Brandon Cantu | 50,400 |
| 444 | 3 | Shaun Suller | 18,900 |
| 444 | 5 | Sergey Pomerantsev | 12,700 |
| 444 | 6 | Jordan Cristos | 26,000 |
| 444 | 7 | David Schwartz | 16,100 |
| 444 | 8 | Debbie Motycka | 109,700 |
| 444 | 9 | Mary Carey | 27,000 |
| 445 | 1 | Justin Laugherty | 33,400 |
| 445 | 2 | Lester Joslin | 30,600 |
| 445 | 3 | Michael Smith | 53,800 |
| 445 | 4 | Theo Tran | 58,200 |
| 445 | 6 | Joachim Schork | 11,900 |
| 445 | 7 | Andrew Whitaker | 58,600 |
| 445 | 8 | Binh Nguyen | 38,400 |
| 445 | 9 | Abraham Abramovich | 36,000 |
Event #26: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
