Day 2c of the 2018 WSOP Main Event Starts at 11 AM
Welcome back to the 2018 WSOP Main Event which will continue today at 11 a.m. local time with Day 2c. 3,480 players will return to battle it out to see who will find a bag at the end to make it through to Day 3 here at the Rio All-Suite Casino and Hotel.
| Starting Day | Entries | Survivors |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1a: | 925 | 659 |
| Day 1b: | 2,378 | 1,801 |
| Day 1c: | 4,571 | 3,480 |
| Overall: | 7,874 | 5,940 |
Day 1c was the biggest of the three starting days and naturally also saw the most survivors bag at the end of the day. At the top of the counts is Samuel Touil with 352,800 in chips. Trailing him in second place is Peter Forsstrom with 283,200, closely followed by Bernhard Steiner with 282,000.
Other notable players to definitely keep an eye on include Patrik Antonius (208,200), Loni Hardwood (194,200), Keith Lehr (183,600), Johannes Becker (170,900), Cliff Josephy (147,500), Jessica Dawley (140,600), James Akenhead (139,200), and many, many more.
Another five two-hour long levels are scheduled for today with blinds starting at 300/600 with a running ante of 100 . Once again there will be a 20-minute break after each level, with a 60-minute break after the second level of the day (around 3:25 p.m.). Play wraps up around 11 p.m. tonight.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 7 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 8 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 9 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 10 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
The early dinner break in the Main Event today is to accommodate the broadcast of the tournament on ESPN and PokerGO. ESPN picks up the action after the dinner break, showing the feature table with hole cards up from 5:30 p.m. through 9 p.m. Right after the ESPN telecast wraps up, PokerGO takes over, showing the Main Event from 8 p.m. till the day ends around 11:30 p.m.
PokerNews will have a big team of poker reporters on the ground to find all the WSOP Live Updates you can ask for again. The money stage of the tournament (1,182 players picking up $15,000 minimum) will not be reached today, but you can bet on it that the action will be exciting. So, check back at 11 a.m. for continuing coverage of the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, right here on PokerNews.com.