Randall Heeb Leads Massive Field into Day 2d of Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
All four starting flights of Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship at the 2022 WSOP at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas are now complete and today the 3,294 survivors of the flight 1d return today for their chance to move up the ranks of the most prestigious tournament of the year.
That number is set to grow, as late registration is open through the second level of today's play. If just a little under 600 players decide to register today, the 2006 entry record of 8,773 will be broken.
Leading the largest flight is Randal Heeb (339,00), who has bagged the overall lead with a massive stack of 580,100. Closest to catching him is Mathieu His (316,000) and Joseph Bold (299,400) rounding out the top three.
Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randal Heeb | United States | 339,000 | 424 |
| 2 | Mathieu His | France | 316,000 | 395 |
| 3 | Joseph Bold | United Kingdom | 299,400 | 374 |
| 4 | Bjorn Stoweno | Germany | 289,000 | 361 |
| 5 | Jared Hyman | United States | 285,000 | 356 |
| 6 | Daniel Hachem | Australia | 283,700 | 355 |
| 7 | Matthew Wiegman | United States | 283,300 | 354 |
| 8 | Sergio Coutinho | Portugal | 277,000 | 346 |
| 9 | David Finkel | United States | 273,500 | 342 |
| 10 | Chris Compton | United States | 272,600 | 341 |
As expected in such a large and prestigious tournament, many notables are in the field today. They include previous champions such as Koray Aldemir (71,800), Chris Moneymaker (108,000), Johnny Chan (218,800), Greg Merson (103,700), and Joe Hachem (21,600).
Play resumes at 11 a.m. PDT today, July 8, starting in Level 6 with blinds of 400/800 with a 800 big blind ante. Play will continue for five more 120-minute long levels before the survivors bag for the night.
Those who find a bag will combine with the survivors from Day 2abc for Day 3 on Saturday July 9th.
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