Just 17 players remain after seven levels of play. Brian Yoon, who won his fifth WSOP bracelet earlier in the summer has a good shot at taking home a sixth, as he takes the chip lead into Sunday's Day 3 at 2 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned for a complete recap of the day's action.
Brian Yoon might not attract the same attention hoisted on some other players when he sits down at a poker table, but he put his name right among the game��s elite when he won his fifth World Series of Poker bracelet earlier in the 2023 Word Series Of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Now Yoon��s in a prime position for more WSOP glory after topping the Day 2 chip counts of Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Yoon, who won this year's $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship to become the 36th player in WSOP history with five bracelets, eclipsed the million-chip mark with a Razz pot against Alex Livingston and finished the night with 1,465,000, putting him atop the 17 remaining players heading into tomorrow��s Day 3.
Right behind him is another bracelet winner, Connor Drinan, who knocked out two players near the end of the night and then took a pot off Phil Hellmuth to end up with 1,200,000. Christopher Claassen (1,070,000), Scott Seiver (965,000), and Carol Fuchs �� who survived an all in on the money bubble but built her stack up to 865,000 in the last level �� round out the top five.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Brian Yoon
United States
1,465,000
2
Connor Drinan
United States
1,200,000
3
Christopher Claassen
United States
1,070,000
4
Scott Seiver
United States
965,000
5
Carol Fuchs
United States
865,000
6
Roman Verenko
Ukraine
855,000
7
Brad Ruben
United States
775,000
8
Phil Hellmuth
United States
700,000
9
Mike Gorodinsky
United States
635,000
10
David "Bakes" Baker
United States
620,000
Hellmuth took full advantage of late registration, showing up right at the start of the day and amassing a stack of 700,000 after seven 90-minute levels. Mike Gorodinsky (635,000), David ��Bakes�� Baker (620,000), and four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben (775,000) are also in a position to add more WSOP hardware to their collection. Meanwhile, Livingston (370,000), Esther Taylor (180,000), Nick Guagenti (155,000), and John Racener (130,000) are coming back tomorrow on short stacks.
Day 2 began with 91 surviving players from Day 1 being joined by 21 late entrants to create a field of 185 total entries and a $1,720,500 prize pool. Phil Ivey was one of those late arrivals as he took his seat right beside Daniel Negreanu. Ivey and Negreanu didn��t catch any momentum and busted early, while they were joined by the likes of Shaun Deeb and Benny Glaser. Play went hand-for-hand two eliminations away from the money, and it took nearly an hour before Paul Volpe was knocked out in 30th place. Another half-hour went by before Andrew Barber was sent to the rail as the unfortunate bubble boy.
Jerry Wong (28th), Brandon Shack-Harris (21st), and Phil Hui (18th) were then part of a flurry of post-bubble bust outs that brought the field down to the 17 who will return when action resumes for Day 3 on June 25 at 2:00 p.m. local time.
Yoon is chasing more WSOP history. Drinan and Seiver are looking to solidify their WSOP resumes. And then there��s Hellmuth and his ever-present quest for bracelet No. 17. That journey continues tomorrow, and PokerNews will be back to follow all the action and provide live updates.