Scarborough Leads At End of Day 2 of $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 of Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker has been completed and, at the end of the day, only five players remain battling it out for the bracelet and the $777,777 top prize.
Anthony Scarborough ended the day with an impressive chip lead, bagging 140,000,000. Julien Montois started to gain momentum near the end of the night after winning a favorable flip to eliminate Yizhou Huang.
He bagged the second-largest chip stack with 70,700,000. Montois has found his fourth cash in a WSOP event and will at least double his total tournament earnings with this result.
Final Five Seating and Chip Counts
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Daniels | United States | 47,400,000 | 19 |
| 2 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | 13,400,000 | 5 |
| 3 | Istvan Briski | Hungary | 32,400,000 | 13 |
| 4 | Julien Montois | France | 70,700,000 | 28 |
| 5 | Anthony Scarborough | United States | 140,000,000 | 56 |
Almost joining was Alexander Cole-Gardner, who was just shy of Day 3 after a very swingy Day 2 grind. He has only one other WSOP cash to his name, that coming in Event #70: $400 Colossus. Cole-Gardner said that he is ��surprised to have stuck around, hovering between five and ten big blinds for the majority of the day��. Cole-Gardner banked $95,777 for his sixth-place finish.
Some 317 players began the action-packed Day 2 with many bracelet winners falling short of Day 3, including 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang, 2021 Ladies Championship winner Lara Eisenberg, four-time bracelet winner David Peters, and three-time bracelet winner David ��ODB�� Baker.
The final five players will return at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday, July 11th, to the Horseshoe Events Center. All five players are guaranteed a payout of $125,777, but all eyes are on the grand prize of $777,777 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Levels remain 40 minutes long and blinds will begin on Level 41, 1,250,000/2,500,000, with a 2,500,000 big blind ante. They will play down to a winner with a 15-minute break scheduled every three levels (two hours).
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