Day 2: Three More Rounds Completed, Final Four Remain

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Level 58 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

John Smith Advances to the Semifinal Again

Day 2 of Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship began with 32 players, 16 of whom would not make the money. Payouts started after the first round of the day at $26,711. Those who busted in the Sweet Sixteen, taking home $24,881, included Moritz Dietrich, Jason Les, Taylor Paur, Russell Thomas, Dario Sammartino, Dan Smith, Joe McKeehen and Chris Moore.

The quarterfinals ended with just four players moving on while the other four �� Ryan Fee, Jack Duong, Olivier Busquet and Ryan Hughes �� were eliminated but took home $56,909 for their efforts.

John Smith has advanced to the final four and is no stranger to this stage of the game; he finished second to Alan Percal in the 2016 $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.

The Final Four bracket is below and play will be staggered as all matches will be held on the main stage in Brasilia until we have a champion.

The first match of John Smith vs. Ryan Riess will begin at 3 p.m. The second match between Charlie Carrel and Adrian Mateos will begin immediately after, and the winner of each of those matches will play heads up in the last round for $324,470 and a gold bracelet.

Here is each player's path to the Final Four:

Round	John Smith	Ryan Riess	Adrian Mateos	Charlie Carrel
Round of 128	Osman Ihlamur	Goran Mandic	Daniel Negreanu	Timothy Adams
Round of 64	Dietrich Fast	Dimitar Danchev	Ian O'Hara	Stephen Chidwick
Round of 32	Chance Kornuth	Kane Kalas	Eric Wasserson	Jason McConnon
Round of 16	Russell Thomas	Dan Smith	Taylor Paur	Chris Moore
Round of 8	Jack Duong	Olivier Busquet	Ryan Hughes	Ryan Fee