2017 World Series of Poker

Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$456,822
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,443,500
Entries
1,086
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Eddy Sabat Bags Big Lead as 30 Players Advance to Day 3 of Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Eddy Sabat Leads After Day 2
Eddy Sabat Leads After Day 2

Day 2 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em saw a total of 239 players out of a 1,086-entry strong field return to the tables in the Brasilia room. All of them eyed their share of the $2,443,500 prize pool, but more than 70 hopefuls would walk away empty-handed without anything to show for.

Only the top 163 spots were paid and it was Spain's Josep Maria Galindo Lopez who ended up as the bubble boy early into level 14. The Spaniard four-bet shoved pocket nines for almost 50 big blinds and Linglin Zeng reluctantly called with ace-king suited to spike an ace on the flop.

Until the dinner break after the sixth level of the day, only 71 players remained in contention with the Brits Scott Margereson and Chi Zhang at the top of the counts. Throughout the next four and a half levels, the field was thinned out further and just 30 hopefuls bagged up chips with Eddy Sabat in the lead with 1,866,000 chips. Sabat's best score at the WSOP comes from a 16th place in the 2014 Main Event for $347,521 and is in prime position for the bracelet and $456,822 payday that comes along with it.

Sabat is the only player above a million in chips and has more than double of Asi Moshe in second place with 921,000 while Tom Thomas follows in third place overnight with 861,000. Among the other big stacks and notables still in contention are UK's Scott Margereson (712,000) and Chi Zhang (674,000), Giuseppe Pantaleo (568,000), Curt Kohlberg (376,000), John Dolan (305,000), Jonathan Abdellatif (252,000) and 2015 November Niner Federico Butteroni (236,000). Start-of-the-day chip leader Pablo Fernandez lost two all ins at the end of the night and bagged up 132,000.

Among those to bust before the money were notables Kevin Eyster, Steven Wolansky, Mike Watson, Sam Trickett, Adrien Allain and Uri Reichenstein. After everyone had secured a minimum cash of $3,758, more than two dozen players joined the rail within half an hour. Three-time WSOP champion Dutch Boyd was the first to head to the payout desk and such familiar names as Blake Bohn, Adrian Mateos, Jesse Yaginuma, Michael Martin, Kristen Bicknell and Jason Wheeler followed in quick succession.

John Monnette, who recently won his third bracelet, lost most of his stack with ace-king versus jacks versus pocket aces in a three-way all in and had to settle for 79th place and $5,209 this time. Max Waxman was all in and at risk with king-queen and faced the pocket fours of Vitor Rangel, despite flopping a gutshot on top of his two live cards the WSOP bracelet winner failed to get there.

While Zhang and Moshe dominated the action until then, it was Sabat who crossed the million chip mark first and remained in the lead for the remainder of the day after sending Matthew McEwan to the rail. Sabat had pocket queens and McEwan only pocket nines, the board came ace-high without any nine in sight. Sabat also claimed the stack of Joel Ettedgi after the Brit five-bet shoved with pocket sixes right into the pocket rockets of Sabat.

The remaining 30 players have $10,868 guaranteed so far and will return at noon local time on Saturday for half an hour at blinds of 6,000/12,000 and a running ante of 2,000. The event is scheduled to play down to a winner and the PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the action from the floor.

Day 3 Seat Draw

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Brasilia7001[Removed:153]Sweden676,00056
Brasilia7003Pedro CabecaPortugal208,00017
Brasilia7004Matthew BuccieroUnited States234,00020
Brasilia7005Vitor RangelBrazil259,00022
Brasilia7006Troy SprunglUnited States195,00016
Brasilia7007John DolanUnited States305,00025
Brasilia7008Asi MosheIsrael921,00077
Brasilia7009Curt KohlbergUnited States376,00031
       
Brasilia7011Tom ThomasUnited States861,00072
Brasilia7012Jonathan AbdellatifBelgium252,00021
Brasilia7013Sadan TurkerUnited Kingdom331,00028
Brasilia7014Joseph KentUnited States130,00011
Brasilia7016Eddy SabatUnited States1,866,000156
Brasilia7017Jamie ArmstrongUnited States756,00063
Brasilia7018Eric CloutierCanada228,00019
Brasilia7019Federico ButteroniItaly236,00020
       
Brasilia7042Griffin AbelUnited States312,00026
Brasilia7043Scott MargeresonUnited Kingdom712,00059
Brasilia7044Philip HannonUnited States176,00015
Brasilia7045Giuseppe PantaleoGermany568,00047
Brasilia7046Leonardo VilelaBrazil299,00025
Brasilia7048Michael KrasienkoUnited States436,00036
Brasilia7049Pablo FernandezSpain132,00011
       
Brasilia7052Raul Martinez RequenaUnited Kingdom230,00019
Brasilia7053James CalvoUnited States572,00048
Brasilia7054Carlos ReisPortugal223,00019
Brasilia7055Chi ZhangUnited Kingdom674,00056
Brasilia7056Gaurav RainaUnited States491,00041
Brasilia7058Pete ChenTaiwan354,00030
Brasilia7059Charalampos LappasGreece526,00044

Tags: Adrian MateosAdrien AllainAsi MosheBlake BohnChi ZhangCurt KohlbergDutch BoydEddy SabatFederico ButteroniGiuseppe PantaleoJason WheelerJesse YaginumaJoel EttedgiJohn MonnetteJonathan AbdellatifJosep Maria Galindo LopezKevin EysterKristen BicknellLinglin ZengMatt WaxmanMatthew McEwanMichael MartinMike WatsonSam TrickettScott MargeresonSteven WolanskyUri ReichensteinVitor Rangel