Day 2 Concludes, Kenney Leads Final 18
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69 of our 191 starters returned to the Amazon Room this afternoon and within the first four levels, we lost more than half the field before the inevitable slowdown kicked in. Phil Galfond, Sorel Mizzi, Ivan Demidov, Erick Lindgren, Nick Schulman, Erik Seidel, Freddy Deeb, Scott Seiver, Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey all met their tournament end tonight, while an eclectic group of old-school pros, young internet wizards and loose-cannon amateurs saw their chip stacks rise.
Bryn Kenney ended play as the dominant chip leader with 2,425,000 and has his closest competitor, Brian Hodhod by almost a million in chips. Also finishing near the top of the leaderboard were Sam Trickett, Abe Mosseri, and Frank Kassela, who took the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race when John Juanda, the man he was tied with for first, was eliminated on the bubble. On the other end of the spectrum, Dan "djk123" Kelly, last woman standing Heather Sue Mercer, and the always-colorful Billy Jordanou are on the short stack and will be looking to make a move early tomorrow.
We'll be back at the Rio at 3 p.m. Friday as we play our way down to a final table of six. For all of us here at PokerNews, thanks for following along. Good night and good luck from Las Vegas.