Eight Players Return, Rubie Leads
![[user196975]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Day 2 is in the books for Event 28, $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Four-Handed, of the World Series of Poker. A hopeful 86 players returned today but that number has been trimmed to eight. Leading the field into the final day of play is Brendon Rubie after bagging 1,682,000.
Behind Rubie is James Schaaf with 1,126,000. Greg Merson, Timothy Adams, Andreyy Gulyy, Anthony Gregg, Toan Trinh and Torrey Reily remain in the field.
The four-handed action went fast and sent plenty of notable players to rail today. Annette Obrestad, Leo Wolpert, Isaac Haxton, Gavin Smith, Josh Brikis, Humberto Brenes, Lex Veldhuis, Jake Cody, Darryll Fish, Jon Turner, Tony Dunst and Brian Rast are a few that did not survive the day.
Nick Schulman was eliminated on the stone bubble when he three-bet to 12,700 preflop, Mustapha Kanit four-bet and the Schulman shoved. Kanit called holding pocket kings and Schulman needed help holding 
. His help never came when the board ran ten high and hand-for-hand play only lasted one hand.
Veldhuis was eliminated when he shoved on the button holding 
. Alex Hering called with 
. Velhuis never improved his hand and was eliminated.
One of the most interesting hands of the day came when Eric Froehlich crippled Sam Stein in a blockbuster hand. After a couple of raises Sam Stein snap-called Froehlich’s preflop all in. Stein held pocket aces and Froehlich had jacks. The flop came 
and Stein was well ahead. But the board completed 
, giving Froehlich Broadway.
Day 3 will have cards in the air promptly at 1 p.m. PST in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room. Follow all the WSOP action live on PokerNews.com
Official Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendon Rubie | 1,682,000 |
| 2 | James Schaaf | 1,126,000 |
| 3 | Greg Merson | 870,000 |
| 4 | Timothy Adams | 628,000 |
| 5 | Andrey Gulyy | 509,000 |
| 6 | Anthony Gregg | 406,000 |
| 7 | Toan Trinh | 318,000 |
| 8 | Torry Reily | 199,000 |