Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 2 Completed
2015 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Down to the Final 10 in Event #14 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
What started with 1,000 players in Event #14 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout is down to the final table of 10. Day 2 of the tournament began with 100 players spread across 10 tables, but only one from each would advance (in a shootout format each table players down to a winner).
Among those to punch their ticket to the third and final day were two women – Elizabeth Montizanti and Kitty Kuo – who are both looking to become the first woman to win a no-limit hold'em shootout bracelet; poker pros Barry Hutter and Grayson Ramage; and 2008 WSOP third-place finisher Dennis Phillips.
The Final Table
| Place | Place | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orson Young | 744,000 |
| 2 | Kitty Kuo | 743,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Strelitz | 743,000 |
| 4 | Benjamin Zamani | 742,000 |
| 5 | Dennis Phillips | 742,000 |
| 6 | Anton Smirnov | 741,000 |
| 7 | Grayson Ramage | 741,000 |
| 8 | Elizabeth Montizanti | 741,000 |
| 9 | Randy Pfeifer | 740,000 |
| 10 | Barry Hutter | 740,000 |
Among those to fall on Day 2 – all of who took home $5,413 – were Stephen Chidwick (100th), Justin Bonomo (98th), Pratyush Buddiga (53rd), Bryan Huang (34th), Matt Giannetti (22nd), Samantha Abernathy (17th), and Dominik Nitsche (15th).
Final table action will kick off at 1 p.m. local time.
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Welcome to the 2015 World Series of Poker!
After 1,000 players joined the field on Day 1 of Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, just 100 remain, with all of them having won their first table. Now, it's Day 2 and there will be another group of winners left when the day is over.
Of those to advance from Day 1 were Dominik Nitsche, Dennis Phillips, Mohsin Charania, and Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz.
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Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 2 Started