"Hey reporter, you missed the biggest pot," a player on table eight exclaimed and Matthew Anderson was sitting on a stack of close to half a million. Apparently, Anderson had won aces against the queens of Craig Smith to become one of the current chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
258,500
|
258,500 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Rahnaz Rehman was all in with a short stack on the button and initial raiser William Kassouf from under the gun called with the 
. Rehman tabled the 
and the 
board secured the double for Rehman on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
40,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
Mohammed Zahour in the big blind called the open shove of Vamshi Vandanapu from under the gun for 45,000 and tabled the , while Vandanapu had a flip with the 
.
The board came 
and Zahour rivered the superior two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
45,500
|
45,500 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
370,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
370,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
250,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
215,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
|
180,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
180,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
170,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
170,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
130,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
120,000
93,500
|
93,500 |
|
110,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
35,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
Busted | |
Jaime Rueda Sampedro was all in for around 50,000 and Lukas Gloor looked him up.
The Spaniard was at risk with the 
on a 
flop and Gloor had the 
. The Spaniard had a sweat to endure on the 
turn but the 
river changed nothing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
50,000
171,500
|
171,500 |
In a battle big blind versus button, James Williams was all in for 32,500 with the 
and his oppon ent turned over the .
The 
board kept the defending champion in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
||
Akshay Reddy three-bet shoved his shorter stack out of the big blind with the and Nikolay Ponomarev called with the .
The 
flop vaulted Ponomarev into the lead and he stayed there on the 
on turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
A total of 518 entries generated a prize pool of £512,820 and the top 63 spots will get paid at least £1,890 while the winner receives £100,000 and the package for the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event worth $12,500 courtesy of event sponsor 888poker.
| Place | Prize (in GBP) | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in GBP) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £100,000 | $129,274 | 10-12 | £7,330 | $9,476 |
| 2 | £69,770 | $90,194 | 13-15 | £5,940 | $7,679 |
| 3 | £44,920 | $58,070 | 16-18 | £5,120 | $6,619 |
| 4 | £33,230 | $42,958 | 19-21 | £4,460 | $5,766 |
| 5 | £24,920 | $32,215 | 22-24 | £3,990 | $5,158 |
| 6 | £20,100 | $25,984 | 25-27 | £3,530 | $4,563 |
| 7 | £16,660 | $21,537 | 28-36 | £3,070 | $3,969 |
| 8 | £13,280 | $17,168 | 37-45 | £2,660 | $3,439 |
| 9 | £10,000 | $12,927 | 46-54 | £2,250 | $2,909 |
| 55-63 | £1,890 | $2,443 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The 196 players that started into Day 2 have been cut down all the way to the last 124 and the first 25-minute break of the day has just started.
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