Weng Takes Lead With Late Surge as 53 Remain After Day 2 of $5,300 the Return
A sensational Day 2 of $5,300 The Return has come to an end after 16 hours that saw the day start with 369 players out of an original 1,142 field and as the final hand was completed just 53 players remained.
The chip leader at the close of shop was Bin Weng (2,395,000) who used a late-night surge, which included a huge hand where he rivered a set against the aces of Christopher Frank to send the two players hurtling in opposite directions in the chip counts.
Right behind Weng as the only other player with more than 2 million chips was Lanny Vaysman who ended second in chips with 2,050,000. The loquacious local player had an eventful day that saw him playing interesting hands all day long and he also caught fire in the last level to become one of the big stacks.
Christopher Ng (1,785,000) and Blake Bohn (1,500,000) also finished in the top five counts at the end of the night and rounding out the top five was none other than Sam Laskowitz (1,425,000) who won the $2,200 Mystery Bounty event here in the Borgata just a few days ago earlier in the series.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bin Weng | 2,395,000 | 120 |
| 2 | Lanny Vaysman | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 3 | Christopher Ng | 1,785,000 | 89 |
| 4 | Blake Bohn | 1,500,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Sam Laskowitz | 1,425,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Ryan Dodd | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 7 | John Pannucci | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 8 | Andrew Fegan | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Sundiata Devore | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 10 | Quan Quach | 1,150,000 | 58 |
There are many big-name players still amongst the 53 remaining; including Joe McKeehen (950,000), Frank Funaro (605,000), Richard Alsup (490,000) and Anthony Zinno (475,000) as well as Dan Zack who at one point was among the chip leaders but had a rough end to the day to finish as the bottom stack with 135,000.
One of the highlights of Day 2 was the tense bubble where there were a few micro stacks who were battling it out as well as Aubrey Williams surviving by fading several outs to ultimately leave Tomasz Zakrzewski as the bubble boy.
Among the many notable players who were not able to make it to Day 3 were; Darren Elias who went out in the money and Nick Schulman as he fell in the final level of the night.
The remaining players will take to the felt at 12 noon local time where the levels will extend to 90 minutes on Day 3.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout Day 3 for all of the updates