From a total field of 146 players, just twenty-one return for Day 2 action here at the HPT Ameristar Vicksburg $1,100 Main Event, with three more eliminations separating the remaining field from reaching the money.
Leading the remaining field is Sley Sanchez, who went on a late night tear to bring 652,000 chips into Day 2 play. The rest of the top 5 include Hannah Guthrie (380,000), Jimbo Hughes (333,000), inaugural HPT Ameristar VIcksburg champ Jay Bishop (326,000), and Yousef Saleh (315,000).
Defending champ BJ McBrayer (111,000) and his wife Morgan (74,000) both survived to make it through to Day 2, while the father-son duo of Judge Leo Boothe (279,000) and Wyatt Boothe (76,000) were also able to return for action today.
Other notables in play today include CT Hoffecker (256,000), Kip Jones (227,000), Corey Harrison (198,000), Shomari Williams (115,000), and Chad Chisolm (43,000), who will start the day as the short stack of the remaining field.
Cards will be in the air at Noon local time, and the final eighteen players will lock up a min-cash of $2,187. An appearance at tomorrow's Final Table guarantees a $4,100 payday, while the winner will earn $36,895 plus a $3,500 Championship Package for the HPT Season XV Finale.
Blinds will resume at Level 16 (2,500/5,000/5,000) with levels remaining forty-minutes in length. A fifteen-minute break will occur after every three levels, and play will continue until the official fine table of nine is reached, at which point players will bag and return on Monday, August 12th at Noon for the televised and streamed Day 3. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we get one step closer to crowning a champion here at Ameristar Vicksburg!
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BJ McBrayerChad ChisolmCorey HarrisonCT HoffeckerHannah GuthrieJimbo HughesJay BishopJudge Leo BootheKip JonesShomari WilliamsSley SanchezWyatt BootheYousef Saleh
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river completed the flush for Riesenberg, and Chisolm is the first player eliminated on Day 2.
