The action is heating up in the 2024 Merit Poker Gatsby Gala Series $3,300 Main Event, with just 120 players remaining from a field of 614 entrants. Kirill Shcherbakov finished Day 2 with the overall chip lead at 1,715,000, a stack that will be worth 286 big blinds to start the day. Shcherbakov is most closely followed by start-of-Day 2 chip leader Mikhail Zavoloka with 1,542,000 while Ruslan Bakhtiev rounds out the top three with 1,323,000.
Top Ten Chip Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
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| 1 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | 1,715,000 | 286 |
| 2 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russia | 1,542,000 | 257 |
| 3 | Ruslan Bakhtiev | Russia | 1,323,000 | 221 |
| 4 | Assyl Tleuzhanov | Kazakhstan | 1,203,000 | 201 |
| 5 | Baris Caliskan | Turkey | 1,192,000 | 199 |
| 6 | Dimitrios Barmapathanasis | Greece | 1,115,000 | 186 |
| 7 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 1,025,000 | 171 |
| 8 | Ali Al-Kubasi | Iraq | 1,009,000 | 168 |
| 9 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 1,005,000 | 168 |
| 10 | Zhen Chen | China | 1,005,000 | 168 |
Day 2 of the Main Event began with 213 survivors survivors from the first four starting flights. Five more levels of late registration were available from the start of Day 2 which attracted a further 155 entrants, bringing the total field size to 614.
Notable players to advance to Day 3 include Nichan Khorchidian (1,025,000), Felipe Ketzer (1,005,000), Timur Margolin (871,000), Andrey Pateychuk (577,000), Nikolay Fal (546,000), Simone Andrian (506,000), Dmitry Yurasov (361,000) and Dmitry Gromov (361,000).
Day 3 kicks off at noon local time with the blinds at 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante, with the money bubble expected to burst midway through the day. As always, stay tuned to Pokernews as we bring you all the action from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the final day, taking place December 01.
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Ali Al-KubasiAndrey PateychukAssyl TleuzhanovBaris CaliskanDimitrios BarmapathanasisDmitry GromovDmitry YurasovFelipe KetzerKirill ShcherbakovMikhail ZavolokaNichan KhorchidianNikolay FalRuslan BakhtievSimone AndrianZhen Chen
