The tournament director has announced that the WSOP Super Main Event prize pool is confirmed as $72,275,000.
Day 2b will pay out the top 202 players, earning a minimum of $50,000. Play will continue until just 94 players remain to bag for Day 3.
The full tournament payouts will be revealed once the field combines on Tuesday.
Michael Mizrachi opened to 105,000 in the cutoff, finding a call from Yifu He in the big blind.
Both players checked the 9♣5♦2♦ flop, and He led out for 80,000 on the 7♦ turn. Mizrachi made the call, and the 3♠ river hit the table.
He led out again for 150,000, and Mizrachi thought it over for a bit before sliding his cards into the muck.
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580,000
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320,000
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There was a major controversy at Table 124 that lasted around ten minutes and featured plenty of f-bombs and challenges to "bet on it."
Andre Moreira opened to 100,000, and Ryan Depaulo called from the next seat before James Caputo three-bet to 200,000 behind him. Moreira called, and Depaulo back-shoved for 1,175,000. Caputo called, and Moreira then re-shoved for over 3,000,000.
Enter the controversy. According to footage captured by Depaulo, Caputo said something to the effect of him being all in against Depaulo but not Moreira and tabled A♦5♦. The dealer interpreted this as a verbal fold and mucked his hand, leaving Moreira and Depaulo to respectively table J♠J♣ and K♣K♠.
A confused Caputo then argued that his hand should still be alive and that he would've called. Depaulo told him he had folded, but tablemate Martin Zamani came to Caputo's defense and said he never verbally folded.
"Sir, you should not listen to only him (Zamani)," Depaulo told the floor. "Ask anyone else at the table. Because he's being all biased."
"How am I biased?" replied Zamani. "Do you wanna bet on it?"
"He said, 'I'm not calling that.'"
"Dude, he called with ace-deuce earlier. You know he wasn't trying to fold."
Several f-bombs flew, and they only picked up when the floor told Caputo that he would have to surrender 1,175,000 and wouldn't even get to see a flop. Finally, a board was run.
Ryan Depaulo: K♣K♠ 
Andre Moreira: J♣J♠
The poker Gods were feeling humorous today as the board ran out Q♦8♦K♥4♦A♥, giving Depaulo top set but leaving Caputo with what would've been the winner with the stone nuts.
"F*** YOU GUYS!" Caputo screamed before slamming a stack of around $50,000 cash on the table.
"He got screwed by confusion, but he did fold, Martin," said Depaulo. "I'm sorry, man. It sucks for you, but you folded."
"I didn't fold," Caputo replied. "Why don't we go to the videotape?"
"It's hard to say he folded," said Zamani. "He never said fold, he never said 'I'm not calling.'"
Caputo has had quite the 24 hours. He made a mistake on Day 1d that led to poker legend David Benyamine putting a tough beat on Manuel Pochat, and earlier today, he was involved in another controversy where his hand was accidentally mucked.
Depaulo shared further details of the incident from his point of view. He insists that Caputo, an inexperienced player, clearly folded his hand. The poker vlogger shared a video clip he took from his perspective during the hand.
In a separate tweet, Depaulo claims that Caputo was asked before the cards were mucked if his intentions were to fold, and he responded, "yes."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,600,000
2,250,000
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3,300,000
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1,000,000
2,890,000
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Action folded to Douglas Araujo Lopes Ferreira in the cutoff, and he raised to 120,000, which was called by Fabian Bernhauser on the button. Then Alan Keating three-bet to 1,300,000, which got Ferreira to fold. Bernhauser then sat in the tank before making the call for less.
Fabian Bernhauser: A♥10♥
Alan Keating: A♠K♠
Keating woke up with a monster in the small blind, which had Bernhauser dominated. The board ran out K♣7♦J♠10♦K♥ which improved Keating to trips, giving him the pot and eliminating Bernhauser.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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810,000
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Jorio Gottardo Jadjiski was all in for his last 30,000 chips in middle position, and Erik Eisen shoved his stack of 535,000 in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, and the cards were turned up.
Jorio Gottardo Jadjiski: 6♠6♥
Erik Eisen: A♥9♠
Eisen found a nine on the 7♥9♦Q♣K♣K♥ board, besting Jadjiski's pocket pair to score the knockout.
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665,000
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Level: 15
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Action was picked up with Joao Tomas all in from the cutoff and Damir Zhugralin putting him at risk from the small blind.
Joao Tomas: 10♠8♠
Damir Zhugralin: A♠6♦
It was a fair fight, but Tomas could not improve past Zhugralin on the 2♥Q♣3♦5♥Q♦ and Tomas was sent to the exit.
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1,200,000
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In a three-way pot on a board of A♠4♦7♦, Mark Ioli bet 90,000 and Rania Nasreddine called before Felipe Ramos check-raised all in for about a starting stack. Ioli re-jammed and Nasreddine folded.
Felipe Ramos: 7♠7♣
Mark Ioli: A♦K♥
Ramos had flopped a set to crush Ioli's top pair and the board finished out 2♥3♦ to earn him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,300,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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900,000
275,000
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275,000 |
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