Day 2 in the Books
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Christopher Bonita was atop the leader board when play began today, but he was sent home a few hours ago with a small payday. Cody Slaubaugh had a big stack when the day started, but he too was knocked off early in the money. Others who've come and gone today include Men "The Master" Nguyen, Jason Potter, Matt Brady, Tony Cousineau, Amnon Filippi, Doug Kim, and Grant Hinkle.
As the chips are bagged up, it's clear that Thibaut Durand has ridden a late surge into the overnight chip lead. He's stuffed his bag with 1,650,000 chips, apparently one of only two players to have crossed over the 1,000,000-chip mark so far. Durand will be back tomorrow to defend his lead against the likes of Alex Jacob, Andrew Chen, Eric Lupovich, and Steven Levy. It promises to be an exciting conclusion as we play down to our bracelet winner late tomorrow night.
That's it for today. Play will resume at 1:00pm tomorrow for the run to the final table. We'll see you then!