Leah Leads Final 54
Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker! Today marks the second day of Event #16: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw. The final 54 players return today with Mike Leah holding a solid lead over the rest of the field. Leah holds 91,800 in chips coming into the day.
Yesterday saw a grand total of 348 players hit the felt with the dreams of becoming the next World Series of Poker champion. Today, each returning player has one immediate goal on their mind: make the money. The top 36 players will find a payday and will each be guaranteed at least $2,767 in prize money. The field will attempt to play down to a final table today but is scheduled to play ten full levels if that does not occur.
Other notable stacks returning for the day belong to Tom Franklin (70,000), Dan Smith (55,400), Jason Mercier (46,400), Ismael Bojang (43,600), Ben Yu (35,900), Naoya Kihara (36,500), Stephen Chidwick (35,700), Layne Flack (34,4000), Andrey Zaichenko (33,500), Bill Chen (29,100), Todd Brunson (20,100), and Joseph Cheong (18,100).
Play kicks off at 3 p.m. local time so be sure to stay tuned here for all of the latest updates!