Event #25: $5,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2015 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $5,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Tyler Cornell Heads the Final 23 of Event #25
Day 2 of Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed began with 198 players returning from the starting field of 293. Following another 10 levels of action, only 23 players remain with hopes of capturing the gold bracelet.
Tyler Cornell is on top of the chip counts with 1,409,000, followed closely by Dan O'Brien with 1,328,000. It will be a battle to reach the final table, though, as the remaining field is absolutely stacked.
Here are the complete chip counts for the remaining 23 players.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Cornell | San Clemente, CA | 1,409,000 |
| 2 | Dan O'Brien | Las Vegas, NV | 1,328,000 |
| 3 | Pierre Milan | Paris, France | 978,000 |
| 4 | Anthony Zinno | Boston, MA | 906,000 |
| 5 | Shaun Deeb | Las Vegas, NV | 844,000 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Tomlinson | Jupiter, FL | 826,000 |
| 7 | Dominik Nitsche | Minden, Germany | 784,000 |
| 8 | Ioannis Pentefountas | Rosemere, Quebec, Canada | 564,000 |
| 9 | Joseph Cheong | La Mirada, CA | 559,000 |
| 10 | Jonathan Jaffe | Longmeadow, MA | 527,000 |
| 11 | Sergey Rybachenko | Moscow, Russia | 470,000 |
| 12 | Hans Winzeler | Miami, FL | 391,000 |
| 13 | Ronald Lee | Brooklyn, NY | 367,000 |
| 14 | Jonathan Little | Las Vegas, NV | 329,000 |
| 15 | Scott Eskenazi | Mercer Island, WA | 318,000 |
| 16 | Andrius Bielskis | Lithuania | 296,000 |
| 17 | Ty Reiman | Morton, IL | 281,000 |
| 18 | Valentin Vornicu | San Diego, CA | 264,000 |
| 19 | Sergi Reixach | Bournemouth, England | 247,000 |
| 20 | Jesse Sylvia | Las Vegas, NV | 236,000 |
| 21 | Kris Lee Steinbach | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 151,000 |
| 22 | Michael Kamran | Los Angeles, CA | 147,000 |
| 23 | Bryan Leskowitz | Leominster, MA | 119,000 |
Play resumes Friday at 2 p.m. and is scheduled to continue until a winner emerges.
Dan Smith Leads Into Day 2
Dan Smith has plenty of experience in $5,000 no-limit hold'em events, and he's back in a familiar position after Day 1 of Event #25: $5,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold'em. Smith heads the pack into Day 2 after a field of 484 players was generating, creating a $2,317,000 prize pool that will pay 56 spots. A min-cash is worth $8,642 while the winner will take home a WSOP bracelet and $567,724.
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Event #25: $5,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started