Final 32 Players Advance to Heads-Up Portion in Split Format Hold'em
After 10 levels of nine-handed play on Day 1, and seven levels of six-handed action on Day 2, 873 entries in Event #34: $1,500 Split Format Hold'em are down to just 32 players, meaning the heads-up portion of the tournament is set to commence on Day 3.
Among those to finish in the money on Day 2 were Asher Conniff (72nd - $2,828), Aaron Massey (64th - $3,064), Jim McManus (57th - $3,417), Fernando Brito (41st - $5,185), and Sameer Aljanedi (33rd - $6,128).
Listed below are the matches for Day 3. Only one player will from emerge each group of four to reserve a seat at the eight-handed final table slated for Day 4 on Friday.
| #1. Jonas Christensen — 481,500 | vs. | #32. Innes Young — 60,000 |
| #16. James Czarnecki — 205,500 | vs. | #17. Hunter Cichy — 181,500 |
| #2. Toby Lewis — 393,000 | vs. | #31. Bryce Landier — 66,500 |
| #15. Andre Boyer — 213,000 | vs. | #18. Ryan Milisits — 178,000 |
| #3. Michael Michnik — 383,500 | vs. | #30. Jeff Blankarn — 79,000 |
| #14. Chris Bolek — 226,000 | vs. | #19. David Vamplew — 160,000 |
| #4. Matt Iles — 360,500 | vs. | #29. Preite Gastono — 85,000 |
| #13. Idan Raviv — 228,000 | vs. | #20. Harold Evans — 155,500 |
| #5. Chris Csik — 352,000 | vs. | #28. Erwann Pecheux — 86,000 |
| #12. Diogo Cardoso — 245,000 | vs. | #21. Nelson Resendiz — 148,000 |
| #6. Gavin O'Rourke — 309,000 | vs. | #27. Michael Cooper — 90,500 |
| #11. Arkadiy Tsinis — 251,000 | vs. | #22. Travell Thomas — 134,500 |
| #7. Andrew Gaw — 282,500 | vs. | #26. Thomas Sobolewski — 91,000 |
| #10. Andy Witek — 252,000 | vs. | #23. Vojtech Ruzicka — 131,000 |
| #8. Isaac Kawa — 262,000 | vs. | #25. Kevin O'Donnell — 101,000 |
| #9. Aron Dermer — 254,000 | vs. | #24. Matheus Schell — 104,000 |
Play will resume Thursday at 1 p.m. local time.