Helppi and Al-Keliddar Share The Chip Lead Into Day 3 of Event $70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day 2 of Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed is in the books. The day started with 69 players returning to the field but they went flying to the rail fast and furiously and at the end of the day, only eight players survived.
Juha Helppi and Yaser Al-Keliddar share the chip lead with an exact same stack of 927,000. They will both looking to win their first WSOP gold bracelet. Mike Schneifer (MN) rounds up the top three with a stack of 316,000.
Although the event attracted many WSOP bracelet winners, Barry Greenstein is the only one of them who managed to find a bag for the final day of this event (271,000).
Notables who came back but failed to make the money include bracelet winner Benjamin Dobson, as well as Koray Aldemir.
The money bubble burst at the end of Level 14 and it was Alex Torry who was the unfortunate bubble boy when he ran his nines into Joshua Mitchell's ace-jack and couldn't hold.
Other big names who made the money but couldn't make it much longer include bracelet winners Rep Porter (32nd place-$4,449), Jeff Lisandro (31st place-$4,449), Mike Matusow (23rd place-$5,805), Chris Tryba (22nd place-$5,805), Ryan Hughes (19th place-$5,805), Nicholas Seiken (15th place-$6,990), Benny Glaser (14th place-$6,990) and Ronnie Bardah (13th place-$6,990)
The remaining eight players are all guaranteed $14,871 but will battle it out to take home the first place of $154,338, along with the stunning WSOP gold bracelet. Play will resume at 2pm local time on Wednesday, July 11, at Level 21 and with blinds of 15,000/30,000.
Here is a look at the final day seat draw:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 45 | 1 | Andrew Yip | Canada | 8 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 2 | Barry Greenstein | United States | 9 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 3 | Justin Thurlow | United States | 10 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 4 | Open | ||
| Brasilia | 45 | 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 31 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 6 | Open | ||
| Brasilia | 60 | 1 | Open | ||
| Brasilia | 60 | 2 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | United States | 31 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 3 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 5 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 4 | Mike Schneider (MN) | United States | 11 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 5 | Won Lee | United States | 6 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 6 | Open |
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the upcoming action.
and Helppi called a bet from Greenstein. The same action happened on the turn 
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and Greenstein bet once more. Helppi thought about it for one minute and made the call. Greenstein flipped over 
, and Helppi looked at his cards once more before showing 
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and Zack check-called a bet from Vieira. The turn brought a 
for Zack. The river fell a 
and Bardah got eliminated from the tournament in 13th place for $6,990.
after Glaser tanked for some time.
and Glaser opted to raise to 32,000 a bet from Thurlow. The latter reraised it to 48,000 and Gaser mucked his hand, showing 
for a set of eights. 
for Thurlow, and found no help on a board 
and Seiken check-called a bet from Helppi. The turn was the 
and Seiken snap-raised all in for his last 21,000 another bet from Helppi. The latter called with 
, but was facing 
in Seiken's hand for a set of fours. 
and Vieira called a bet from Bardah. The river was the 
for a straight. Bardah reluctantly mucked 
and brought the same action. On the river 
. Hughes, with 
, was in desperate shape for a double-up. The turn and river 
didn't change anything and Hughes made his way to the exit.
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