Richard Hasnip the Leader as Event #16 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 Begins
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #16 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. Day 1 of the tournament drew in a total of 1,832 players, but only 289 of them will be returning for Day 2. It won't take very long for players to reach the money, with just 15 needed to bust and prompt the remaining 272 to be paid with the minimum cash of $2,252. The first-place finisher will be taking home $407,739 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet.
Leading the field of play today is chip leader Richard Hasnip of the United Kingdom who bagged up an impressive 559,000 chips at the end of Day 1. Haslip who jumped straight into this event after he cashed for $22,57 for his 210th place finish in the $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack event yesterday, will still have a long day ahead of him as there are many healthy stacks including those belonging to Bruce Uselman (490,000), Johan Guilbert (476,000), Alex Lee Xiang Wie (475,000), Uri Reichenstein(424,000), Linglin Zeng (419,5000).
Day 1 drew in many of the top poker pros and there are still quite a few big names that remain including David Benyamine (316,500), 2018 WSOP player of the year Shaun Deeb (269,500), four-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen (264,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Leng (202,500).
Day 2 action will start at 2 p.m. local time and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor giving you all the updated action as the 289 remaining players will play 60-minute blind levels starting at level 15 and will play down until there are just six players remaining. Who'll reach the final table? We're going to find out across what should be a fantastic day's play.
, Verhaegen called. 
and Benyamine check-called the 50,000 bet from Verhaegen.
came on the river and Verhaegen moved all in for 127,000. Benyamine tanked while counting out his chips before ultimately making the call only to see the bad news. 
for a flopped full house and raked in the monster pot from Benyamine.
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and Tony just needed to dodge a heart on the river. 
and Miles was eliminated from the tournament.
flop. 
which brought chopping possibilities to a straight on the board. 
and the small blind checked to Yurasov, who bet 22,000. Reichenstein raised to 82,000 and the small blind folded. Yurasov thought for a bit and put in a three-bet to 182,000 and Reichensten ended up making the call. The river came 
and Yurasov fired out a bet of 260,000. Reichenstein quickly sent his cards into the muck and Yurasov took down the pot without showdown.
. Shlez confirmed that he had two queens and tossed his cards into the muck as the dealer sent the pot Mckellar's way.
for the river, giving Baron a higher pair and his second elimination in as many hands.
