Welcome to Day 2 of Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em at the 2019 World Series of Poker where play is set to get underway at 3pm local time.
This brand new bracelet event drew 61 entries on Day 1. Of that number, 18 players will return. However, they may be joined by some new faces with registration being open until the start of Level 11 today.
Gabe Patgorski will start the day as the chip leader with an impressive stack of 388,800. He is followed by Alex Epstein (323,000). Anson Tsang sits in third with 307,400.
Many stars took a shot at this event and will return today to continue to battle it out including Galen Hall (266,000), Sean Winter (207,800), Dario Sammartino (115,200), James Chen (140,400), and Justin Bonomo (107,300).
Eight 60-minute levels will be played out today with 15-minute breaks coming every two hours and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 4, at approximately 7:15 p.m.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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| Amazon | 417 | 1 | James Chen | Taiwan | 140,400 |
| Amazon | 417 | 2 | Peter Jetten | Canada | 59,000 |
| Amazon | 417 | 5 | Alexander Epstein | United States | 323,000 |
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| Amazon | 418 | 1 | Lars Nordkvist | Sweden | 28,500 |
| Amazon | 418 | 3 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 115,200 |
| Amazon | 418 | 4 | Galen Hall | United States | 266,000 |
| Amazon | 418 | 5 | Eder Murata | Brazil | 65,200 |
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| Amazon | 419 | 3 | Benjamin Lamb | United States | 209,300 |
| Amazon | 419 | 4 | Jiaxiu Liu | China | 267,700 |
| Amazon | 419 | 6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 107,300 |
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| Amazon | 426 | 3 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 307,400 |
| Amazon | 426 | 4 | Eric Kurtzman | United States | 124,300 |
| Amazon | 426 | 5 | Gabe Patgorski | United States | 388,800 |
| Amazon | 426 | 6 | Thai Ha | United States | 221,000 |
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| Amazon | 427 | 2 | Jason Somerville | United States | 123,600 |
| Amazon | 427 | 4 | Yong Wang | China | 256,300 |
| Amazon | 427 | 5 | Sean Winter | United States | 207,800 |
| Amazon | 427 | 6 | Rene Van Krevelen | Netherlands | 135,000 |
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Alex EpsteinAnson TsangDario SammartinoGabe PatgorskiGalen HallJames ChenJustin BonomoSean Winter
and Epstein made jacks full of aces to win the pot, eliminating Patgorski on the bubble. The remaining 18 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of $14,615.
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