Day 2 of The Closer to Begin at 5 P.M.
With Day 1b finishing soon, Day 2 of Event #85: $1,500 The Closer will begin at 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 17.
Day 1a saw a total of 929 entries with 75 players making it through to Day 2. In Day 1b, 2039 took to the felt and before play had stopped, 477 were left in the event.
Prize pool and payouts will be confirmed as Day 2 gets underway. Chip counts and the seat draw will be available before play begins.
Event #85 $1,500 The Closer Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Ahmed Karrim | South Africa | 1,695,000 | 57 |
| 2 | Raghav Bansal | India | 1,600,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 1,550,000 | 52 |
| 4 | Garrett Johnstone | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Tony Nieman | United States | 1,285,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | Japan | 1,235,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Teddy Cablay | United States | 1,200,030 | 40 |
| 8 | Neil Rauschhuber | United States | 1,100,000 | 37 |
| 9 | Jessie Bryant | United States | 1,000,020 | 33 |
| 10 | Ronnie Anderson | United States | 935,000 | 31 |