Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2022 Tournament of Champions at the World Series of Poker. Cards go in the air at 11 a.m. local time for the penultimate day in this year’s WSOP.
Robert Cowen leads the way with more than 200 big blinds as 149 survivors return from an initial Day 1 field of 463. That number is expected to grow today with late registration remaining open through the beginning of Day 2 in order to accommodate the final bracelet winners of 2022.
Tournament of Champions Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 428,000 | 214 |
| 2 | Ali Eslami | United States | 305,000 | 153 |
| 3 | Daniel Sepiol | United States | 285,000 | 143 |
| 4 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 247,500 | 124 |
| 5 | Zachary Seymour | United States | 241,000 | 121 |
| 6 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | 235,000 | 118 |
| 7 | Cheryl Svenson | United States | 221,500 | 111 |
| 8 | Carlos Loving | United States | 203,000 | 102 |
| 9 | Fred Li | United States | 183,500 | 92 |
| 10 | Erik Bauer | Slovakia | 183,000 | 92 |
Following Cowen is Ali Eslami in second and Daniel Sepiol in third. Alesejs Ponakovs and Zachary Seymour round out the top five. Razz-specialist Daniel Strelitz also makes an appearance in the top ten.
Day 1 was a star-studded affair with more than 575 bracelet winners and circuit grinders eligible to take their shot in the unique closing event. Entry is restricted to this year's bracelet winners and those that won rings on the WSOP Circuit. This includes Monday's bracelet winners Minh Nguyen and Gregory Jensen, as well as the recent first-time champion Gianluca Speranza.
Players will return to the Bally’s Event Center in Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante. The plan for Day 2 includes ten 60-minute levels with a dinner break after Level 16. The Day 3 finale is scheduled for Wednesday at a time that is to be determined.
Be sure to keep it here all day long for updates from the floor of the Bally’s Event Center as the Tournament of Champions continues at the 2022 World Series of Poker.