Day 2 of Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Action Begins at 10 AM
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. There were 1,511 runners registered or reentered for Day 1, with 600 returning for today's start time at 10 a.m local time. All of them will be competing for a 2023 World Series of Poker Bracelet for the largest piece of the growing $4,034,370 prize pool.
Ramiro Petrone bagged the largest stack of Day 1 and will have to contend with well known players such as winner of Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Benjamin Ector (140,000), Kristen Foxen (98,000), Maria Ho (97,500) and Daniel Negreanu (72,000).
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramiro Petrone | Argentina | 367,000 | 184 |
| 2 | Luis Pinho | Portugal | 360,500 | 180 |
| 3 | Jiacong Zhang | United States | 348,000 | 174 |
| 4 | Lachezar Petkov | Bulgaria | 327,000 | 164 |
| 5 | Sebastien Grax | France | 305,000 | 153 |
| 6 | Colton Blomberg | United States | 296,000 | 148 |
| 7 | Harlan Karnofsky | United States | 280,000 | 140 |
| 8 | Alen Tenorio | Brazil | 268,000 | 134 |
| 9 | Daron Greenblatt | United States | 267,500 | 134 |
| 10 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | 266,000 | 133 |
Day 2 starts at Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. Each level is one hour with a 15-minute break every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 (~4:30 p.m.) and late registration closes after the break following Level 12.
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