Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Yuan Ding
Yuan Ding was eliminated based on the following two hands:
Zhengyu Guan moved all in for 25,600,000 from the button, and Ding moved all in from the big blind for 26,500,000; everyone else folded.
Zhengyu Guan: 5♦5♣
Yuan Ding: A♥K♣
The board came out with 10♣6♠4♠10♥J♣ and fives and tens for Guan was good, leaving Ding with only 900,000 left.
In the next hand:
Ding was all in from the big blind for 900,000. Delano Jackson raised to 3,000,000 from late position, and Justin Fawcett three-bet to 10,000,000 from middle position. Jackson moved all in for 25,800,000, and Fawcett called.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Kirk Staples
Eric Rabelas opened the action with a raise to 3,200,000 from under the gun. Eric Dillon made the call next to act, as did Kirk Staples, who had exactly 3,200,000 in his stack. Colin Downie then shoved from the button for 26,100,000, getting both other players out of the way successfully.
Kirk Staples: A♣K♦
Colin Downie: A♠K♠
Eric Rabelas complained about having folded pocket eights, but certainly wasn't upset when both players made trips on the 5♣K♥K♣ flop. Despite having the slight disadvantage preflop, Staples was now the only one who could actually win the pot with running clubs. Somehow, his trips wouldn't play by the river, as the 10♣2♣ runout gave him a backdoor flush. Downie could only watch on in disbelief as his opponent somehow took the pot, improving to more than five times the stack he had just seconds ago.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Delano Jackson raised from under the gun to 3,500,000, Zhengyu Guan flat called from the button, and Blake Napierala three-bet squeezed all in from the big blind for 19,600,000. Jackson folded, and Guan called.
Blake Napierala: A♥A♦
Zhengyu Guan: 8♠8♦
The board was 6♠5♥6♥5♦5♣, and the bigger full house for Napierala was the winner.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Eric Rabelas
There were a total of 7,057 entries into Event #85: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Stack at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas,. Following two extremely long days of grueling competition, that number has shrunk to just 14. These competitors are fighting it out for their share of the $2,992,086 prize pool, with $355,110 reserved for the eventual champion.
Chip leading is Eric Rabelas with an incredible 82,000,000 chips. Right on his tail is Delano Jackson (54,500,000), with Blake Napierala (45,000,000) rounding out the top three, spurred on by a huge double at the very end of the night. The final lady remaining in the event, Zhengyu Guan, is also on the hunt, as she bagged up 31,000,000 chips at day’s end.
Zhengyu Guan
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Eric Rabelas
United States
82,000,000
41
2
Delano Jackson
United States
54,500,000
27
3
Blake Napierala
United States
45,000,000
22
4
Eric Dillon
United States
39,000,000
19
5
Thai Dinh
Vietnam
35,500,000
17
6
Zhengyu Guan
United States
31,000,000
15
7
Riku Mieda
Japan
25,000,000
12
8
Justin Fawcett
United States
21,500,000
10
9
Jesse Cardoza
United States
19,000,000
9
10
Keegan Ripp
United States
19,000,000
9
Each of the players still with chips has locked up an impressive $17,760, already a career-high score for some. However, the promise of six figures and more looms in the not-so-distant future.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$355,110
7
$58,890
2
$236,740
8
$45,620
3
$176,620
9
$35,610
4
$132,710
10-11
$28,020
5
$100,450
12-13
$22,218
6
$76,620
14
$17,760
Of the entrants, only 595 returned for Day 2, with the bubble already burst in each of the Day 1 flights. With an average stack of just under 20 big blinds, eliminations came rapidly to start off the day, as over 170 players departed within the first level. Those included seven-time bracelet winner Men Nguyen, WSOP Main Event Champions Jamie Gold and Hossein Ensan, as well as David “ODB” Baker.
Bust-outs didn’t stop there, with Joe Cada, Maria Konnikova, and Ian Simpson heading home too. Of the Day 1 chip leaders, neither Steven Stanton nor Justin Bassett could navigate their way to Day 3.
Players will return in just under 11 hours, at 1 p.m. local time on July 9, to the Horseshoe Event Center. A victor will be crowned during Day 3 no matter what, and given that the last remaining WSOP champion in the field, Dieter Dechant, busted in 49th, it is a guarantee that a new face will be taking home a coveted gold bracelet.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as all of the action is delivered throughout Day 3, beginning with cards in the air, and ending with a winner.
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