Jason Bardol raised from the hijack to 24,000, and Jameson Painter called from the button, putting him all in for 20,000 while Michael Fries was already all in from the big blind for 6,000.
Michael Fries: K♥Q♣ 
Jameson Painter: 6♦6♣
Jason Bardol: A♠J♠
The board flopped 5♣3♥J♥4♦3♣, and Bardol had the best two pair to eliminate both players
The Industry Employees have entered the house, and 136 players have their eyes set on the prize.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Event #3: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em continues into Day 2 with action resuming today, May 28, at 12 p.m. local time. Out of the total field of 906 entries yesterday, only 136 industry professionals will return, hoping to win $64,083 and the prestigious WSOP golden bracelet. All returning players are guaranteed a minimum cash prize of $1,011, but all eyes are on the top prize out of the total prize pool of $375,990.
Starting the day at the top is Jerome Neppl from Albuquerque, New Mexico, with 758,000 chips. He is followed by Yutaka Morishima (517,000) in second, and rounding out the top three is Ronan Woolman (491,000). Woolman, who cashed in the same event in 2021, is now looking to improve that result with a deeper run this year.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerome Neppl | United States | 758,000 | 126 |
| 2 | Yutaka Morishima | United States | 517,000 | 86 |
| 3 | Ronan Woolman | United States | 491,000 | 82 |
| 4 | Skyler Halama | United States | 489,000 | 82 |
| 5 | Brian Baron | United States | 487,000 | 81 |
| 6 | Larry Serebryany | United States | 482,000 | 80 |
| 7 | Michael Schlittler | United States | 460,000 | 77 |
| 8 | Timothy Dugan | United States | 457,000 | 76 |
| 9 | Bobby Sanchez | United States | 404,000 | 67 |
| 10 | Lennart Hennig | Germany | 394,000 | 66 |
Two of PokerNews' own, namely, Brett Slezak (383,000) and Tyler Boyer (84,000), have also made it to Day 2.
Slezak got off to a good start this year when he made his biggest career cash of $54,810 in the $1,100 MSPT Riverside Main Event. Now sitting in 11th place on the leaderboard, winning a bracelet is more within reach than he can imagine.
Action resumes at Level 16 at 3,000/6,000 blinds with 6,000 big blind ante and will play through 40-minute levels. They will continue today until a champion is crowned, with one industry employee set to etch his name in WSOP history, not only as a hard-working contributor to the poker world, but also as a recognized bracelet owner.
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Event #3: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em
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