button in SafariDay 2b of the COLOSSUS Sees 612 Players Return to the Action
Day 2b of Event #34: $500 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em shuffles up and deals at 11 a.m. local time. It sees the 612 players who survived Day 1b return to the action, aiming to navigate their way through another 12 levels.
Among those returning players are no less than 28 who already own bracelets, are a 25K Fantasy Draft pick, or both.
Jason James (429,000) is the best-placed of those stars, with Scott Ball (425,000) close behind. Others include three-time bracelet winner Timur Margolin (290,000), Brandon Sheils (290,000), 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo (275,000), and Joey Couden (152,000).
Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Little | United States | 1,094,000 | 137 |
| 2 | Kristaps Kalva | United States | 1,011,000 | 126 |
| 3 | Brian Bishop | United States | 1,000,065 | 125 |
| 4 | Qun Dang | China | 874,000 | 109 |
| 5 | Bin Duan | United States | 853,000 | 107 |
| 6 | Davide Marangio | Italy | 810,000 | 101 |
| 7 | Bryan Wienhoff | United States | 791,000 | 99 |
| 8 | Ruman Meman | United States | 787,000 | 98 |
| 9 | Paulo Villena Gini | Brazil | 780,000 | 98 |
| 10 | Todd Butts | United States | 779,000 | 97 |
Anyone wishing to be known as the overall chip leader will have to finish Day 2 with more than 6,620,000 chips, the stack that Anthony Fay amassed on Day 2a.
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