button in SafariFour-Time Bracelet Winner Bonyadi Advances from Seniors Championship Day 2b
From a field of 898 players, just 134 advanced to Day 3 of Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Championship from Day 2b.
They join the 105 which advanced from Day 2a, combining for a field of 239 when play gets underway on Day 3 on Thursday, June 18 at 11:00.
A big name near the top of the counts is Farzad Bonyadi, who bagged 35th in chips after Day 1b but finished ninth in chips after Day 2b. Bonyadi's first bracelet came in 1998, winning subsequent bracelets in 2004, 2005 and most recently in 2021 when he won Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship.
He also holds the distinction as the first mother/son combination to ever win a WSOP bracelet after his mother Farhintaj Bonyadi won the $1,000 Super Seniors in 2018.
Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Championship Day 2b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sridhar Sangannagari | United States | 2,625,000 | 131 |
| 2 | Peter Kamaras | Hungary | 2,245,000 | 112 |
| 3 | Marco Cavallaro | United States | 2,000,000 | 100 |
| 4 | Todd Brown | United States | 1,955,000 | 98 |
| 5 | James Traber | United States | 1,825,000 | 91 |
| 6 | Duy Ho | United States | 1,750,000 | 88 |
| 7 | Phillip Gioia | United States | 1,605,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Karen Sarkisyan | Russia | 1,570,000 | 79 |
| 9 | Farzad Bonyadi | United States | 1,425,000 | 71 |
| 10 | Yossi Maymon | United States | 1,275,000 | 64 |
Leading the survivors from Day 2b is Sridhar Sangannagari, who is one of three players who bagged over 2,000,000 alongside Hungary's Peter Kamaras and Marco Cavallaro.
Sangannagari is no stranger to the WSOP, finishing 11th in the Housewarming in 2022 and runner-up two years ago in the $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack.
Stay tuned to PokerNews with full live coverage of this event beginning on Thursday, June 18 with Day 3.