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Event #62: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Players Left 33 / 1,736
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Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Day 2 of Event #62: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em is in the books. A total of 1,736 entries started the event at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, generating a total prize pool of $3,864,825. Of the 312 players who returned for Day 2, only 34 remain in contention, each guaranteed a payout of at least $11,702.
But that’s not what the remaining players are chasing. All eyes are fixed on the huge top prize of $555,198 and the coveted World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet.
The closest to achieving that goal is Maher Achour, who bagged 6,435,000. Achour caught Mauro Ferreira’s bluff in a big hand, pushing him up the chip counts.
Following Achour is Corentin Soulier with 4,975,000. And closing out the podium positions in third is Robbie Bull with 4,755,000.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | 6,435,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Corentin Soulier | France | 4,975,000 | 83 |
| 3 | Robbie Bull | United Kingdom | 4,755,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Jose Latorre | Spain | 4,090,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Spyridon Apartoglou | Greece | 3,380,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 3,225,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Mauro Ferreira | Portugal | 2,275,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Cameron Widergren | United States | 2,250,000 | 38 |
| 9 | Hang Xu | China | 1,750,000 | 29 |
| 10 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 1,725,000 | 29 |
Also in the top ten is WSOP bracelet owner Daniel Smiljkovic (1,725,000) and one slot off is 25K Fantasy player Josh Reichard (1,585,000), both of whom will be relentless given their current chip advantage.
Reichard has amassed more than $6.5 million in live tournament earnings, according to The Hendon Mob. Despite numerous deep runs and final-table appearances throughout his career, he is yet to catch an elusive WSOP bracelet. With his current chip position, he is one step closer to finally capturing the much-coveted bracelet that has long escaped him.
Other notables who are advancing are Zachary Gruneberg (1,050,000), Eoghan O'Dea (975,000), Orson Young (945,000), Aaron Kupin (880,000) and two-time WSOP bracelet winner and 25k Fantasy player Blaz Zerjav (720,000).
Only 261 players finished in the money, and the bubble burst almost immediately. On the very first hand of hand-for-hand play, Romualdo Cusano was eliminated in a battle of the blinds after running into Latorre's pocket jacks, which he was unable to crack.
Martin Kabrhel, unfortunately, was unable to advance to Day 3 despite repeatedly saying that he could take down the event. Throughout the final level of the day, Kabrhel constantly teased Reichard about the way he played his hands, particularly ace-queen.
In a twist of fate, it was Reichard's ace-queen that ultimately sealed Kabrhel's exit, as the hand sent him to the rail and brought an end to his tournament run.
Others who weren’t able advance to Day 3 nearing the end of the day were Artur Martirosian, Chad Eveslage, Leo Margets and Calvin Anderson.
Remaining Payouts
Action will resume tomorrow, June 24, at 12 p.m. local time at Paris Gold. Play will start at level 26 with blinds 30,000/60,000, and 60,000 ante, and will continue until a champion stands victorious.
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Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Day 2 of Event #62: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em has ended with 34 players remaining.
Please stay tuned for a full recap of the day.
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
With just two hands remaining in play for the day, Breno Drumond moved all in on the button with 720,000 chips.
Hang Xu made the call from the big blind.
Breno Drumond: K♠10♣
Hang Xu: A♦Q♥
After the runout of 4♥A♠7♠Q♠A♥, Xu was holding a full house and Drummond was out of the tournament.`
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The pot had already climbed to around 1,200,000, and the board was showing 6♣3♠10♦4♠. Josh Reichard, under the gun, checked to Robbie Bull in the hijack, who fired 850,000. Reichard made the call.
The J♠ river saw both players check.
Reichard tabled 7♦7x for a pair of sevens, but Bull showed K♦K♥ for an overpair, which was good enough to take down the sizeable pot.
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
The clock has been stopped and the players will play four more hands before bagging for the night. Action will resume tomorrow at 12 p.m. when they return for the next day of play.
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
A couple of orbits after Mauro Ferreira took a large stack of chips off of Maher Achour, a payback opportunity was at hand.
The hand was joined on the river, with the board reading 8♦10♣3♥K♣5♥. Ferreira moved all in into a pot of 3,000,000.
Achour made the call with his last 1,650,000.
Ferreira showed A♥Q♠, a bluff.
Achour tabled 8♣8♠. He was ahead all the way with pocket eights and a set on the flop.
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Mans Montgomery and Seunghyun Nam had already built a pot of around 600,000 beside a flop of 5♠9♦Q♥. In a flurry of betting and raising, they found themselves with all their chips in the middle of the felt and heading to showdown,
Seunghyun Nam: K♠K♦
Mans Montgomery: 5♣5♥
Montgomery was way ahead with a flopped set and had a chance to eliminate Name from the tournament for a nice pay jump. Nam, looking at the clock with only 20 minutes left to the day, was hoping for a miracle to happen to survive.
It was looking grim for Nam when the 10♣ fell on the turn. But a gasp of shock went all around the table when the K♣ was peeled on the river, pushing Nam ahead with the higher set, the double up and a chance to advance to Day 3.
