Diogo Vieira was all in from the small blind, and Benedetto Bianco made the call in the big blind.
Diogo Vieira: A♥3♠ 
Benedetto Bianco: Q♦J♠
Vieira's fresh stack was at risk, but his ace remained ahead through the 2♠7♠7♦ flop. Bianco picked up a flush draw on the 9♠ turn, and Vieira hit the wrong A♠ on the river.
Bianco completed his flush, sending Vieira out early in the day.
On the first hand of the afternoon, one of the shorts stacks George Birdsong moved all in from the cutoff. Patrik Jaros made the call.
George Birdsong: K♥Q♠
Patrik Jaros: K♦J♦
Birdsong had the dominant hand and it held through a runout of 6♠A♠J♥Q♦2♥, but he needed a queen on the turn to do so.
Cards are in the air and the remaining 130 players have started play.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A field of 130 from a hectic day of play will take to the felt at 1 p.m. local time for what should be an exciting Day 2 of Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
There are 130 players left, but that number is sure to swell with some heavy hitters joining the field today. A year ago, a whopping 96 players took advantage of the late registration period to jump into this World Series of Poker event on the second day.
Registration will be open through the first two levels. With starting stacks at 60,000 chips, late entrants could come into the afternoon with as many as 24 big blinds.
Fahredin Mustafov sits in second place with a stack of 477,000. The Bulgarian is looking to win his first gold bracelet in Las Vegas, to go with ones from an online event in 2025, and a WSOP Europe victory earlier this year.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenzo Ishida | Japan | 479,500 | 192 |
| 2 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 477,000 | 191 |
| 3 | Loic Debregeas | France | 475,000 | 190 |
| 4 | Armin Rezaei | Austria | 426,000 | 170 |
| 5 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | 414,500 | 166 |
| 6 | Aliaksandr Shylko | Belarus | 376,000 | 150 |
| 7 | Neil Warren | United States | 358,500 | 143 |
| 8 | Andrew Moreno | United States | 354,000 | 142 |
| 9 | Patrik Jaros | Czechia | 350,000 | 140 |
| 10 | Christopher Selph | United States | 342,000 | 137 |
Mustafov, who was third in chips after Day 1 last year, is in a tightly bunched trio atop the leaderboard with Kenzo Ishida and Loic Debregeas. The three are separated by just 4,500 in chips.
Kristen Foxen is in the middle of the top 10 and certain to make her presence felt, but there is a long list of notables with nice stacks in the field, including multiple bracelet winners Adrian Mateos (215,000), Hall of Famer Erik Seidel (180,000), Joao Simao (259,000), John Racener (242,000) and Asi Moshe (315,000), who won the $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit event earlier this month.
Play at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas will begin on Level 11, with blinds at 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. There will be 15-inute breaks every two levels, with a dinner break scheduled after Level 16 (approximately 7:30 p.m.).
The current prize pool of $3,320,100 is certain to grow with a bevy of newcomers late-regging this afternoon.
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Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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