Melissa Gillett Leading the Pack in Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 2 started today with 275 players and the knowledge that hand-for-hand play would start quite quickly as 262 players would be cashing in Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. After ten 60-minute levels and a half level at the end, only 23 players remain to compete for the top prize of $391,960 and the gold WSOP bracelet.
Taking the massive chip lead into Day 3 is Melissa Gillett from Australia with 3,443,000 chips. Second in chips is [Removed:532] with 1,286,000, and third in the chip counts is Billy Rodgers (1,277,000). Other notables still in contention are Roman Korenev, Phil Collins and David Pham.
Day 3 will kick off at noon on Thursday in the Brasilia room. They will be playing down to a winner, so follow all the updates here on PokerNews. Below you can find the end-of-day-chip counts of the remaining 23 players.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Nathan Pfluger | United States | 653,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Kevin Trettin | United States | 385,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Ivan Starostin | United States | 276,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Marquis Mccain | United States | 460,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | James Miller | United States | 380,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Adam Bacon | United States | 370,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | James Cerrotta | United States | 418,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Matthew Mlsna | United States | 464,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Graeme Ladd | United Kingdom | 413,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 3 | Phil Collins | United States | 232,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Jordan Young | United States | 404,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Joseph Brattole | United States | 291,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Yu Li | United States | 472,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | David Pham | United States | 356,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Robert Lisser | United States | 139,000 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Melissa Gillett | Australia | 3,443,000 | 215 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Young Phan | United States | 358,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Billy Rodgers | United States | 1,277,000 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 765,000 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Caleb Patrick | United States | 252,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | [Removed:532] | India | 1,286,000 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | David Shober | United States | 302,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Huihan Wu | United States | 454,000 | 28 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,443,000
708,000
|
708,000 |
|
1,286,000
426,000
|
426,000 |
|
1,277,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
745,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
653,000
358,000
|
358,000 |
|
472,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
464,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
460,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
454,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
418,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
413,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
|
404,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
385,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
380,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
370,000
285,500
|
285,500 |
|
358,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
356,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
||
|
302,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
291,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
276,000
133,500
|
133,500 |
|
252,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
232,000
103,500
|
103,500 |
|
139,000
43,000
|
43,000 |