Day 2 of Event #33: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em started today with 274 players knowing that the bubble would burst soon after play began. Two hundred and fifty-five players cashed for at least $2,251, but all of them had their hopes set on the first prize of $384,833 and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet.
Only 22 players advanced to Day 3 on Monday, and the chip leader going into the day will be Ryan Leng with 1,370,000 chips. Second in chips is Ron Rosenberg with 1,162,000, and third in the chip counts is Christopher Frank with 1,103,000. Other notables still in are Michael Gagliano (820,000), Pratyush Buddiga (757,000), Tom Hall (658,000) and four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori (386,000).
Last night's leader Valetin Vornicu did not make it through the day. This is also the case for notables Jeff Gross, David Pham, Griffin Benger, Brandon Cantu, Allen Cunningham and Jose Barbero.
Day 3 will kick off at noon on Monday in the Brasilia room and play down to a winner. Follow all the updates here on PokerNews.