29 Players Remain from Day 2 Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em BOUNTY
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Day 2 of Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em BOUNTY has concluded. Earlier today 264 players returned, but only 29 remain. Will Berry and Brandon Cantu were the top two stacks entering the day and both players were eliminated before the dinner break. Joseph Cheong was eliminated late in the day, but managed to collect 10 bounties to add to his payday.
Harrison Gimbel is the current chip leader going into day 3 with 1,085,000 and close behind is Marc Foggin (982,000).
Other big stacks include Tobias Peters (963,000) and Jiri Horak (943,000).
A number of notables are still in the field including Jake Bazeley (904,000), Tom Hall (875,000), Govert Metaal (792,000), and Mike Linster (404,000).
The 29 remaining players will return Wednesday at 12pm and will play until we reach a winner.
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Day 3 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Maxim Babko | Canada | 67,000 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Jacob Bazeley | United States | 904,000 | 75 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Eli Loewenthal | United States | 224,000 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Bryan Emory | United States | 202,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Zachary Gruneberg | United States | 448,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Ryan Lincks | United States | 361,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Jiri Horak | Czech Republic | 943,000 | 79 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 9 | Patrick Popowski | Israel | 292,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 792,000 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 751,000 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Dan Sindelar | United States | 402,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | James Gilbert | United States | 623,000 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Adam Swan | United States | 177,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Matthew Brooks | Belgium | 116,000 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 9 | Chris Bolek | United States | 457,000 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Duy Ho | United States | 287,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Tom Hall | United Kingdom | 875,000 | 73 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Jeffrey Gigante | United States | 239,000 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Mike Linster | United States | 404,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Sammy Lafleur | Canada | 342,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 963,000 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Harrison Gimbel | United States | 1,085,000 | 90 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Charlie Nguyen | United States | 136,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | 982,000 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Thomas Lutz | United States | 880,000 | 73 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Jason Jarvis | United States | 297,000 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Zhaoxing Wang | United States | 700,600 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 8 | Richard Dubini | Argentina | 504,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 9 | Stephen Docking | Canada | 137,000 | 11 |
. Cheong was sent home but not empty handed; on top of the $4,687, he also collected 10 bounties worth $5,000 total.
, while Bowen showed 
. The board ran out 
, and Metaal's aces held up to give a huge chip lead. Bowen, on the other hand, was sent to the cage in disappointment.
on the turn sealed the deal and the 
on the river completed the board. Linster eliminated Cantu and took over the chip lead with over 350,000 now.
