Welcome to Day 2 of Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
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Day 2 of Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. local time with 73 players returning from the 256 players who started Day 1.
Juha Helppi leads the field with 146,000 chips. Not far behind are Justin Thurlow (100,000), David Bach (99,500) and Ayaz Mahmood (85,500). Meanwhile two-time bracelet winner Jesse Martin (78,000) is currently seventh in chips and looking for his second bracelet of the summer.
The payouts begin at 39th place which puts them 34 players from the money, so they still need to lose about half the field to see the first payout of $4,482.
The action gets underway at the start of Level 11 with blinds at 800/1,500 and limits at 1,500/3,000. There will be 10 levels of play today with a 15-minute break at the end of every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the sixth level (~8:30 p.m.).
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| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Ayaz Mahmood | United States | 111,300 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Jane Hitchcock | United States | 28,100 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Vincent Gironda | United States | 18,400 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Justin Thurlow | United States | 122,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Jack Duong | United States | 10,400 | 3 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Michael Baxter | United States | 31,600 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 2 | John Hoppmann | United States | 85,400 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 3 | Bryce Landier | United States | 27,200 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 4 | Scott Mayfield | United States | 62,500 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | 110,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 6 | Nicholas Seiken | United States | 36,500 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Jeremy Heartberg | United States | 40,200 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Carmen Fung | Canada | 9,800 | 3 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Peter Morris | United States | 72,400 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Joe McKeehen | United States | 23,200 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Kyle Ray | United States | 85,200 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 6 | Timothy Ferko | United States | 62,100 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 1 | Frank Kassela | United States | 96,200 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 2 | David Goldberg | United States | 26,600 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 4 | Todd Witteles | United States | 31,500 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Jason Papastavrou | United States | 36,100 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 69,800 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Georgii Belianin | Russia | 72,300 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 18,400 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Yudong Yang | United States | 24,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Mark Radoja | Canada | 17,800 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Philip Rhee | United States | 28,100 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 67,500 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Paul Schumer | United States | 10,500 | 4 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 28,600 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Ronald Carmona | Ukraine | 49,800 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 4 | Mike Schneider (MN) | United States | 26,600 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 47,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Lena Wang | United States | 51,700 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Ayman Qutami | United States | 89,900 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | James Obst | Australia | 78,100 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Joseph Couden | United States | 72,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Frank Yakubson | United States | 54,600 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Davin Anderson | United States | 81,600 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Stuart Rutter | United Kingdom | 18,600 | 6 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 1 | David Olson | United States | 57,700 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Kenny Hsiung | United States | 46,400 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Jonathan Ulrich | United States | 11,000 | 4 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Georgios Kapalas | ATHENS, , GR | 86,100 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Alex Torry | United States | 60,400 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Amir Shayesteh | United States | 44,300 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Guowei Zhang | United States | 44,700 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 80,800 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 42,200 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Donald Fleming | United States | 35,800 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 146,000 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Matthew Greenwald | United States | 22,700 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Michael Kuo | United States | 57,800 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Jason Fan | United States | 87,400 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Cathleen Tran | United States | 83,100 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | John Racener | United States | 30,700 | 10 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Yegor Tsurikov | United States | 22,600 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Russell Hammontree | United States | 56,900 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | William Romaine | United States | 78,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Mickey Craft | United States | 42,500 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Jameson Painter | United States | 84,800 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Jesse Martin | United States | 98,200 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Derek Whatley | United States | 21,400 | 7 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Yury Ivanou | United States | 22,300 | 7 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 2 | Marwan Abdelal | United States | 2,100 | 1 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Jason Mercier | United States | 36,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Jimmy Fricke | United States | 84,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 5 | Alex Keating | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Joseph Risi | United States | 84,800 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Min Ku | United States | 65,000 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 3 | Diego Cordovez | United States | 84,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 4 | Paul Roy | United States | 20,200 | 7 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 6 | Konstantin Maslak | Russia | 48,900 | 16 |