182 Players Return for Day 2 of the WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event
The 182 players remaining in the 2019 WSOP International Circuit Sydney Main Event will take to their seats today as they continue their quest at capturing the title as well as the coveted WSOP gold ring on offer, as well as earning themselves a ticket to the 2020 WSOP Circuit Global Championship, an invitation-only tournament with a minimum prize pool of $1,000,000 USD.
After four opening flights, the players will join together at 12:30pm local time, with Day 1a chip leader Diarmuid O’Kane returning with 968,500 with blinds at 2,500/5,000/5000. Alongside him will be Day 1d chip leader Andrew Zhang (680,500), Day 1c chip leader Ross Grammer (563,000), Jo Snell (505,500) and Day 1b chip leader Marc Seymour (502,000) rounding out the top five stacks and the only players above 500,000.
Also returning will be defending WSOP Sydney Main Event final table finishers; Sam Capra (265,000), Matt Pongrass (183,500), Rahul Rastogi (170,000) Barry Forrester (153,000) and Cameron Chen (20,000) who will hope to capture their first circuit ring after narrowly missing out only 12 months prior.
The prize pool has also been announced early this morning. 117 players will guarantee themselves a minimum payday of $3,687 with the top five earning themselves a six-figure score. The eventual champion will pocket a cool $410,264 for their efforts.
Today’s plan is to play ten 60-minute levels or stop at the final three tables, whichever comes first.
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