Paul Volpe Ends Day 2 of the 6-Handed Championship as Chip Leader
Day 2 of Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship started with 115 players who bagged on Day 1 and there were 27 new entries, since registration was still open until the start of play today. That brought the total amount of entries go up to 355 with 54 spots paid and a top prize of $814,179, in addition to the prestigious gold bracelet. Paul Volpe has the chip lead, bagging 2,190,000 at the end of the night. He’s closely followed by Martin Zamani with a stack of 1,944,000 and Shaun Deeb who finished play with 1,610,000.
Day 3 Draw and Counts
| Room | Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 15 | 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 1,610,000 | 81 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 3 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 1,053,000 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 4 | Paul Volpe | United States | 2,190,000 | 110 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 5 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 238,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 15 | 6 | Martin Zamani | United States | 1,944,000 | 97 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 1 | Romain Lewis | France | 1,017,000 | 51 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 2 | Jan-Eric Schwippert | Germany | 1,172,000 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 3 | Jason Mangold | United States | 625,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 4 | Mark Teltscher | United Kingdom | 1,248,000 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 5 | Matthijs Aerts | Belgium | 1,382,000 | 69 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 6 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 798,000 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 1 | Ankush Mandavia | United States | 945,000 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 2 | John Andress | United States | 653,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 3 | Bin Duan | United States | 229,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 4 | Todd Ivens | United States | 1,003,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | 1,291,000 | 65 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 6 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 273,000 | 14 |
Action of the Day
The day started off quick with a lot of bust outs. A couple of the new entrants that decided to give it a go were busted before the second level of the day. Fedor Holz and James Obst both entered for a last shot at a $10,000 championship title and a bracelet, but both were unable to survive the first level.
Another of the late arrivals who fared much better was Martin Zamani, who ended up bagging the second biggest chip stack behind Volpe. Others that didn’t make it to the money include Daniel Negreanu, Liv Boeree, Ivan Luca, Erik Seidel, Stephen Chidwick and Sam Soverel.
Players that did end up making the money but didn’t make it through to Day 3 include Jeff Gross (50th - $14,916), Jason Koon (49th - $14,916), Ryan Riess (42nd - $16,911), Martin Jacobson (39th - $16,911), Michael Gathy (34th - $18,982) and Dominik Nitsche (20th - $26,424).
Dan Smith almost made it through to Day 3, but in the final hand of the day, he busted against Romain Lewis to finish in 19th place for $26,424. Jordan Cristos also busted in the final hand of the day against Deeb after losing everything but 2,000 to Sam Greenwood, with Cristos taking home $32,700 for 18th place.
Deeb is at this moment in second place in the WSOP Player of the Year race and made Day 3 with 1,610,000 chips after having a good ending to his day by winning a flip with sevens against ace-king. The US player already secured some points for the leaderboard but is also looking to add another WSOP bracelet to his collection after winning the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha earlier this summer.
Day 3 will start at 2pm with 17 players remaining and blinds/ante recommencing at 10,000/20,000 with the ante of 20,000. PokerNews will be there from the start until we crown another WSOP bracelet winner.
. Martin Jacobson bet 95,000 after Sam Greenwood had checked to him. Greenwood called to see the turn. 
and Greenwood checked to Jacobson again. After a short while, Jacobson threw in a pile of chips totaling 165,000. Greenwood took his time to think things through before he called again. 
and Greenwood checked for the third time to Jacobson. This time all of Jacobson's chips were wagered and Greenwood called within a second, immediately tabling 
for a full house. 
and said goodbye to the table, wishing them good luck.
and Goran Mandic had checked to Michael Mizrachi. Mizrachi had bet 45,000 and Mandic called to see the 
river card complete the board. 
against the 
of Mizrachi. 
turn and 
river completed a back door flush for Koon, and he sent Kakhmazov to the rail.
, small blind Fedor Holz was deep in the tank against big blind Will Givens, who had set him in for his last 18,000. 
board. Negreanu checked behind. 
and Metaal lead out with a bet of 2,500. Negreanu decided to raise it up to 7,500 and that made Metaal think about his decision. The eventual outcome of Metaal's thinking was a three-bet to 22,500. Negreanu pushed all in for a total of 44,800 and Metaal called. 
and that didn't give Metaal the flush to eliminate Negreanu and the leader on the all time money list doubled up in one of the first hands of the day.
