Day 2 of Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout Gets Underway at 12 p.m.
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #17, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout. Out of a field of 917 players, 100 players will return today to the Amazon Room to play 10 new Shootout table in Round 2. They will all try to come on top of their tables once again, in order to secure a spot into the final ten tomorrow. There are some terrific match-ups around the tables, with Jennifer Tilly (pictured left), Erik Seidel and the 2016 WSOP Main Event winner Qui Nguyen all sharing a table just one example.
Many notables are still in contention including bracelet winners Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Erik Seidel, Greg Mueller, Joe Cada, Jennifer Tilly, Qui Nguyen, and Loni Harwood as well as well-known players Kelly Minkin, Cary Katz, Maurice Hawkins, Florian Duta, and Stephen Song.
Cards will be in the air at 12 p.m. local time and levels will last 40 minutes each. There will be a 15-minute break every three levels, and a 60-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 9, at approximately 6:30 p.m. The players will begin play in the first level of Round 2 which features a small blind of 1,000, big blind of 2,000 and an ante of 2,000.
Keep following the live updates here on PokerNews to find out which 10 players will make it through to Day 3.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 402 | 1 | Plamen Markov | Canada | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 402 | 2 | Gil Morgensztern | Brazil | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Brett Feder | United States | 220,000 | 110 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Linyang Song | Canada | 227,000 | 114 |
| Amazon | 402 | 5 | Florian Duta | United Kingdom | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | William Klein | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 402 | 7 | Jonathan Proudfoot | United Kingdom | 225,000 | 113 |
| Amazon | 402 | 8 | Christopher Farmer | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 402 | 9 | Tommy Nguyen | Canada | 199,000 | 100 |
| Amazon | 402 | 10 | Tyler Walker | Canada | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Nicolas Manion | United States | 233,000 | 117 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Yiannis Liperis | United Kingdom | 246,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Manuel Afonso Soares Ruivo | Portugal | 227,000 | 114 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Robert Mitchell | United States | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Charles Furey | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | George Alex | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 403 | 8 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 403 | 9 | Adam Walton | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 403 | 10 | John Murphy | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 404 | 1 | Dragos Trofimov | United Kingdom | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 404 | 2 | Kane Kalas | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 404 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 404 | 4 | Michael O'Grady | United States | 247,000 | 124 |
| Amazon | 404 | 5 | Oscar Lima | ES | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 404 | 6 | Vince Benvenuto | United States | 246,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 404 | 7 | Quinn Bruno | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 404 | 8 | Alan Thompson | United States | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 404 | 9 | Tonio Roder | Germany | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 404 | 10 | Ryan Olisar | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 405 | 1 | Sebastian Percysmith | Denmark | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 405 | 2 | Nicholas Verderamo | United States | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 405 | 3 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 405 | 4 | Ido Ashkenazi | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 405 | 5 | Severin Schleser | Austria | 244,000 | 122 |
| Amazon | 405 | 6 | David Worden | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 405 | 7 | James Gilbert | United States | 213,000 | 107 |
| Amazon | 405 | 8 | Stephen Song | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 405 | 9 | Athanasios Polychronopoulos | United States | 246,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 405 | 10 | Denis Timofeev | Russia | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 406 | 1 | Ryan Goindoo | Trinidad and Tobego | 218,000 | 109 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Jennifer Tilly | United States | 243,000 | 122 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | Jason Daly | United States | 243,000 | 122 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Jay Weil | United States | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | Raymond Ho | United States | 214,000 | 107 |
| Amazon | 406 | 6 | Erik Seidel | United States | 217,000 | 109 |
| Amazon | 406 | 7 | Robert Salaburu | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 406 | 8 | Qui Nguyen | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 406 | 9 | Brett Apter | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 406 | 10 | Casey Coughlan | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 407 | 1 | Sam Abueid | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Adrian Scarpa | United States | 247,000 | 124 |
| Amazon | 407 | 3 | Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | 244,000 | 122 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | Cody Wiegmann | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Jeffrey Griffiths | United States | 225,000 | 113 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | David Guay | Canada | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 407 | 7 | Aaron Pinson | United States | 241,000 | 121 |
| Amazon | 407 | 8 | Steve Yea | South Korea | 196,000 | 98 |
| Amazon | 407 | 9 | Beau Winn | United States | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 407 | 10 | Jason Shinbaum | United States | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 408 | 1 | Marko Maher | Russia | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 408 | 2 | Eric Bunch | United States | 227,000 | 114 |
| Amazon | 408 | 3 | Christopher Godfrey | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 408 | 4 | Jason Johnson | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 408 | 5 | Jorge Gomez | United States | 225,000 | 113 |
| Amazon | 408 | 6 | Mengqi Chen | China | 218,000 | 109 |
| Amazon | 408 | 7 | Shiraz Lall | United States | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 408 | 8 | Upeshka De Silva | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 408 | 9 | Alexander Gambino | United States | 240,000 | 120 |
| Amazon | 408 | 10 | Kevin Andriamahefa | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 409 | 1 | James Little | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 409 | 2 | Roger Tung | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 409 | 3 | Adam Volen | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 409 | 4 | Mario Mosbock | Austria | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 409 | 5 | Cary Katz | United States | 245,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 409 | 6 | Michael Uzala | United States | 225,000 | 113 |
| Amazon | 409 | 7 | David Mock | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 409 | 8 | Greg Mueller | Canada | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 409 | 9 | Michal Lubas | Poland | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 409 | 10 | Michael Ciaravino | United States | 215,000 | 108 |
| Amazon | 410 | 1 | Daniel Ott | United States | 219,000 | 110 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | Shintaro Baba | Japan | 216,000 | 108 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Ibrahim Ghazal | United States | 219,000 | 110 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | Kelly Minkin | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 410 | 5 | Kyle Montgomery | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Dillon Ott | United States | 246,000 | 123 |
| Amazon | 410 | 7 | Alexander Villa | Canada | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 410 | 8 | Brad Albrinck | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 410 | 9 | Caleb King | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 410 | 10 | Joe Cada | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | Eric Holt | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | Dustin Born | Canada | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Benjamin Ector | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | Arish Nat | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | Joshua Hillock | United States | 197,000 | 99 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | Loni Harwood | United States | 223,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 411 | 7 | Bob Shao | United States | 221,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 411 | 8 | Maurice Hawkins | United States | 224,000 | 112 |
| Amazon | 411 | 9 | Kenna James | United States | 222,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 411 | 10 | Louise Francoeur | United States | 224,000 | 112 |