Yao Sun had the 
in a preflop all in vs the 
of John Berreman.
The board would bring no salvation for Berreman as it ran out 
and Sun collected a nice addition to his stack early.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000 | 166,500 |
|
Eliminado |
Action picked up on a flop of 
with Steve Lesmeister and another player who called an all-in from Lesmeister and the cards were tabled.
Opponent: 
Steve Lesmeister: 
Lesmeister had flopped a set of eights to outflop the aces of his opponent. The turn 
and river 
did not improve the opponent's holding, eliminating him and giving Lesmeister the knockout.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | 132,000 |
A player in middle position raised to 6,500 and Qui Nguyen made the call from the big blind.
The flop was 
, this time Nguyen led with a bet of 13,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | -75,000 |
Action was preflop as Sonia Shashikhina had three-bet from the button to 30,000 over a raise of 7,000 from early position and one caller also in early position. Paul Figiomeni was in the big blind and four-bet to 53,000. The early position players folded and it was back on Shashikhina who called.
The flop came 
. Figliomeni open-jammed for about 126,000 and Shashikhina snap folded.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000 | 59,000 |
|
188,000 | -89,500 |
The early position player raised to 6,000 and action folded to James Romero, who defended his big blind.
The board ran out 
with action being checked every street including the river and Romero turned over 
for a rivered straight. The other player mucked and Romero took down an early pot of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000 | 15,000 |
The action picked up when Kyle Kolev went all in from the middle position and Kyle Chang, on the button, made the call putting Kolev at risk.
Kyle Chang: 
Boris Kolev: 
The board ran out 
giving Chang trip queens and eliminating Kolev.
On another table Romain Lewis was seen saying "nice hand, it's not what I needed" as he also was eliminated from the tournament.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 97,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado |
Action was picked up on a board that read 
. Romain Lewis made a bet that left himself with only 5,000 behind. Mitchell Collins called quickly.
Lewis showed the 
which was second best to the of Collins and Lewis was left with little more than one big blind.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
5,000 | -81,000 |
Shuffle up and deal has been announced, cards are in the air.
Nível: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Day 2 of Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em is on the horizon as play begins bright and early at 10 a.m. local time with the combined 1,219 remaining players from both starting flights merging to form one field.
The top four stacks to start the day all came from Day 1A as well-known pro James Romero leads them all with 620,000. Jeremy Shockett with 576,500 enters Day 2 in second place; Brendan Shiller has the third biggest stack with 574,000 and Greg Buonocore enters in fourth place with 534,000. It is not until the fifth-biggest stack where the Day 1B chip leader is reached; which would be Rob Wazwaz with 510,500.
| Chip Position | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | James Romero | 620,000 |
| 2 | Jeremy Shockett | 576,500 |
| 3 | Brendan Shiller | 574,000 |
| 4 | Greg Buonocore | 534,000 |
| 5 | Rob Wazwaz | 510,500 |
| 6 | Andros Ioakimides | 497,500 |
| 7 | Bae Yeon Joon | 495,000 |
| 8 | Jason Hewlett | 485,500 |
| 9 | Pavel Plesuv | 483,500 |
| 10 | Ryan Leng | 473,000 |
Of the 1,219 players left standing there are many names to keep an eye on. Recent 2021 WSOP Bracelet winners Ryan Leng, enters the day with the tenth biggest stack with 473,000 and Dylan Linde who also has a large stack to start with 443,000.
Derek McMaster (411,500), JJ Liu (411,500), Chris Moorman (227,500), Andrew Moreno (226,000) and Qui Nguyen (195,000) are just a few of the many names remaining in the field who will make for a scintillating Day 2.
The money bubble will not be reached until the top 528 remain, meaning over half of the remaining players still have to be trimmed away before anyone can guarantee themselves cash.
There is plenty of stack depth left as play will begin at Level 12 with blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante in this very player-friendly structure. Ten 60-minute levels will be played today with a 60-minute dinner break happening after Level 19 today.
PokerNews will have all the coverage of today’s action so make sure to keep your interest locked all day long for the big hands, chip counts and stories that the monster stack is sure to create.
