Welcome to Day 2abd of the World Series of Poker Main Event
The 2,892 survivors from days 1a, 1b, and 1d will join together in the Brasilia and Pavilion rooms at 11:00 a.m. local time Tuesday to continue their journey towards the most coveted prize in poker; the WSOP Main Event bracelet and the 2021 World Champion of Poker title.
There will be no shortage of star power in the massive field, Mustapha Kanit already has a pair of high-roller final tables at this year’s WSOP and takes the chip lead into the day with a stack of 363,500 thanks to his performance in Day 1a.
Steve Foutty (1b – 287,000) and Adedapo Ajayi (1d – 340,900) are the other chip leaders from their opening days, who’ll start their day two among the top ten counts.
Plenty of other notables will unpack large bags to start the day including Canadian Alex Livingston (319,200), who finished 3rd in the 2019 Main Event. Former European high-roller scene regular Fabian Quoss, who plays more recreationally these days, enters the day with 273,800 chips.
Today’s Main Event action at the Rio will be unique, as for the first time ever, players will have the option to either enter today’s day 1f with a full 300 big blind stack at blinds of 100-200 with a 200 big blind ante, or late register into level 6 of Day 2abd with 400-800-800 blinds and a 75 big blind starting stack.
Players in Day 2abd will play five more two-hour levels, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8 (approximately 5:45 pm local time).
PokerNews will have complete coverage of all the World Series of Poker Main Event action from every room in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino until a winner is crowned on Wednesday, November 17.
Day 2abd Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 363,500 | 454 |
| 2 | Rittie Chuaprasert | United States | 345,700 | 432 |
| 3 | Adedapo Ajayi | United States | 340,900 | 426 |
| 4 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 319,200 | 399 |
| 5 | Zachary Grech | United States | 318,400 | 398 |
| 6 | David Fong | United States | 298,500 | 373 |
| 7 | Steve Foutty | United States | 287,000 | 359 |
| 8 | Matthew Traylor | United States | 279,500 | 349 |
| 9 | Maxime Canevet | France | 277,000 | 346 |
| 10 | Fabian Quoss | Denmark | 273,800 | 342 |
, Uselis checked-called his 12,200 stack after MacKinnon continued for 25,000 and the two players tabled their hands. 
turn improved his hand to trips. 
on the river which completed Broadway for MacKinnon and ended Uselis' Main Event.
on the board, 2021 Ladies Event Champion Lara Eisenberg bet 2,000 from early position. Robert Cowen called. 
and Eisenberg continued for 7,000. Cohen thought for a moment before tossing his cards in the muck to give Eisenberg the early pot.
, JJ Liu check-raised a bet and call of 4,500 from Melanie Weisner and Sam Grafton to 30,000. Only Weisner called to see a river card of the 
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for a winning flush to drag a huge pot, putting her stack at approximately 300,000 chips.
on the board, James Duncan bet 15,000 from early position. Mike Matusow three-bet shoved for around 62,000 and Duncan went into the tank. 
for Duncan and Matusow pumped his fists for the big double in early Day 2 action.
and the aces held to knock Gross out of the tournament in the early part of Day 2. 
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