Peters Short as 55 Players Return for Day 2 of Event #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
After twenty-one 30-minute levels, only 55 return from the 1,350 entrants to battle for the bulk of the $3,599,160 prize pool in Event #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em of the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
Action will resume at 2 p.m. local time in Bally's Gold section. Blinds will start at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante as levels will extend to 40 minutes for Day 2.
Players who survived Day 1 include four-time bracelet winner and high stakes regular David Peters, who will return with just 515,000 chips. Other notables include bracelet winner Pete Chen (960,000), Landon Tice, (995,000) and Darren Elias (435,000).
Some fell towards the end of the Day 1 including Alex Foxen, Ben Heath, and Nick Marchington, who were all eliminated after having secured a spot in the money. Pro footballer Neymar Jr. was in the field for two bullets but failed to make the money.
There are also many bracelet winners returning along with Peters and Chen including Dylan Linde (1,910,000), Taylor Paur (1,660,000), Keith Lehr (1,510,000), Davidi Kitai (1,470,000), Dmitry Yurasov (1,420,000), David Pham (695,000), Barry Hutter (660,000), Thom Werthmann (310,000) , andJim Collopy (160,000).
However, it is German Nino Ullmann (2,565,000) who enters Day 2 as the chip leader followed by Canadians Rayan Chamas (2,500,000) and Vanessa Kade (2,290,000). They along with the 52 others will be looking to take that top prize of $594,079 and the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all the action in the World Series of Poker Event #33: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em until they reach a winner.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nino Ullmann | Germany | 2,565,000 | 85 |
| 2 | Rayan Chamas | Canada | 2,500,000 | 83 |
| 3 | Vanessa Kade | Canada | 2,290,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 2,170,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Abbas Heidari | United States | 2,145,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 2,085,000 | 69 |
| 7 | Dylan Linde | United States | 1,910,000 | 64 |
| 8 | Taylor Paur | United States | 1,660,000 | 55 |
| 9 | Joseph Antar | Australia | 1,650,000 | 55 |
| 10 | Alexandre Moreau | France | 1,540,000 | 51 |