The middle position player, Dominic Feldman moved all in for about 250,000. The cutoff, Qiang Xu, three-bet to 400,000 and the button, Edwin Chang pushed all of his chips in the middle for 455,000. Three players were sweating the board.
2021 WSOP Main Event Champion Koray Aldemir opened in middle position to 60,000 and the big blind player called.
On the flop J♣K♣9♦, action went wild. Aldemir continuation-bet to 45,000 and his opponent check raised to 105,000. But Aldemir didn't let it go and reraised to 280,000. This time his opponent believed him and folded.
Day 2 of Event 42: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack kicks off today at 10 a.m. here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Only 238 of the starting field of 3,773 entrants remain in contention, having locked up at least $1,977 each out of the $2,659,712 prize pool after they invested just $800 to be here. First place pays $339,033 and a shiny new World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Action will be the name of the game with Chino Rheem in the chip lead (2,450,000) who will bring exciting dynamics to the day as he pursues his first WSOP bracelet. Pat Lyons (2,360,000) who is no stranger to navigating big fields will be providing Rheem with some fierce competition. Antoine Saout (1,620,000) is also in the top ten and this crusher from France holds an impressive array of victories in his poker career.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Chino Rheem
United States
2,450,000
82
2
Pat Lyons
United States
2,360,000
79
3
Paul Grande
United States
2,055,000
69
4
Li Yan
China
1,815,000
61
5
Antoine Saout
France
1,620,000
54
6
Alphonsus Yoon
Canada
1,600,000
53
7
Ryan Goindoo
Trinidad & Tobago
1,600,000
53
8
Tsubasa Sasaki
Japan
1,595,000
53
9
Camille Brown
United States
1,535,000
51
10
David Bullinger
United States
1,520,000
51
Pat Lyons
Some notables returning to Day 2 to compete are Eric Baldwin, Ryan Riess, Koray Aldemir, Mike Leah, Dan Shak, Anthony Marquez, Blair Hinkle, Leo Margets and Tommy Nguyen.
Ryan Reiss
Play will resume on Monday June 19th at 10 a.m. local time at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Levels will be 30 minutes with a 15-minute break every four levels and a dinner break to be determined. Blinds will begin at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante. This will play until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all of the action as the day unfolds.
