Only 331 Remain as Players Combine From Three Flights in Event #75: $1,500 The Closer; Deeb Looks to Put a Hammerlock on Player of the Year
Of the 3,120 players who started in Event #75: $1,500 The Closer, only 331 remain. Leading the way after the three starting flights is Jeffrey Tanouye who bagged 601,000 on Day 1b of play. Following close behind Tanouye are the likes of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who bagged up 583,000 on Day 1a and Allen Kessler who bagged 576,000 on Day 1c. They will join the rest of the survivors on the final day of play here in one of the final bracelet events of the summer.
Among others who are returning for Day 2 of action are the likes of Shaun Deeb and John Hennigan. Deeb and Hennigan are both chasing points for the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race. Deeb is currently leading after taking down his second bracelet of the summer just a few days ago, and his fourth all-time bracelet, and leads by a wide margin but Hennigan sits in second place after winning a bracelet this summer paired with a second place finish in the Poker Players Championship. Both are still alive in this tournament and have locked up a cash and will look to laddered up on Day 2.
Other's returning for Day 2 include the likes of Loni Harwood, Jonathan Tamayo, Leif Force, Rep Porter, Joe Cada, Niall Farrell, Mohsin Charania, Chris Moorman, Ben Keeline, Berry Hutter, Tristian Wade, David "ODB" Baker, Krzysztof Stybaniewicz, David Paredes, Joe Kuether, Joe Serock, John Dolan and Ryan Olisar just to name a few.
Action is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. with the plan to play down to a winner by the end of play on Sunday. Players will begin in level 19 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 with an ante of 1,000. PokerNews will be here from dawn til dusk bringing action from this tournament from start to finish so be sure to stay tuned so you don't miss a thing.