Day 2 of Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Begins at 10 AM
Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout here at the World Series of Poker hosted by Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas received a tremendous turn out with 2,046 total entries, which is only made more impressive when considering each competitor is only allowed a single entry. That field was whittled down to just 188 hopefuls by the time of bag 'n’ tag.
A total prize pool of $2,731,410 was generated and all eyes will be on the $406,403 for first place.
Ending the evening with the chip lead just shy of a million chips was Hao Zhou, who was closely followed by the likes of Turbo Nguyen and Taylor Paur, who also bagged commanding stacks.
Plenty of others remain in contention including Chino Rheem, Jonas Wexler, Mustapha Kanit, and Johnnie “Vibes” Moreno moving into Day 2 with workable stacks. The latter two were seated together for a large portion of the day but seemed to avoid clashing directly.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hao Zhou | United States | 970,000 | 121 |
| 2 | Taylor Paur | United States | 876,000 | 110 |
| 3 | Turbo Nguyen | United States | 850,000 | 106 |
| 4 | Tzur Levy | Israel | 818,000 | 102 |
| 5 | Mario Navarro | United Kingdom | 810,000 | 101 |
| 6 | Peter Nigh | United States | 728,000 | 91 |
| 7 | Jonas Wexler | United States | 670,000 | 84 |
| 8 | Ugur Secilmis | Turkey | 670,000 | 84 |
| 9 | Rene Lazaro | Hungary | 661,000 | 83 |
| 10 | Samuel Bifarella | France | 659,000 | 82 |
Play will resume at the Horseshoe Event Center on June 13th at 10 a.m. local time and blinds will be at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante, with 60-minute levels.
Stay tuned in to PokerNews for the conclusion of this event and updates on all the other WSOP bracelet tournaments!