Day 2 of Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em BOUNTY has concluded. Earlier today 264 players returned, but only 29 remain. Will Berry and Brandon Cantu were the top two stacks entering the day and both players were eliminated before the dinner break. Joseph Cheong was eliminated late in the day, but managed to collect 10 bounties to add to his payday.
Harrison Gimbel is the current chip leader going into day 3 with 1,085,000 and close behind is Marc Foggin (982,000).
Other big stacks include Tobias Peters (963,000) and Jiri Horak (943,000).
A number of notables are still in the field including Jake Bazeley (904,000), Tom Hall (875,000), Govert Metaal (792,000), and Mike Linster (404,000).
The 29 remaining players will return Wednesday at 12pm and will play until we reach a winner.
A WSOP gold bracelet and a $266,646 first-place prize is up for grabs so be sure to keep an eye on PokerNews.com for all of the live updates from the World Series of Poker.
Derek Bowen just moved tables and found himself a couple seats to the left of Govert Metaal. Bowen had one of the larger stacks in the room with around 435,000. After moving to his new table, Metaal was the only player that covered him with about 460,000. Little did they know they would soon get involved in a monster pot with each other.
The two players got all of their chips into the middle preflop, and it was Metaal that had the better hand. Metaal tabled , while Bowen showed . The board ran out , and Metaal's aces held up to give a huge chip lead. Bowen, on the other hand, was sent to the cage in disappointment.
Mike Linster has been busy early in Day 2, building a chip stack up to nearly 200,000. Most of it came from the early chip leader in Brandon Cantu as he slid down to around 160,000 chips. Then the two players played a monster pot with each other.
Linster opened the pot with a raise and Cantu looked down at two face cards and three-bet to 15,000, saying afterward he did not know what they were at the time. Linster made a four-bet to 46,500, forcing Cantu to now look at which face cards were in his hand. After taking a full look at his cards and giving some thought to his next move, Cantu shipped all in for around 162,000. Linster instantly called, tabling while Cantu rolled over .
The flop was and Cantu was nearly drawing dead. The on the turn sealed the deal and the on the river completed the board. Linster eliminated Cantu and took over the chip lead with over 350,000 now.
Day 2 is about to get underway in Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'Em BOUNTY at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The action is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. local time with 264 players returning from Day 1.
Will Berry leads the field into the second day after bagging 219,700 chips. Another player returning to a big stack is Brandon Cantu, a two-time WSOP bracelet winner, with 216,500. Cantu has over $4 million in career earnings and is looking to add that in this event.
When the action gets underway with Level 11, the blinds will be at 600/1,200 with a 200 ante. There will be 10-and-a-half levels of play today with a 15-minute break at the end of every two levels and a 60-minute break at the end of the sixth level. At the end of the day, the remaining players will bag and tag to return on Day 3 for their shot at the $266,646 first place prize and a WSOP gold bracelet.
There are still many notables to keep an eye on throughout the rest of the event, and you can keep up-to-date with all of the action by following the coverage from the PokerNews reporting team right here.