Tag Zwei des Rekordevents #8 der diesjährigen WSOP ist beendet. 178 Spieler überlebten den Tag und dürfen weiterhin noch auf das Preisgeld von stolzen $1.319.587 für den Erstplatzierten hoffen. Mit Yuliyan Kolev und Jonathan Dimmig erspielten sich gleich zwei Teilnehmer den Chiplead und starten am morgigen Tag 3 als Favoriten.
Aus unseren Breitengraden musste sich Khiem Nguyen bereits vorzeitig verabschieden. Für ihn war auf Rang 89 Endstation. Mit Greg Mueller (Foto) finden wir noch einen alten Bekannten in den Chipcounts. Der ehemalige Eishockeyspieler aus Vancouver ist gebürtiger Schaffhausener und hat damit immerhin deutschsprachige Wurzeln. Er geht Morgen mit 107.000 an Chips von Rang 136 aus ins Rennen starten.
Schlag auf Schlag ging es an Tag 2 beim $1.500 Event #8. Bereits nach den ersten beiden Leveln mussten ungefähr 600 der 1.466 wiedergekehrten Spieler den Weg zur Rail antreten. 30 Minuten später ist auch schon die Bubble geplatzt. Zwei Spieler wurden gleichzeitig eliminiert und so gab es für die beiden immerhin noch einen halben Min-Cash.
178 Spieler der ehemals 7.977 Teilnehmer überlebten letztendlich den Tag des Rekordevents. Den Chiplead teilen sich Yuliyan Kolev und Jonathan Dimmig. Beide tüteten exakt 632.000 Chips ein und haben damit die besten Chancen sich zum Millionär zu machen.
WSOP Event #8A NLHE
Buy-In: $1.500
Preispool: $10.768.950
Teilnehmer: 7.977
Verbliebende Spieler: 178
Chipcounts:
| Rang | Spieler | Herkunft | Chipcount |
| 1 | Yuliyan Kolev | SOFIA, , BG | 632,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Dimmig | AMHERST, NY, US | 632,000 |
| 3 | Bart Lybaert | Meihelen, , BO | 615,000 |
| 4 | Andrew Oh | Fullerton, ca, US | 593,000 |
| 5 | Ron Jenkins | SOUTH EL MONTE, CA, US | 584,000 |
| 6 | Steven Moseley | Boston, MA, US | 568,000 |
| 7 | Sean Prendiville | Dublin, , IR | 520,000 |
| 8 | Carmen Evola | SPARTANBURG, SC, US | 425,000 |
| 9 | Nathaniel Falber | Sao Paulo, , BR | 417,000 |
| 10 | Christoph Csik | Martinsville, NJ, US | 402,000 |
| 11 | Chris DeMaci | STANTON, CA, US | 396,000 |
| 12 | David Fong | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 393,000 |
| 13 | Daniel Jones | Austin, TX, US | 388,000 |
| 14 | James Mackey | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 387,000 |
| 15 | Christopher Gaddi | Buffalo, NY, US | 380,000 |
| 16 | Ronald Mcginnity | Kingston, MA, US | 378,000 |
| 17 | Curt Kohlberg | WESTON, MA, US | 372,000 |
| 18 | Tleuzhan Jumakov | Almaty, , KZ | 367,000 |
| 19 | Idris Gencoglu | VANCOUVER, BC, CA | 354,000 |
| 20 | Andrew Teng | LONDON, , GB | 351,000 |
| 21 | Bassel Assi | HOUSTON, TX, US | 342,000 |
| 22 | Stewart Newman | WESTON, FL, US | 340,000 |
| 23 | Griffin Paul | Northridge, CA, US | 336,000 |
| 24 | Thomas Couture | Greene, ME, US | 333,000 |
| 25 | Diane Roznik | Ellensburg, WA, US | 329,000 |
| 26 | Pejman Niyati | PLANO, TX, US | 325,000 |
| 27 | Christopher Neal | Okmulgee, OK, US | 324,000 |
| 28 | Jonathan D’Souza | Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue, QC, CA | 322,000 |
| 29 | Andrew Dick | Saint Paul, MN, US | 322,000 |
| 30 | Cory Carlson | Ukiah, CA, US | 321,000 |
| 31 | Jason Johnson | Pontiac, MI, US | 317,000 |
| 32 | Joseph Salvaggi | RICHMOND HTS, OH, US | 314,000 |
| 33 | Patrick Chan | BROOKLYN, NY, US | 304,000 |
| 34 | Ilkin Amirov | BAKU, , AZ | 302,000 |
| 35 | Wenlin Wang | CL | 299,000 |
| 36 | Jeff Sluzinski | HENDERSON, NV, US | 299,000 |
| 37 | Jose Galindo | SAN ANTONIO, TX, US | 294,000 |
| 38 | Gennady Shimelfarb | APPLE VALLEY, MN, US | 292,000 |
| 39 | Ted Lawson | HENDERSON, NV, US | 290,000 |
| 40 | Christopher Thompson | Naples, FL, US | 287,000 |
| 41 | Laurence Samet | Wellesley, MA, US | 286,000 |
| 42 | Dwyte Pilgrim | BROOKLYN, NY, US | 274,000 |
| 43 | Chris Savage | TACOMA, WA, US | 273,500 |
| 44 | Ashly Butler | NEW ORLEANS, LA, US | 266,000 |
| 45 | David Schnettler | SAN DIEGO, CA, US | 259,000 |
| 46 | Maurice Hawkins | West Palm Beach, FL, US | 254,000 |
| 47 | Allan Cook | Duarte, CA, US | 252,000 |
| 48 | John Moore | COLUMBIA, MD, US | 249,000 |
| 49 | Richard Ajemian | Lake Katrine, NY, US | 245,000 |
| 50 | Chris Wa | TEMPLE CITY, CA, US | 245,000 |
| 51 | Bradley Anderson | Missoula, MT, US | 241,000 |
| 52 | James Duke | HOUSTON, TX, US | 240,000 |
| 53 | Athanasios Polychronopoulo | SPRINGS, NY, US | 239,000 |
| 54 | Teresa Hemingway | Aurora, CO, US | 237,000 |
| 55 | David Wilkinson | BOULDER, CO, US | 237,000 |
| 56 | Tuyen Nguyen | YORBA LINDA, CA, US | 234,000 |
| 57 | Chris Bolek | BOCA RATON, FL, US | 233,000 |
| 58 | Michael Fitzgerald | The Woodlands, TX, US | 232,000 |
| 59 | Scott O’Reilly | TORQUAY, , GB | 231,000 |
| 60 | Andrew Seidman | PORTLAND, OR, US | 229,000 |
| 61 | Brian Yoon | TORRANCE, CA, US | 224,000 |
| 62 | Raymond Wright | Atlanta, GA, US | 223,000 |
| 63 | James Giraldo | Playa Del Rey, CA, US | 223,000 |
| 64 | Aaron Kaiser | SILVER SPRING, MD, US | 220,000 |
| 65 | John Racener | PORT RICHEY, FL, US | 218,000 |
| 66 | David Randall | WESTERVILLE, OH, US | 217,000 |
| 67 | Thomas Fuller | BOULDER, CO, US | 216,000 |
| 68 | Larry Odegard | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 213,000 |
| 69 | Joseph Pergola | HENDERSON, NV, US | 212,000 |
| 70 | William Chao | Elk Grove, CA, US | 212,000 |
| 71 | Charles Randall | BARRINGTON, IL, US | 211,000 |
| 72 | Gregory Lasica | ST LOUIS PARK, MN, US | 210,000 |
| 73 | Ryan Jones | Burlington, NC, US | 205,000 |
| 74 | Jorden Fox | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 202,000 |
| 75 | Brauer Yannick | US | 201,000 |
| 76 | Jason Vanstrom | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US | 200,000 |
| 77 | Timothy Tracy | Franklin, TN, US | 196,000 |
| 78 | Matthew Livingston | NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 194,000 |
| 79 | Christopher Keller | Bismack Nd, ND, US | 191,000 |
| 80 | Jesse Martin | SHREWSBURY, MA, US | 190,000 |
| 81 | Joe Berry | WISTER, OK, US | 188,000 |
| 82 | Garrett Beckman | GARDNER, KS, US | 188,000 |
| 83 | Matthew Newcombe | ADA, OK, US | 188,000 |
| 84 | Ardie Ervin | STAUNTON, VA, US | 187,000 |
| 85 | Aditya Prasetyo | Cambridge, MA, US | 185,000 |
| 86 | Allen Kessler | Las Vegas, NV, US | 183,000 |
| 87 | Chris Klodnicki | PHILADELPHIA, PA, US | 180,000 |
| 88 | Richard Furay | COLUMBUS, OH, US | 178,000 |
| 89 | Rafiq Mohammed | CHICAGO, IL, US | 177,000 |
| 90 | Michael Minetti | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 177,000 |
| 91 | Jeremy Halaska | NORTH OLMSTED, OH, US | 175,000 |
| 92 | Patrick Truong | PFLUGERVILLE, TX, US | 166,000 |
| 93 | Michael Terronez | Colona, IL, US | 166,000 |
| 94 | Rhys Jones | FAREHAM, GB | 163,000 |
| 95 | Matt Salsberg | STUDIO CITY, CA, US | 163,000 |
| 96 | Tony Baker | LAKEWOOD, WA, US | 160,000 |
| 97 | Michael Stembera | SAN ANTONIO, TX, US | 158,000 |
| 98 | James Kirk | Alpine, TX, US | 155,000 |
| 99 | Darrell Ticehurst | HILLSBOROUGH, CA, US | 153,000 |
| 100 | Maxime Dubois | PARIS, , FR | 150,000 |
| 101 | William Davis | GRAND ISLAND, NY, US | 150,000 |
| 102 | Darwin Giles | Myrtle Point, OR, US | 150,000 |
| 103 | Andre Busato | Arapahoe, WY, US | 150,000 |
| 104 | Mark Hsu | Flushing, NY, US | 149,000 |
| 105 | Stephen Graner | HENDERSON, NV, US | 149,000 |
| 106 | Andrew Zuzolo | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 148,000 |
| 107 | Thanh Tran | Las Vegas, NV, US | 145,000 |
| 108 | William Cogan | TAMPA, FL, US | 144,000 |
| 109 | Christopher Smith | PLANO, TX, US | 144,000 |
| 110 | Kyle Ho | BC, CA | 142,000 |
| 111 | Jordan Knackstedt | CA | 141,000 |
| 112 | Robert Kessler | Athens, GA, US | 141,000 |
| 113 | Roy Duleba | N. LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 141,000 |
| 114 | Garrett Greer | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 136,000 |
| 115 | Bret Weeks | BATAVIA, IL, US | 134,000 |
| 116 | Brady Bullard | Edmond, OK, US | 132,000 |
| 117 | Robert Paddock | HOUSTON, TX, US | 131,000 |
| 118 | Rob Sciammarella | Ronkonkoma, NY, US | 129,000 |
| 119 | Albert Winchester | FALLS CHURCH, VA, US | 129,000 |
| 120 | Filip Vanherck | Lier, , BO | 127,000 |
| 121 | Michael Nye | EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA, US | 126,000 |
| 122 | Jeffrey Dewitt | REDMOND, WA, US | 123,000 |
| 123 | Scott Bosart | Marion, OH, US | 123,000 |
| 124 | John Schmitz | Las Vegas, NV, US | 122,000 |
| 125 | Nicholas Baker | Noonan, ND, US | 122,000 |
| 126 | Brian Pinkus | COVINA, CA, US | 121,000 |
| 127 | Jeffrey Schnettler | COLD SPRING, MN, US | 117,000 |
| 128 | John Marlowe | SAINT PAUL, MN, US | 117,000 |
| 129 | Sean Berrios | Anchorage, AK, US | 116,000 |
| 130 | Hugo Perez | PLANO, TX, US | 116,000 |
| 131 | Robert Noel | JOHNSTOWN, PA, US | 115,000 |
| 132 | Ryan Reisner | NEW BERLIN, WI, US | 114,000 |
| 133 | Mike Phu | EL MONTE, CA, US | 108,000 |
| 134 | James Nguyen | Portland, ME, US | 107,000 |
| 135 | Kim Lam | San Gabriel, CA, US | 107,000 |
| 136 | Greg Mueller | VANCOUVER, BC, CA | 107,000 |
| 137 | Richard Mirin | BOULDER, CO, US | 107,000 |
| 138 | Ramin Piro | TURLOCK, CA, US | 104,000 |
| 139 | Greg Hobson | PORTLAND, OR, US | 104,000 |
| 140 | Geoffrey Campion | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 103,000 |
| 141 | Buck Ramsay | HAMILTON, ON, CA | 102,000 |
| 142 | Jaime Kaplan | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 100,000 |
| 143 | Geoffrey Desobry | BETHESDA, MD, US | 100,000 |
| 144 | Gabriel Paul | NORTHBROOK, IL, US | 98,000 |
| 145 | Andre Dyonisio | MISSION VIEJO, CA, US | 95,000 |
| 146 | Larry Quang | El Monte, CA, US | 95,000 |
| 147 | James Bucci | HOLLYWOOD, MD, US | 93,000 |
| 148 | Nathan Tuthill | FREDERICKSBRG, VA, US | 92,000 |
| 149 | Orez Mokedi | Castaic, CA, US | 92,000 |
| 150 | Jonathan Gray | ABINGTON, MA, US | 91,000 |
| 151 | Christopher Mazzawi | Toronto, ON, CA | 91,000 |
| 152 | Kevin Gattes | Las Vegas, NV, US | 90,000 |
| 153 | Omar Mehmood | FOSTER CITY, CA, US | 89,000 |
| 154 | Derek Dempsey | PITTSBURGH, PA, US | 85,000 |
| 155 | Adam Sadick | San Diego, CA, US | 82,000 |
| 156 | Joel Tushnet | Tarzana, CA, US | 80,000 |
| 157 | Colby Burleson | North Salt Lake, UT, US | 77,000 |
| 158 | Brian Surber | Longview, TX, US | 76,000 |
| 159 | Derek Geise | FT JENNINGS, OH, US | 73,000 |
| 160 | Jeffrey Yarchever | COSTA MESA, CA, US | 70,000 |
| 161 | Chad Eveslage | Ramsey, IN, US | 70,000 |
| 162 | Russell Spaid | PIERRE, SD, US | 68,000 |
| 163 | Khoa Ha | Westminster, CA, US | 66,000 |
| 164 | Kenny Hsiung | PICO RIVERA, CA, US | 65,000 |
| 165 | Paul Pirrone | SAN MARCOS, CA, US | 64,000 |
| 166 | Pfizer Jordan | ZION, IL, US | 63,000 |
| 167 | Jason Leifer | Las Vegas, NV, US | 62,000 |
| 168 | James Pritchard | DULUTH, GA, US | 62,000 |
| 169 | Eric Dawson | Weatherford, TX, US | 59,000 |
| 170 | Lauren Billings | BROOKLYN, NY, US | 54,000 |
| 171 | Cylus Watson | MADBURY, NH, US | 50,000 |
| 172 | Matt Brady | UPPER DARBY, PA, US | 45,000 |
| 173 | Christopher Hyden | ST PETERSBURG, FL, US | 44,000 |
| 174 | David Petrus | ROANOKE, VA, US | 43,000 |
| 175 | Timothy Link | Wright City, MO, US | 30,000 |
| 176 | Guowei Zhang | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US | 14,000 |
| 177 | Amir Lehavot | IL | 12,000 |
| 178 | Jeffrey Coburn | Chino Hills, CA, US | 1 |
