Beim zweiten Event des gestrigen Starttages der WSOP 2015 kamen ebenfalls die NLH Fans auf ihre Kosten. Für ein Buy-in von $5.000 konnte man sich einen Seat kaufen und 422 nutzten diese Möglichkeit. Im Preispool liegen $1.983.400 und auf den Sieger warten stolze $466.120.
Am besten lief es am Starttag des 4-Tages Event für den US-Amerikaner Darryl Ronconi, er führt mit 211.100 Chips vor Ludovic Geilich mit 194.000 Chips. Der in London lebende Pro hat deutsche Wurzeln und unserem PokerToday Moderator Jens Knossalla schon des Öfteren ein Interview gegeben.
Der beste „echte“ deutschsprachige Spieler im Turnier ist nach Tag 1 Martin Finger mit 79.200, danach Koray Aldemir aus Wien mit 56.800, gefolgt von Sebastian Pauli mit 47.800 Chips und der High Roller Fabian Quoss mit 43.000 Chips. Wie zu erwarten sind zahlreiche Superstars der Poker-Szene bei diesem Turnier angetreten. So haben die WSOP ME Sieger Greg Merson, Jonathan Duhamel und Martin Jacobson den ersten Tag überlebt. Zudem kommen morgen Joseph Cheong, Brian Rast, Jay Farber, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Somerville, Scott Seiver, Tony Dunst, uvm. noch im Rennen.
Noch sind 171 Spieler im Turnier und ab Platz 45 startet der Min-Cash in Höhe von $9.381.
Anbei die Chipcounts für Tag 2:
| RANK | PLAYER | CITY / STATE / COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
| 1 | Darryl Ronconi | NAPERVILLE, IL, US | 211,100 |
| 2 | Ludovic Geilich | GB | 194,000 |
| 3 | Joe Ebanks | STOW, OH, US | 187,000 |
| 4 | Rong Li | Las Vegas, NV, US | 180,000 |
| 5 | Tommaso Briotti | ROME, , IT | 178,800 |
| 6 | Jeremiah Fitzpatrick | CHARLOTTE, NC, US | 174,700 |
| 7 | Martin Jacobson | STOCKHOLM, , SE | 173,800 |
| 8 | Nick Rampone | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 160,000 |
| 9 | Sebastian Saffari | LONDON, GB | 143,500 |
| 10 | Steve Merrifield | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 141,700 |
| 11 | Jonathan Jaffe | LONGMEADOW, MA, US | 140,500 |
| 12 | Jack Schanbacher | PITTSBURGH, PA, US | 139,300 |
| 13 | Barry Hutter | Hollywood, FL, US | 136,500 |
| 14 | John Gale | BUSHEY HEATH, , EE | 121,300 |
| 15 | Joshua Beckley | Marlton, NJ, US | 113,600 |
| 16 | Hans Winzeler | MIAMI, FL, US | 113,100 |
| 17 | Joseph Cheong | LA MIRADA, CA, US | 111,500 |
| 18 | Dylan Hortin | ANTHEM, AZ, US | 111,000 |
| 19 | Adam Geyer | AUSTIN, TX, US | 109,100 |
| 20 | Sam Greenwood | TORONTO, ON, CA | 107,900 |
| 21 | Greg Merson | LAUREL, MD, US | 100,600 |
| 22 | Rajaee Wazwaz | BROOKLYN PARK, MN, US | 97,900 |
| 23 | Charles Klapproth | Midland, TX, US | 97,000 |
| 24 | Francis Obadun | IR | 94,600 |
| 25 | Scott Eskenazi | MERCER ISLAND, WA, US | 93,400 |
| 26 | Oliver Price | London, GB | 90,200 |
| 27 | Ryan Schanck | Las Vegas, NV, US | 87,700 |
| 28 | Amir Lehavot | IL | 85,800 |
| 29 | Geoffrey Rasmussen | ST PETERSBURG, FL, US | 82,900 |
| 30 | Antonio Esfandiari | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 82,900 |
| 31 | Keith Love | DENVER, CO, US | 81,700 |
| 32 | Jordan Cristos | PALMDALE, CA, US | 81,500 |
| 33 | Thomas Lutz | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 80,000 |
| 34 | Bryn Kenney | LONG BEACH, NY, US | 80,000 |
| 35 | Randal Flowers | WINTERVILLE, NC, US | 79,600 |
| 36 | Martin Finger | VIENNA, AT | 79,200 |
| 37 | Patricio Jimenez | NUEVO LEON, , MX | 78,700 |
| 38 | Scott Baumstein | NEW YORK, NY, US | 78,600 |
| 39 | Andy Frankenberger | NEW YORK, NY, US | 78,500 |
| 40 | Brian Rast | Las Vegas, NV, US | 78,300 |
| 41 | Robert Bitner | Virginia Beach, VA, US | 77,900 |
| 42 | Jesse Martin | SHREWSBURY, MA, US | 77,500 |
| 43 | Jeremy Wien | Mount Kisco, NY, US | 77,400 |
| 44 | Bryan Piccioli | ALLEGANY, NY, US | 77,200 |
| 45 | Long Nguyen | HOUSTON, TX, US | 77,200 |
| 46 | Kevin Schulz | CHICAGO, IL, US | 77,000 |
| 47 | Gal Yifrach | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 76,900 |
| 48 | Corey Hochman | PHOENIX, AZ, US | 76,100 |
| 49 | Jason Berilgen | HOUSTON, TX, US | 76,000 |
| 50 | Byron Kaverman | COLUMBUS, OH, US | 74,300 |
| 51 | Eddy Sabat | Los Angeles, CA, US | 73,700 |
| 52 | Dominique Mosley | MIAMI, FL, US | 72,900 |
| 53 | John Roveto | DULUTH, GA, US | 72,800 |
| 54 | Dong Kim | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 72,500 |
| 55 | James Mackey | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 72,200 |
| 56 | Christian Harder | ANNAPOLIS, MD, US | 72,100 |
| 57 | Steve Foutty | MILL VALLEY, CA, US | 72,000 |
| 58 | Stephen Chidwick | DEAL, , GB | 71,700 |
| 59 | Mike Gorodinsky | ST. LOUIS, MO, US | 71,100 |
| 60 | Brian Altman | LONGMEADOW, MA, US | 70,900 |
| 61 | Julian Parmann | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 70,700 |
| 62 | Connor Drinan | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, US | 70,000 |
| 63 | Faraz Jaka | SAN JOSE, CA, US | 68,300 |
| 64 | Sam Soverel | West Palm Beach, FL, US | 67,600 |
| 65 | Shaan Yuhas | Warner Robins, GA, US | 67,500 |
| 66 | Simon Deadman | NOTTINGHAM, GB | 67,400 |
| 67 | Luis Duarte | Riode Saneiro, , BR | 65,900 |
| 68 | Craig McCorkell | WEST SUSSEX, GB | 65,200 |
| 69 | Ankush Mandavia | KENNESAW, GA, US | 64,400 |
| 70 | Justin Schwartz | Milford, CT, US | 64,300 |
| 71 | Kevin MacPhee | COEUR D ALENE, ID, US | 64,000 |
| 72 | David Sands | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 63,400 |
| 73 | Brian Hastings | HANOVER TOWNSHIP, PA, US | 63,100 |
| 74 | Tony Gargano | STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, US | 61,100 |
| 75 | Mukul Pahuja | Coconut Creek, FL, US | 61,100 |
| 76 | Michael Moore | AGAR, SD, US | 60,700 |
| 77 | Jeremy Ausmus | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 59,300 |
| 78 | Michael Wang | LIVINGSTON, NJ, US | 58,100 |
| 79 | Daniel Mcaulay | Glasgow, GB | 57,700 |
| 80 | Michael Brenden | MAPLE VALLEY, WA, US | 57,400 |
| 81 | Koray Aldemir | Vienna, , AT | 56,800 |
| 82 | Steve Karp | North Miami Beach, , US | 56,800 |
| 83 | Roberto Romanello | Swansea, , GB | 56,000 |
| 84 | Steven Wolansky | COOPER CITY, FL, US | 55,700 |
| 85 | Ryan Van Sanford | Colorado Springs, CO, US | 55,500 |
| 86 | Carl Westcott | DALLAS, TX, US | 54,900 |
| 87 | Alex Bolotin | BROOKLYN, NY, US | 54,700 |
| 88 | Elton Beebe | RIDGELAND, MS, US | 53,200 |
| 89 | Anthony Harb | CANTON, MI, US | 50,900 |
| 90 | Adam Koplan | San Francisco, CA, US | 50,700 |
| 91 | Patrick Leonard | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, , GB | 50,600 |
| 92 | Jason Wheeler | CHICAGO, IL, US | 50,300 |
| 93 | Joseph McKeehen | North Wales, PA, US | 49,900 |
| 94 | Kyle Welsh | Parker, AZ, US | 49,200 |
| 95 | Dan Shak | Las Vegas, NV, US | 48,800 |
| 96 | Jonathan Job | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 48,300 |
| 97 | Sebastian Pauli | Dortmund, DE | 47,800 |
| 98 | Adam Levy | CORAL SPRINGS, FL, US | 47,600 |
| 99 | Ryan Franklin | VERO BEACH, FL, US | 47,000 |
| 100 | Dmitry Chop | UA | 46,900 |
| 101 | Shaun Davis | LA MESA, CA, US | 46,800 |
| 102 | Jeremy Kottler | SANTA MONICA, CA, US | 46,200 |
| 103 | Austin Lewis | WACO, TX, US | 45,000 |
| 104 | Darren Rabinowitz | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 44,900 |
| 105 | Maria Ho | ARCADIA, CA, US | 44,600 |
| 106 | Tony Gregg | COLUMBIA, MD, US | 44,300 |
| 107 | Fabian Quoss | MUNICH, , DE | 43,000 |
| 108 | Nick Phoenix | VENICE, CA, US | 41,500 |
| 109 | Justin Conley | PRESTONBURG, KY, US | 41,100 |
| 110 | Hunter Frey | HOUSTON, TX, US | 41,000 |
| 111 | Jay Farber | SANTA BARBARA, CA, US | 40,900 |
| 112 | Hiren Patel | CAROL STREAM, IL, US | 40,500 |
| 113 | James Carroll | HENDERSON, NV, US | 40,100 |
| 114 | Felix Stephensen | Oslo, NO | 39,800 |
| 115 | John Racener | PORT RICHEY, FL, US | 38,900 |
| 116 | Isaac Baron | Menlo Park, CA, US | 38,200 |
| 117 | Roland Israelashvili | Forest Hills, NY, US | 37,700 |
| 118 | Andrew Lichtenberger | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 37,500 |
| 119 | Anthony Spinella | WAXHAW, NC, US | 37,200 |
| 120 | Corrie Wunstel | BATON ROUGE, LA, US | 37,000 |
| 121 | Marc Macdonnell | Dublin, , IE | 36,500 |
| 122 | Artur Koren | ROYAL OAK, MI, US | 36,000 |
| 123 | John Dolan | Bonita Springs, FL, US | 35,500 |
| 124 | Phillip Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA, US | 34,500 |
| 125 | Amit Makhija | BROOKFIELD, WI, US | 34,400 |
| 126 | Chris Johnson | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 34,400 |
| 127 | Jonathan Duhamel | BOUCHERVILLE, QC, CA | 34,100 |
| 128 | Artem Metalidi | Kiev, UA | 33,100 |
| 129 | Nam Le | TUSTIN, CA, US | 32,700 |
| 130 | Joe Kuether | ELM GROVE, WI, US | 32,500 |
| 131 | Ryan Olisar | NAPERVILLE, IL, US | 32,500 |
| 132 | Nikita Lebedev | MOSCOW, , RS | 32,400 |
| 133 | Brian Park | LOS ALTOS, CA, US | 32,100 |
| 134 | Chris Moorman | BENFLEET, GB | 32,000 |
| 135 | Jason Somerville | STONY BROOK, NY, US | 31,700 |
| 136 | Aaron Massey | Elmwood Park, IL, US | 28,800 |
| 137 | Jason Les | COSTA MESA, CA, US | 27,600 |
| 138 | David Powers | SAN DIEGO, CA, US | 27,500 |
| 139 | Joshua Field | VILLA PARK, CA, US | 27,000 |
| 140 | Tony Cousineau | DAYTONA BEACH, FL, US | 26,000 |
| 141 | Daniel Weinman | ATLANTA, GA, US | 25,800 |
| 142 | Seth Davies | BEND, OR, US | 25,700 |
| 143 | Lee Markholt | EATONVILLE, WA, US | 25,100 |
| 144 | Jared Hamby | HENDERSON, NV, US | 25,000 |
| 145 | Cristiano Guerra | ROME, , IT | 24,900 |
| 146 | John Thrower | Cumming, GA, US | 24,600 |
| 147 | Harrison Gimbel | MILWAUKEE, WI, US | 24,200 |
| 148 | Noah Schwartz | Sunny Isles Beach, FL, US | 22,500 |
| 149 | John Hennigan | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 22,000 |
| 150 | Dan Sindelar | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 21,200 |
| 151 | Brandon Shane | SAGAMORE HLS, OH, US | 20,900 |
| 152 | Brian Yoon | TORRANCE, CA, US | 20,600 |
| 153 | Chad Eveslage | Ramsey, IN, US | 20,200 |
| 154 | Kristijonas Andrulis | KEDAINIAI, LT | 20,000 |
| 155 | Dan Martin | KLAMATH FALLS, OR, US | 19,800 |
| 156 | Richard Harroch | SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US | 18,800 |
| 157 | Mark Radoja | GUELPH, ON, CA | 18,000 |
| 158 | Zachary Gruneberg | BOALSBURG, PA, US | 17,000 |
| 159 | Sam Stein | HENDERSON, NV, US | 15,700 |
| 160 | Jake Cody | ROCHDALE, , GB | 15,600 |
| 161 | Jesse Yaginuma | SILVER SPRING, MD, US | 15,200 |
| 162 | Kristina Holst | PALO ALTO, CA, US | 13,700 |
| 163 | Ryan Riess | Plantation, FL, US | 13,200 |
| 164 | John Dwyer | LONDON, , GB | 11,800 |
| 165 | Justin Zaki | Tampa, FL, US | 11,100 |
| 166 | Ryan Colley | Oklahoma City, OK, US | 9,400 |
| 167 | David Benefield | ARLINGTON, TX, US | 8,400 |
| 168 | Ilya Krupin | Novosibirsk, , RU | 4,600 |
| 169 | Daniel Howell | Denver, CO, US | 1 |
| 170 | Ronald Lee | BROOKLYN, NY, US | 1 |
| 171 | Dan Smith | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 1 |
