WSOP Main Event Day 2

2,031 players started day 2a and 2,490 started day 2b. Around 1,900 players made it to day 3 where the two remaining flights will combine and everyone in the main event will be playing at the same time for the fist time.

Aleksandr Mozhnyakov was the day 2a chipleader with a little under 480k and who else but Ben Lamb is heading up the remainder of the field from 2b with over 550k in chips. Usually there is some over the top guy with a huge stack in the early days who ends up donking it off it day 4 or 5, but this is Ben Lamb - you have to think he's going to know how to put that stacks to good use, especially when things get tighter towards the money. Kevin Saul (BelowAbove, can't be bothered with all the zero's and stuff) also finished day 2b with a huge stack of just over 540k, and again, he's a force when he has an average stack let alone several times the average. Patrik Antonius is another notable who made day 3 with a healthy stack, he has over 360k.

As always there are stacks of amateur players left in the field and while deep runs for well known pros certainly look hopeful, I'm sure we can expect another Darvin Moon to take the chip lead at some point.

Wednesday is a break for the WSOP so the action continues on Thursday with day 3.


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