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Jean-Noel Thorel Bags Day 2B Chip Lead; Faraz Jaka, Jesse Lonis Follow
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WSOP Paradise continued today from Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas, with Day 2B of Event#11: $25,000 Super Main Event.

After more than 15 hours of play, French superstar

put 21,000,000 chips in the bag to claim the title of Day 2B chip leader. Not far behind Thorel is

, who made a late-day surge to finish near the top of the leaderboard, and rounding out the podium is

, who steadily built his stack throughout the day, but also found momentum during the late stages of the tournament.

A total of 318 Day 1C and 1D survivors started the flight, but with registration remaining open through the first three levels, that number would more than double. Over 120 players max late-reg’d, causing around a 45-minute delay to get everyone seated. When the cards got back in the air, 673 entrants filled the room to bring the total number over four starting flights to 2,891, smashing the guarantee, and creating a record-breaking prize pool worth $72,275,000.

The field returned from dinner break six eliminations from the money, so the floor staff made the decision to launch into hand-for-hand play.

would exit on the soft bubble, then

and

chopped the stone bubble to split a min-cash after being eliminated in the same hand, but on different tables.

From there it was a march to 94, the number of players who would bag for Day 3.

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all fell in the money shortly after the bubble.

However, players who ended up finding a bag include

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A total of 202 survivors will gather in the Atlantis Grand Ballroom for Day 3 on Tuesday, December 16th, at noon local time. Play will resume at Level 21, with blinds 1,000/2,000 (2,000), and the plan for the day will be to play down to 24 players.

Keep it tuned here for wall-to-wall coverage of WSOP Paradise.

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The Super Main Event Live Stream Continues on the WSOP YouTube Channel
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The Super Main Event live stream continues into the early hours of Tuesday morning with Henry Kilbane and Randy Lew on the comms.

Currently featured is

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Jonathan Little Falls Shy of Day 3
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was seen exiting the ballroom, falling just short of making Day 3.

Brandon Adams Eliminated by Sergio Aido
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was all in under the gun for 825,000 against

in the hijack.

Adams:

Aido:

Aido pulled ahead right away on the

flop and never looked back, as the board ran out

and

to eliminate Adams.

Assorted Chip Counts from Around the Room
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Assorted Chip Counts from Around the Room
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Nacho Barbero One of the Big Stacks at the Break
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finds himself amongst the chip leaders here in the late levels of Day 2B.

Can he hang on to finish at the top of the counts heading into Day 3?

Good luck, Nacho!

PokerOrg’s TJ Reid Making a Late-Day Surge
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After a rough coulple of outings in his first attempts at cashing the Super Main Event,

has made it through and is currently sitting on a top 30 stack.

Can he mirror his recent NAPT and EPT Barcelona deep runs here in Paradise?

Good luck, TJ!

Jun Obara Puts an End to Daniel Negreanu’s Super Main Event Run
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raised to 240,000 from early position and action folded to

in the big blind, who was forced to commit 120,000 of his 220,000 chip stack to the blind, and he called the rest.

“It’s not often you’re forced all-in with your favorite hand,” mentioned Negreanu before tabling

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Unfortunately, he would have his work cut out for him, as he was up against the

of Obara.

The ten-seven would not come through for Negreanu this time, as the board ran out

to send the GG Ambassador home shy of Day 3.

Faraz Jaka Building a Late-Day Stack
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has been building throughout the day and currently sits in ninth-place just after the break.

Chalie Hook One of the Big Stacks After the Break
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Fresh off his maiden bracelet win yesterday in the $50k PLO,

is the current owner of a top five chip stack here late in the day.

Can he make another deep run?

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Cards Back in the Air
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Shortly after the double elimination of

and

to break the Day 2B money bubble, the players took a 15-minute break and have returned to Level 19, with blinds 60,000/120,000 (120,000).

The field will play down to 94 players before bagging up for Day 3.