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PokerNews Impromptu: Day 2 $50K Pregame with Mike Leah
Mike Leah got off to a great start in 2014, but has his momentum carried over to the WSOP? We talked about that and more before the start of play on Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
Monday, June 23, 2014 1:42 PM Local Time
The Day 2 Seat Draw (Updated 14:20 PT)
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|
| 347 | 1 | Frank Kassela | 230,100 |
| 347 | 2 | Minh Ly | 150,000 |
| 347 | 3 | Randy Ohel | 172,800 |
| 347 | 4 | Jason Mercier | 217,000 |
| 347 | 5 | Scotty Nguyen | 150,000 |
| 347 | 6 | Ismael Bojang | 271,400 |
| 347 | 7 | Robert Mizrachi | 177,700 |
| | | | |
| 348 | 1 | Phil Ivey | 68,000 |
| 348 | 2 | Alex Kravchenko | 150,000 |
| 348 | 3 | Bill Chen | 100,000 |
| 348 | 4 | Gary Benson | 232,600 |
| 348 | 5 | Matthew Ashton | 263,800 |
| 348 | 6 | --empty-- | -- |
| 348 | 7 | John Monnette | 107,800 |
| | | | |
| 349 | 1 | Nick Schulman | 39,600 |
| 349 | 2 | Dan Kelly | 150,000 |
| 349 | 3 | David Baker | 113,400 |
| 349 | 4 | Richard Ashby | 300,000 |
| 349 | 5 | Andy Bloch | 143,000 |
| 349 | 6 | Bryn Kenney | 105,000 |
| 349 | 7 | Lyle Berman | 150,000 |
| | | | |
| 350 | 1 | David Chiu | 225,900 |
| 350 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 350 | 3 | Shaun Deeb | 282,600 |
| 350 | 4 | Josh Arieh | 201,700 |
| 350 | 5 | Matt Glantz | 324,700 |
| 350 | 6 | Chris Bell | 141,700 |
| 350 | 7 | Scott Clements | 243,100 |
| | | | |
| 353 | 1 | James Obst | 184,200 |
| 353 | 2 | Doyle Brunson | 150,000 |
| 353 | 3 | Abe Mosseri | 146,700 |
| 353 | 4 | Kevin Song | 190,200 |
| 353 | 5 | Alex Luneau | 273,900 |
| 353 | 6 | John Racener | 34,800 |
| 353 | 7 | Jesse Martin | 118,900 |
| | | | |
| 354 | 1 | Paul Volpe | 166,200 |
| 354 | 2 | John Juanda | 150,000 |
| 354 | 3 | Scott Seiver | 180,700 |
| 354 | 4 | Ofir Mor | 118,000 |
| 354 | 5 | Jeremy Ausmus | 108,900 |
| 354 | 6 | Stephen Chidwick | 132,700 |
| 354 | 7 | Vladimir Shchemelev | 150,000 |
| | | | |
| 355 | 1 | Talal Shakerchi | 227,600 |
| 355 | 2 | Allen Kessler | 150,000 |
| 355 | 3 | Daniel Alaei | 80,000 |
| 355 | 4 | Chunlei Zhou | 137,400 |
| 355 | 5 | Jared Bleznick | 123,600 |
| 355 | 6 | Calvin Anderson | 89,300 |
| 355 | 7 | Alex BIlokur | 150,000 |
| | | | |
| 356 | 1 | Chris Klodnicki | 138,700 |
| 356 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 356 | 3 | George Danzer | 137,400 |
| 356 | 4 | Bryce Yockey | 144,600 |
| 356 | 5 | Brock Parker | 182,300 |
| 356 | 6 | Todd Brunson | 169,900 |
| 356 | 7 | Alexander Kostritsyn | 144,500 |
| | | | |
| 357 | 1 | Mike Leah | 115,300 |
| 357 | 2 | Roland Israelashvili | 150,000 |
| 357 | 3 | Don Nguyen | 131,900 |
| 357 | 4 | David Oppenheim | 92,000 |
| 357 | 5 | Mike Wattel | 62,800 |
| 357 | 6 | Brian Hastings | 187,300 |
| 357 | 7 | David Benyamine | 246,300 |
| | | | |
| 359 | 1 | David Singer | 63,400 |
| 359 | 2 | Andrey Zaichenko | 150,000 |
| 359 | 3 | Philip Sternheimer | 161,100 |
| 359 | 4 | Erick Lindgren | 125,600 |
| 359 | 5 | Sergey Rybachenko | 137,200 |
| 359 | 6 | John Hennigan | 188,900 |
| 359 | 7 | Eric Wasserson | 150,000 |
| | | | |
| 360 | 1 | Elior Sion | 126,700 |
| 360 | 2 | Shawn Buchanan | 150,000 |
| 360 | 3 | Bertrand Grospellier | 127,600 |
| 360 | 4 | Brian Tate | 103,600 |
| 360 | 5 | Dan Heimiller | 245,800 |
| 360 | 6 | Steve Billirakis | 205,600 |
| 360 | 7 | Daniel Negreanu | 108,500 |
| | | | |
| 361 | 1 | Luis Velador | 36,900 |
| 361 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 361 | 3 | David Bach | 112,600 |
| 361 | 4 | Ben Yu | 227,800 |
| 361 | 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 237,200 |
| 361 | 6 | Tommy Hang | 74,000 |
| 361 | 7 | Joe Hachem | 208,500 |
| | | | |
| 362 | 1 | Bruno Fitoussi | 125,300 |
| 362 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 362 | 3 | Jeff Lisandro | 84,700 |
| 362 | 4 | Eli Elezra | 239,300 |
| 362 | 5 | Marco Johnson | 216,500 |
| 362 | 6 | Brian Rast | 164,400 |
| 362 | 7 | Justin Smith | 95,600 |
| | | | |
| 363 | 1 | Brandon Shack-Harris | 132,400 |
| 363 | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| 363 | 3 | Phil Hellmuth | 116,800 |
| 363 | 4 | Melissa Burr | 127,200 |
| 363 | 5 | Michael Mizrachi | 254,900 |
| 363 | 6 | Dylan Linde | 303,700 |
| 363 | 7 | Ola Amundsgard | 210,000 |
Monday, June 23, 2014 11:56 AM Local Time
Glantz Leads, Defending Champ Ashton Near The Top
The $50,000 Players Championship is a five-day poker marathon in which the best players in the world face off against each other playing an eight-game rotation. Matt Glantz, a two-time final tablist, leads the way after Day 1, just like in 2012 when he also stood atop the leader board heading into Day 2.
The second day of play looks to be an exciting one, as players are still able to enter this tournament up until 4:00 p.m.. We're expecting to see legends of the game like Doyle Brunson, Gus Hansen, and John Juanda enter while Vanessa Selbst, Dan Shak, Michael Glick, Phil Galfond and Sergii Baranov were already eliminated during the first day of play.
Glantz got a hold of the chip lead early on after sending Selbst to the rail in a big no-limit hold'em pot, and he managed to dominate his table with Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and David "ODB" Baker the rest of the night. Dylan Linde, a first-time player of the $50K, currently sits in second place followed by Richard Ashby and Shaun Deeb.
Other notable big stacks include Frenchman Alexandre Luneau, Ismael Bojang from Germany, and Britain's defending champ Matthew Ashton. One spot behind Ashton we see the only two-time winner of this tournament, Michael Mizrachi. Current WSOP Player of the Year leader George Danzer sits just a tad below the starting stack while John Racener, Mike Gorodinsky, Nick Schulman, and Phil Ivey are looking to win some pots early on to stay in contention.
Play will resume at 2:00 p.m. local time and players will play five more levels of 100 minutes each. Join us then for continuing coverage of the Event #46: $50,000 Poker Players Championship.