Event #77: FIFTY STACK No-Limit Hold'em

The action folded around to Jason James and Scott Hall in the blinds who quickly got all of their chips in the middle. James was the player at risk for just under 400,000 but had the inferior hand.

Jason James:   
Scott Hall:   

The flop came     and James hit a pair of jacks to take the lead. The   on the turn and the   on the river changed nothing as James found a double up.

Scott Hall	1,900,000	620,000
Jason James	850,000	340,000

Martin Gavasci raised it up from the button and Georgios Sotiropoulos shoved all in for just under 300,000 in the small blind. Gavasci asked for a count and then called to put Sotiropoulos at risk.

Georgios Sotiropoulos:   
Martin Gavasci:   

The flop came     to give Gavasci a flush draw and the   on the turn made his flush. Sotiropoulos was left drawing dead to the   on the river and was eliminated.

Martin Gavasci	1,250,000	280,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	0	-325,000

Yiannis Liperis raised it up in early position and Igor Dursel shoved all in for 200,000 on his left. Rostyslav Sabishchenko re-shoved all in from the small blind and Liperis called off his stack of 560,000.

Igor Dursel:   
Yiannis Liperis:   
Rostyslav Sabishchenko:   

The board ran out       and Sabishchenko's pocket tens held up for the double-elimination.

Rostyslav Sabishchenko	1,890,000	775,000
Yiannis Liperis	0	-560,000
Igor Dursel	0	-200,000

The stacks were big, the levels were short, and at the end of Day 1, just 114 players out of a starting field of 1,501 remained. They return to play down to a winner today in Event #77: $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold'em.

Ryan Depaulo isn't sitting in his car in the parking lot of a New Jersey Whole Foods, but he is currently sitting on the chip lead with 2,735,000 as he chases his second World Series of Poker bracelet. He's followed in the top 10 by former Millionaire Maker champion John Gorsuch (1,525,000) and Roongsak Griffeth (1,375,000), who is coming off a 29th-place finish in the Main Event.

Top 10 Chip Counts

Main Event champions Martin Jacobson (965,000) and Damian Salas (700,000) are also still in the hunt for their second bracelet. Other notables returning for Day 2 include Jim Collopy (1,205,000), Elio Fox (930,000), Michael Ruane (790,000), and Ari Engel (525,000). Georgios Sotiropoulos, already with two bracelets in 2021, will try to win his third but comes into Day 2 on a short-stack of 325,000.

The tournament is scheduled to play down to a champion today. The action picks up on Level 23, with blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 30,000 ante. With the average stack a little more than 20 big blinds and levels only 30 minutes long, the remaining field should be whittled down fast.

A top prize of $321,917 and the WSOP bracelet await the winner at the end of the day. PokerNews will be providing all the live updates and chip counts on what will surely be a fast and furious day of action.