Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 of Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em has ended with 22 players remaining out of the 257 who began the day. Play resumes on Day 3 at 2:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, July 13th, in Bally's Gold where they will play down to a champion in this inaugural event.

The total prize pool generated was $3,034,900. The top five will lock up a six-figure payday, with the winner receiving the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet and a first-place prize of $499,636.

Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

David Miscikowski (6,085,000) nabbed the title of chip leader from Matt Berkey (5,430,000) in the last level of play before chips were bagged for the night. Rounding out the top five were Thomas MacDonald (3,935,000), Sebastien Aube (3,100,000) and Nicholas Vayssieres (3,100,000).

With three former bracelet winners and many accomplished players still in, Day 3 will be an action-packed day as the remaining 22 contenders battle it out for the bracelet and the lion's share of the prize pool.

Play resumed in Level 16 today and shortly into Level 17, hand-for-hand play began with 208 players to determine the bubble with 205 spots being paid. On the very first hand, three different tables had knockouts. With those three immediately gone, the remaining players were in the money and there was a loud cheer knowing they had made it.

The field slimmed down quickly afterwards with many notables busting out and taking home a piece of the pot. Upeshka De Silva ($4,009), Scott Seiver ($4,009), David Peters ($4,009), Shankar Pillai ($5,011), Phil Laak ($5,209), Chance Kornuth ($6,174), Joe Cada ($6,823), Martin Jacobson ($7,654), Dominik Panka ($11,785) and Cary Katz ($13,999) were just a few of the many notables that cashed throughout the day.

The final players will resume at 2:00 p.m. and play until a champion is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews for live reports on all of the action throughout the day.

Marcos Exterkotter had a rollercoaster of a few hands, first being left short by Axel Hallay after the Frenchman's    outflopped his   . The flop was     and that's where the money piled in. Hallay held on the    runout to leave Exterkotter with 45,000.

He then found an immediate double with his    against the    of Ran Koller. Exterkotter paired his jack on the turn to give him some home.

The following hand he jammed for 185,000 before Dave Stefanski rejammed from the small blind. Nenad Dukic thought about calling his stack off in the big blind but folded.

Marcos Exterkotter:   
Dave Stefanski:   

Stefanksi's king-high remained best as the board ran out with the      .

Ran Koller	2,400,000	270,000
Dave Stefanski	2,000,000	35,000
Axel Hallay	2,000,000	1,085,000
Marcos Exterkotter	0	-1,065,000

Adekunle Olonoh jammed for 395,000 from middle position ansd was called by James Gilbert in from the hijack. Luke Martinelli jammed from the small blind for 3,000,000 and Gilbert mucked.

Adekunle Olonoh:   
Luke Martinelli:   

Martinelli immediately took control on the     flop and made two pair on the    runout to down Olonoh.

Luke Martinelli	3,800,000	-450,000
Adekunle Olonoh	0	-625,000

Santiago Plante raised preflop and action folded to Abhinav Iyer in the big blind who shoved all in for 325,000.

Abhinav Iyer:   
Santiago Plante:   

The board ran out       and with no hits for either player, Andrejevic took it with ace-high, sending Iyer to the rail in twenty seventh place.

Santiago Plante	2,400,000	400,000
Abhinav Iyer	0	0

Cary Katz shoved all in from under the gun for 230,000 and received a call from Axel Hallay in middle position. The remaining players got out of the way to let these two battle it out.

Cary Katz:   
Axel Hallay:   

The board ran out       and with no pairs for either of them, Hallay's ace-high was good to take down the pot and sent Katz to the rail.

Axel Hallay	1,200,000	-300,000
Cary Katz	0	-800,000

Santiago Plante opened the action before Spencer Champlin made it 600,000 in late position. Plante jammed as the superior stack and Champlin called off his remaining 200,000.

Spencer Champlin:   
Santiago Plante:   

Champlin looked to be in control of the pot following the     flop but the   turn put Plante ahead with a set. The   river gave the big stack a full house and Champlin exited the tournament area.

Santiago Plante	1,900,000	1,525,000
Spencer Champlin	0	-850,000

Caio De Almeida opened to 80,000 from under the gun before Ran Koller made it 600,000 from middle position. De Almedia immediately jammed and Koller paused before acting. He had 70,000 behind and looked around the room to see if any other players were also at risk. After a minute, he called.

Ran Koller:   
Caio De Almeida:   

"Slowroll!" cried the table as the players erupted with laughter. And it would Koller who would continue smiling as the board ran out      .

Ran Koller	1,450,000	575,000
Caio De Almeida	1,300,000	-100,000