39 Spieler, darunter noch zahlreiche bekannte Pros, dürfen beim $5.000 Championship Event der World Poker Tour (WPT) im Venetian noch auf die Siegprämie von mehr als $900.000 hoffen.
1.199 Entries machten das Turnier zum größten $5k Event der WPT Geschichte. 340 Spieler starteten in Tag 2, das erste Ziel wawren die 150 bezahlten Plätze. Manig Loeser war als Shortstack in Tag 2 dabei, ging aber leer aus. Recht rasch ging es an diesem Tag 2 zur Sache, in Level 16 platzte die Bubble. Jean Gaspard hatte mit Pocket 3s das Set gefloppt und zerstörte damit die Kings von Ting-Yi Tsai. Kaum war die Bubble geplatzt, lichtete sich die Reihen, auch Andrew Lichtenberger, Marle Cordeiro und Christian Harder waren unter denjenigen, die sich den Min-Cash von $8.915 abholten.
Bis zum Ende des Tages blieben viele weiter Big Names auf der Strecke, unter anderem musste kurz vor Schluss auch Chance Kornuth (42./$19.920) gehen. Tony Dunst gelang mit den Queens ein Doppelschlag gegen Jean Gaspard und Dave Eldrige und so konnte er noch einigen Boden gutmachen. Mit Ari Oxman als Chipleader ging Tag 2 nach Level 20 mit 39 verbliebenen Spielern zu Ende. Auch Jason Koon, John Hennigan, Kitty Kuo, Keven Stammen, Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi und Robert Mizrachi sind unter den verbliebenen Spielern. Bei den Blinds 15k/25k/25k geht es in Level 21 weiter.
Heute geht es um das Erreichen des Final Tables, die Live-Coverage und alle Infos findet Ihr unter wpt.com.
Chipcounts (39/1.199):
| Name | Chip Count | BBs | Table | Seat |
| Ari Oxman | 3.310.000 | 132 bb | 29 | 6 |
| Tim McDermott | 3.120.000 | 125 bb | 30 | 7 |
| Mike Liang | 2.750.000 | 110 bb | 31 | 1 |
| Stephen Song | 2.735.000 | 109 bb | 30 | 3 |
| Sergii Baranov | 2.670.000 | 107 bb | 30 | 2 |
| Jason Koon | 2.435.000 | 97 bb | 27 | 7 |
| Arie Kliper | 2.135.000 | 85 bb | 28 | 8 |
| Nacho Barbero | 2.090.000 | 84 bb | 28 | 2 |
| Matt Bond | 1.945.000 | 78 bb | 27 | 8 |
| Landen Lucas | 1.850.000 | 74 bb | 31 | 8 |
| John Hennigan | 1.680.000 | 67 bb | 29 | 8 |
| Tony Dunst | 1.550.000 | 62 bb | 30 | 6 |
| Raman Afanasenka | 1.490.000 | 60 bb | 30 | 5 |
| Kitty Kuo | 1.460.000 | 58 bb | 27 | 3 |
| Tony Wasaya | 1.335.000 | 53 bb | 28 | 1 |
| Manh Nguyen | 1.230.000 | 49 bb | 31 | 3 |
| Greg Himmelbrand | 1.190.000 | 48 bb | 28 | 7 |
| Daniela Rodriguez | 1.115.000 | 45 bb | 29 | 1 |
| Ignacio Moron | 1.055.000 | 42 bb | 29 | 7 |
| Nick Pupillo | 985.000 | 39 bb | 30 | 4 |
| Keven Stammen | 940.000 | 38 bb | 30 | 1 |
| Pat Lyons | 860.000 | 34 bb | 31 | 2 |
| Gabi Livshitz | 780.000 | 31 bb | 30 | 8 |
| Tony Tran | 750.000 | 30 bb | 29 | 3 |
| Scott Nguyen | 730.000 | 29 bb | 28 | 5 |
| Michael Mizrachi | 630.000 | 25 bb | 28 | 3 |
| Chad Eveslage | 600.000 | 24 bb | 31 | 4 |
| Harrison Gimbel | 580.000 | 23 bb | 29 | 2 |
| David Zarrin | 525.000 | 21 bb | 31 | 5 |
| Kyna England | 475.000 | 19 bb | 27 | 2 |
| Paul Clotar | 470.000 | 19 bb | 27 | 1 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 415.000 | 17 bb | 28 | 4 |
| Cheang Yoo | 390.000 | 16 bb | 29 | 5 |
| Ben Palmer | 390.000 | 16 bb | 31 | 7 |
| Lawrence Broome | 320.000 | 13 bb | 29 | 4 |
| Nadya Magnus | 305.000 | 12 bb | 27 | 4 |
| Kathy Liebert | 290.000 | 12 bb | 28 | 6 |
| Justin Zaki | 250.000 | 10 bb | 31 | 6 |
| Edgardo Rosario | 215.000 | 9 bb | 27 | 6 |
Payouts:
| Rang | Name | Preisgeld |
| 1 | $910.370 | |
| 2 | $606.890 | |
| 3 | $448.755 | |
| 4 | $335.200 | |
| 5 | $252.945 | |
| 6 | $192.855 | |
| 7 | $148.580 | |
| 8 | $115.685 | |
| 9 | $91.035 | |
| 10 | $91.035 | |
| 11 | $72.410 | |
| 12 | $72.410 | |
| 13 | $58.230 | |
| 14 | $58.230 | |
| 15 | $47.340 | |
| 16 | $47.340 | |
| 17 | $38.920 | |
| 18 | $38.920 | |
| 19 | $38.920 | |
| 20 | $38.920 | |
| 21 | $32.355 | |
| 22 | $32.355 | |
| 23 | $32.355 | |
| 24 | $32.355 | |
| 25 | $27.210 | |
| 26 | $27.210 | |
| 27 | $27.210 | |
| 28 | $27.210 | |
| 29 | $27.210 | |
| 30 | $27.210 | |
| 31 | $27.210 | |
| 32 | $27.210 | |
| 33 | $23.145 | |
| 34 | $23.145 | |
| 35 | $23.145 | |
| 36 | $23.145 | |
| 37 | $23.145 | |
| 38 | $23.145 | |
| 39 | $23.145 | |
| 40 | Nabil Mohamed Abdien Cardoso | $23.145 |
| 41 | Mike Kilker | $19.920 |
| 42 | Chance Kornuth | $19.920 |
| 43 | Ilir Rugova | $19.920 |
| 44 | Dave Eldridge | $19.920 |
| 45 | Jean Gaspard | $19.920 |
| 46 | Sean Perry | $19.920 |
| 47 | Rami Owera | $19.920 |
| 48 | Yosif Nawabi | $19.920 |
| 49 | Jeremy Ausmus | $17.345 |
| 50 | Ian Matakis | $17.345 |
| 51 | Shawn Daniels | $17.345 |
| 52 | Brock Wilson | $17.345 |
| 53 | Eddy Sabat | $17.345 |
| 54 | Ugo Faggioli | $17.345 |
| 55 | Paul W. Lee | $17.345 |
| 56 | Scott Baumstein | $17.345 |
| 57 | $15.285 | |
| 58 | Matt Stout | $15.285 |
| 59 | Andrew Ostapchenko | $15.285 |
| 60 | Valentyn Shabelnyk | $15.285 |
| 61 | Jaime Cervantes | $15.285 |
| 62 | Jake White | $15.285 |
| 63 | David Brookshire | $15.285 |
| 64 | Chandrasekhar Billavara | $15.285 |
| 65 | Julio Belluscio | $13.635 |
| 66 | Baitai Li | $13.635 |
| 67 | Michael Rocco | $13.635 |
| 68 | Donald Maloney | $13.635 |
| 69 | Elio Fox | $13.635 |
| 70 | Markus Gonsalves | $13.635 |
| 71 | Viny Lima | $13.635 |
| 72 | Jason Wheeler | $13.635 |
| 73 | Mel Wiener | $12.310 |
| 74 | Aram Zobian | $12.310 |
| 75 | Vijay Ramani | $12.310 |
| 76 | Tony Sinishtaj | $12.310 |
| 77 | Candelaria Vaca | $12.310 |
| 78 | Joshua Ferrer | $12.310 |
| 79 | Stephen Chidwick | $12.310 |
| 80 | Brandon Wilson | $12.310 |
| 81 | William Criego | $11.250 |
| 82 | Darren Elias | $11.250 |
| 83 | Paul Berger | $11.250 |
| 84 | Bill Klein | $11.250 |
| 85 | Farid Jattin | $11.250 |
| 86 | Craig Varnell | $11.250 |
| 87 | Ezequiel Waigel | $11.250 |
| 88 | Ramiro Petrone | $11.250 |
| 89 | Nicholas Lanzi | $11.250 |
| 90 | Andrew Heckman | $10.415 |
| 91 | Thomas Gabriel | $10.415 |
| 92 | Daniel Chuprun | $10.415 |
| 93 | Anthony Zinno | $10.415 |
| 94 | Corey Hochman | $10.415 |
| 95 | Nick Petrangelo | $10.415 |
| 96 | Nick Blumenthal | $10.415 |
| 97 | Duff Charette | $10.415 |
| 98 | Todd Julich | $10.415 |
| 99 | Chris Limo | $9.760 |
| 100 | Nate Silver | $9.760 |
| 101 | Michael McNicholas | $9.760 |
| 102 | Kenn Pluard | $9.760 |
| 103 | Joey Weissman | $9.760 |
| 104 | Jonathan Prince | $9.760 |
| 105 | Tuan Phan | $9.760 |
| 106 | John Strawser | $9.760 |
| 107 | Ronald Sullivan | $9.760 |
| 108 | William Stanford | $9.760 |
| 109 | Johnny Oshana | $9.760 |
| 110 | $9.760 | |
| 111 | Michael Walsh | $9.760 |
| 112 | Julian Parmann | $9.760 |
| 113 | Arthur Morris | $9.760 |
| 114 | Nikhil Gera | $9.760 |
| 115 | David Lewis | $9.760 |
| 116 | Mihai Manole | $9.760 |
| 117 | Elia Ahmadian | $9.270 |
| 118 | Thomas Boivin | $9.270 |
| 119 | Cliff Josephy | $9.270 |
| 120 | Igor Guberman | $9.270 |
| 121 | Lawrence Ma | $9.270 |
| 122 | Dan Dumont | $9.270 |
| 123 | Tara Kittle | $9.270 |
| 124 | Joe Cada | $9.270 |
| 125 | Sam Panzica | $9.270 |
| 126 | Qing Liu | $9.270 |
| 127 | Jeffrey Leonard | $9.270 |
| 128 | Dan Shak | $9.270 |
| 129 | Bobby Oboodi | $9.270 |
| 130 | Reginald Roberts | $9.270 |
| 131 | Armando Figueroa | $9.270 |
| 132 | $9.270 | |
| 133 | Zhen Cai | $9.270 |
| 134 | Myung Shin | $9.270 |
| 135 | Paul Siem | $8.915 |
| 136 | Paulina Loeliger | $8.915 |
| 137 | Christian Harder | $8.915 |
| 138 | Jeffrey Bisesi | $8.915 |
| 139 | Peter Neff | $8.915 |
| 140 | Marle Cordeiro | $8.915 |
| 141 | Brayden Gazlay | $8.915 |
| 142 | David Gonzalez | $8.915 |
| 143 | David Novosel | $8.915 |
| 144 | Andrew Lichtenberger | $8.915 |
| 145 | Omer Savir | $8.915 |
| 146 | Ryan Laplante | $8.915 |
| 147 | David Pham | $8.915 |
| 148 | Paul Chauderson | $8.915 |
| 149 | Kenny Huynh | $8.915 |
| 150 | Adam Demersseman | $8.915 |