Star-Studded Field Returns for Day 2 of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'Em
Many eyes will be on the star-studded field that is returning for Day 2 of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'Em. The action is scheduled to get underway at 12:00 p.m. local time inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Nacho Barbero will lead the remaining 250 players to their seats with 230,300 chips in his bag. Not far behind him is another recognizable name in Juha Helppi who finished Day 1 with 193,200. David Coleman (205,200) and Carlos Chang (197,600) also had a strong first day and look to continue that through Day 2.
Matt Berkey (165,500), Michael Mizrachi (148,900), Olivier Busquet (144,000), Dietrich Fast (94,500), Ari Engel (91,100) and Dzmitry Urbanovich (47,600) will be among the other familiar faces to keep a close watch on throughout the day.
When the cards get in the air, they'll start with Level 11 at 600/1,200 blinds with a 200 ante. There will be a 15-minute break at the end of every two levels with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the day's sixth level. Players will battle for 10 levels today and those remaining will bag and tag to return on Day 3.
The start-of-day table draw is below. Follow along with all of the live updates right here, courtesy of your PokerNews reporting team.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Cheng Liu | China | 87,400 | 73 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Alex Miningham | United States | 24,500 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Fred Berger | United States | 13,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Raymond Langbraaten | Norway | 158,700 | 132 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Mike Watson | Canada | 128,100 | 107 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Miguel Seoane | United States | 23,600 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Simon Mattsson | United States | 15,400 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Huidong Gu | Macau | 63,500 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 9 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | United States | 61,400 | 51 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 2 | Jeff Gross | United States | 49,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Alexander Farahi | United States | 52,200 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Shane Smith | United States | 44,700 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | Aymon Hata | United States | 40,600 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 102,700 | 86 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Mike Vanier | United States | 64,500 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 8 | Andy Spears | United States | 49,100 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 9 | Ravi Raghavan | United States | 57,600 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Joseph Marchal | United States | 21,700 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | 75,100 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Jacob Bazeley | United States | 59,000 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Kelly Minkin | United States | 96,700 | 81 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | [Removed:153] | Sweden | 111,500 | 93 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Michael Tureniec | Sweden | 49,600 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Joshua Hillock | United States | 38,100 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 9 | Federico Butteroni | Italy | 47,200 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 1 | Ryan Drossel | United States | 39,700 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 2 | Ken Fishman | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 3 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 4 | Keven Stammen | United States | 104,400 | 87 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 5 | Kenneth Figueredo | United States | 12,800 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 6 | Lauren Roberts | United States | 44,700 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 8 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 100,900 | 84 |
| Brasilia | 705 | 9 | Tony Ruberto | United States | 48,500 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 1 | Frank Stepuchin | United States | 65,700 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 2 | Terry Fan | Taiwan | 27,100 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 3 | Adam Geyer | United States | 63,500 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 4 | Alfie Adam | United Kingdom | 26,700 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 5 | Donis Agnelli | IT | 184,600 | 154 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 6 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 70,000 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 7 | Dietrich Fast | Ireland | 94,500 | 79 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 8 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | 107,700 | 90 |
| Brasilia | 706 | 9 | Luis Velador | United States | 42,500 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 1 | Huihan Wu | United States | 43,500 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 2 | Jim Carroll | United States | 70,300 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 3 | Sixiao Li | China | 47,500 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 4 | Simon Lam | United States | 117,600 | 98 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 5 | Dominik Wagner | Germany | 132,700 | 111 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 6 | Daniel Dizenzo | United States | 99,300 | 83 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 7 | Tom McCormick | United States | 52,700 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 8 | Bryan Piccioli | United States | 43,100 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 707 | 9 | Steve Foutty | United States | 103,100 | 86 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Lisa Hamilton | United States | 53,900 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Robert Brobyn | United States | 42,000 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Taylor Black | United States | 46,900 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Maria Ho | United States | 19,400 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Yaron Zeev Malki | Israel | 99,200 | 83 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Daniel Zack | United States | 52,400 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Pablo Fernandez Campo | United Kingdom | 22,800 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Robert Peacock | United States | 18,700 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 9 | James Cavanaugh | United States | 34,400 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 1 | Pratyush Buddiga | United States | 72,000 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 2 | George Konkle | United States | 24,700 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Richard Lowe | United States | 53,100 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 4 | Nathan Weed | United States | 28,800 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Craig McCorkell | United States | 52,200 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Li Fu | China | 63,200 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 7 | Ayman Qutami | United States | 10,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 8 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 49,700 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 9 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 92,800 | 77 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Onur Unsal | United States | 83,700 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Adrian Attenborough | Australia | 51,700 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Aditya Agarwal | Canada | 135,000 | 113 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Samuel Ganzfried | United States | 22,400 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | James Hughes | United States | 56,500 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 6 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 72,200 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Damian Salas | Argentina | 95,300 | 79 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 8 | Jonathan Therme | France | 83,400 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 9 | Tim West | United States | 64,800 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 53,500 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Steven Tabb | United States | 40,300 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 3 | Steven Mccartney | United States | 27,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Henry Fewster | United Kingdom | 53,400 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Ari Engel | United States | 91,100 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Kayhan Molaci | Turkey | 25,400 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Zorlu Er | Turkey | 108,600 | 91 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 8 | Bahar Musa | Bulgaria | 23,900 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 9 | Jason Pritchard | Australia | 108,500 | 90 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Benoit Lam | France | 27,000 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Kework Besiktasliyan | Ireland | 60,800 | 51 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Greg Merson | United States | 21,900 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 4 | Markus Gonsalves | United States | 51,100 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 193,200 | 161 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 23,700 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Fiodor Martino | Italy | 51,600 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 8 | Allen Pock | United States | 90,700 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 9 | Jeff Hakim | Lebanon | 55,100 | 46 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Jose Tavares | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Anatoly Filatov | United States | 82,000 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Ognjen Sekularac | Germany | 66,500 | 55 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Herb Montalbano | United States | 41,400 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Eric Blair | United States | 14,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Chad Layne | United States | 131,700 | 110 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Mark Rabkin | United States | 71,900 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Fernando Brito | Germany | 38,500 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 9 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 22,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Greg Jennings | United States | 55,300 | 46 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Brett Shaffer | United States | 15,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Favio Gandelman | United States | 40,100 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Nacho Barbero | Canada | 230,300 | 192 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Adam White | United States | 88,800 | 74 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Kenneth Smaron | United States | 83,000 | 69 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 8 | Olivier Busquet | United States | 144,000 | 120 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 9 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 82,100 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Anton Astapau | Latvia | 24,400 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 2 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 138,600 | 116 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 35,200 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 4 | Kristofer Homerding | United States | 34,700 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 5 | Ramon Sorgatto | Brazil | 91,000 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 6 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | 67,100 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 7 | Thomas Lutz | United States | 59,300 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 8 | Natasha Mercier | United States | 24,400 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 9 | Robert Hankins | United States | 60,500 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Till Kollender | Germany | 80,900 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Erich Gmur | United States | 29,200 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 3 | Thomas Miller | United States | 41,600 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 4 | Peter Braglia | United States | 95,600 | 80 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 5 | Ken Einiger | United States | 45,500 | 38 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 6 | Haixia Zhang | United States | 43,500 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 7 | Bart Hanson | United States | 73,800 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 8 | Davidi Kitai | United States | 16,900 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 9 | Zhaoxing Wang | United States | 62,800 | 52 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 1 | Kristina Holst | United States | 49,300 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 2 | Pascal Hartman | Germany | 35,200 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 3 | Tong Li | China | 50,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 4 | Ronald Connor | United States | 43,900 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 5 | Feng Zhou | China | 78,700 | 66 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 6 | Jason Mercier | United States | 131,900 | 110 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 7 | Stuart Gelwarg | United States | 47,500 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 8 | Romain Lewis | France | 33,100 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 9 | David Coleman | United States | 205,200 | 171 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 64,100 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 2 | Justin Liberto | United States | 87,700 | 73 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 3 | Mitchell Watson | Australia | 4,000 | 3 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 4 | Jean-Pascal Savard | United States | 56,100 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Jerry Odeen | Greece | 10,700 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 6 | Justin Adams | United States | 74,300 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Ivan Deyra | France | 15,800 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 54,000 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 9 | Joel Ettedgi | United Kingdom | 15,000 | 13 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Jonathan Concepcion | Spain | 58,200 | 49 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Paul Volpe | United States | 32,900 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 3 | Walter Treccarichi | Canada | 41,800 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 4 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 126,600 | 106 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 5 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 35,500 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Sergio Cabrera | Greece | 84,200 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 7 | Christian Rudolph | Germany | 37,900 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 8 | Michael Osullivan | Ireland | 80,200 | 67 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 9 | Andrew Wilmot | United States | 65,300 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 1 | Claas Segebrecht | Hungary | 100,300 | 84 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 2 | Chun Yam | United Kingdom | 107,700 | 90 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 3 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 170,000 | 142 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 4 | Sean Getzwiller | United States | 28,800 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 5 | Guy Pariente | France | 23,500 | 20 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 6 | Joseph Elpayaa | United States | 51,400 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 7 | Andy Park | United States | 38,700 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 8 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 49,200 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 720 | 9 | Raul Martinez Requena | United Kingdom | 40,400 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 1 | Daniel Houlbrook | United States | 53,700 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 2 | Jesse Yaginuma | United States | 48,700 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 3 | Carlos Chang | Taiwan | 197,600 | 165 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 4 | Jonathan Little | United States | 99,100 | 83 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 5 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 41,300 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 6 | Michael Delvecchio III | United States | 87,800 | 73 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 7 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | Germany | 67,400 | 56 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 8 | Chris Klodnicki | United States | 93,500 | 78 |
| Brasilia | 721 | 9 | Cate Hall | United States | 42,900 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 1 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 36,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 2 | Brent Hanks | United States | 29,400 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 3 | David Kelsey | United States | 34,300 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 4 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Russia | 73,400 | 61 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 5 | Matt Berkey | United States | 165,500 | 138 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 6 | Mark Zullo | United States | 110,000 | 92 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 7 | Ty Reiman | United States | 68,500 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 8 | Zhong Wang | United States | 60,400 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 722 | 9 | Julian Stuer | Germany | 157,600 | 131 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 1 | Remy Biechel | France | 40,500 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 2 | Philip Tom | United States | 75,600 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 3 | Saurabh Patel | United States | 70,300 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 4 | Dong Zhao | China | 100,800 | 84 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 5 | Stephen Cartner | Canada | 109,800 | 92 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 6 | Joshua Beckley | United States | 69,700 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 7 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 53,500 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 8 | Xuming Qi | China | 22,800 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 723 | 9 | Joshua Gordon | United States | 44,800 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 1 | Laurent Polito | France | 84,500 | 70 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 2 | Fumimasa Hirasawa | Japan | 39,500 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 3 | Jay Sharon | United States | 24,600 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 4 | Daniel Fischer | United States | 37,500 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 5 | Nick Schulman | United States | 98,400 | 82 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 6 | Gil Morgensztern | Australia | 72,000 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 7 | Andrew Ryan | United States | 16,700 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 8 | Edouard Echinard | United States | 63,200 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 724 | 9 | Adrien Delmas | United Kingdom | 23,200 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 1 | Kane Kalas | United States | 53,500 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 2 | [Removed:14] | United States | 104,400 | 87 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 3 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 47,600 | 40 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 4 | Hoan Nguyen | United States | 57,400 | 48 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 5 | Robert Henderson | United States | 11,300 | 9 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 6 | Yin Liu | China | 93,300 | 78 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 7 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 27,900 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 8 | Greg Buonocore | United States | 55,700 | 46 |
| Brasilia | 725 | 9 | Norberto Korn | Germany | 29,300 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 1 | Lev Milman | United States | 24,600 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 2 | Akash Malik | Germany | 28,600 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 3 | Yaxi Zhu | China | 135,500 | 113 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 4 | Bertrand Rosique | France | 42,400 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 5 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 35,000 | 29 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 6 | Babak Badkoubei | United States | 63,800 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 7 | Matt Affleck | United States | 69,800 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 8 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | Canada | 102,400 | 85 |
| Brasilia | 726 | 9 | Andy Hwang | United States | 125,000 | 104 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 1 | Isaac Baron | United States | 37,400 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 2 | Alexander Ivarsson | Sweden | 116,200 | 97 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 3 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 148,900 | 124 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 4 | Philip Leibow | United States | 21,000 | 18 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 5 | Bradley Snider | United States | 28,500 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 6 | Peter Robinson | United Kingdom | 47,200 | 39 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 7 | Kunal Patni | United States | 85,600 | 71 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 8 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 54,000 | 45 |
| Brasilia | 727 | 9 | Ardit Kurshumi | United States | 22,400 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 1 | Jan Eric Schwippert | Germany | 63,500 | 53 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 2 | Ankush Mandavia | United States | 30,400 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 3 | Danny Wong | United States | 71,300 | 59 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 4 | Matthew Greenwald | United States | 13,400 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 5 | Jeffrey Epstein | United States | 19,200 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 6 | Matt Stout | United States | 82,300 | 69 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 35,500 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 8 | Artem Metalidi | Ireland | 55,900 | 47 |
| Brasilia | 728 | 9 | Barny Boatman | United Kingdom | 70,000 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 1 | Matt Salsberg | United States | 37,100 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 2 | Benjamin Heath | United Kingdom | 114,700 | 96 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 3 | Didier Guerin | United States | 16,200 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 4 | Quang Ngo | United States | 30,100 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 5 | Manuel Mutke | Germany | 51,300 | 43 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 6 | Felix Bleiker | Switzerland | 34,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 7 | Mike Sowers | United States | 114,900 | 96 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 8 | Gary Klionsky | United States | 14,600 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 729 | 9 | Steve Karp | United States | 48,900 | 41 |