Jon Turner Bags Big for Second Event in a Row; Holds Lead in Event #22: $1,500 8-Game
Last night, Jon Turner was the runaway chip leader at the end of Day 1b in the GIANT. Today, at the end Day 1 in the Event #22: $1,500 8-Game he is bagging the chip lead yet again after ten levels of play.
It was touch and go towards the end of the day, with Turner doubling Mikko Hirvonen up in the second to last hand of the night. However, he won it all back and more on the final hand of the night to clinch the chip lead with a stack of 75,600.
Close behind Turner was Farzad Rouhani (68,200), David Bach (63,000) and Amnon Filippi (60,000). Other notables through to Day 2 include Valentin Vornicu (47,950), Daniel Negreanu (45,775), Anthony Zinno (33,650), Benny Glaser (25,600), Cliff Josephy (26,000), Chris Vitch (21,125),Mike Matusow (20,600), and Maria Ho (11,975).
With 134 players remaining and 70 places paid, the bubble will burst on Day 2, with a min-cash worth $2,238 and first prize worth $147,348.
It was a short day for defending champion Ron Ware, who bemoaned early on that his stack was so small that he had more Rio cash chips than tournament chips! Eventually, he was sent to the rail by Felipe Ramos after the Brazilian started a Stud Hi-Lo hand rolled up, and Ware failed to make a low.
Last year's double bracelet winner and 2009 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E champion David Bach was among the chip leaders early on, as well as John Racener and Dzmitry Urbanovich.
As one triple bracelet winner soared, another was sent to the rail, with Brian Hastings falling to Ben Ponzio. Hastings held queens against Ponzio's aces, and it looked like an upset was on the cards after a queen on the flop, but Ponzio backdoored a flush to eliminate Hastings.
Other players eliminated included Carol Fuchs, Eli Elezra, 2017 WSOP Main Event champion Scott Blumstein, Randy Ohel, Bruno Fitoussi, Matt Glantz, Martin Staszko, Bart Lybaert, and Brandon Shack-Harris.
With late registration open for eight levels, some players left it to the last minute to jump in. They included Maria Ho, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Scott Seiver, Dan Smith, Ismael Bojang, John Monnette and Steve Zolotow.
Jeff Madsen was leading the way at the top of the pack as these late registrants battled to spin up their stacks. Ivey would send a player to the rail, as would Daniel Negreanu who had been quietly grinding it out all day, but it wasn't to be for Hellmuth on his quest for an elusive 15th bracelet, after losing a massive four-way Stud Hi-Lo pot, he was eliminated shortly thereafter.
A resurgent Bach would challenge for the chip lead once more, but Turner held on - minus the penultimate hand misstep - to bag the chip lead.
Play resumes tomorrow at 2pm in Amazon Orange. Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live coverage of the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Seat Draw Day 2
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 424 | 1 | Tim Finne | United States | 36,300 |
| Amazon | 424 | 2 | Philip Long | United Kingdom | 21,000 |
| Amazon | 424 | 3 | Ian O'Hara | United States | 31,000 |
| Amazon | 424 | 4 | Brian Carroll | United States | 38,225 |
| Amazon | 424 | 5 | Mike Matusow | United States | 20,600 |
| Amazon | 424 | 6 | Philip Reed | United States | 11,525 |
| Amazon | 425 | 1 | Ziya Rahim | United States | 43,000 |
| Amazon | 425 | 2 | Matthew Smith | United States | 6,825 |
| Amazon | 425 | 3 | Itsuko Yoroi | Japan | 4,100 |
| Amazon | 425 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 45,775 |
| Amazon | 425 | 5 | Kevin Brewer | United States | 15,325 |
| Amazon | 425 | 6 | Mark Gallo | United States | 16,450 |
| Amazon | 426 | 1 | Ben Ponzio | United States | 24,475 |
| Amazon | 426 | 2 | Andy Lupson | United States | 31,600 |
| Amazon | 426 | 3 | Ron Elkins | United States | 33,000 |
| Amazon | 426 | 5 | Iori Yogo | Japan | 45,475 |
| Amazon | 426 | 6 | Isaac Crow | United States | 25,350 |
| Amazon | 427 | 1 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 51,700 |
| Amazon | 427 | 2 | Brady Redington | United States | 12,825 |
| Amazon | 427 | 3 | Ben Yu | United States | 25,000 |
| Amazon | 427 | 4 | Vladimir Shchemelev | Russia | 29,250 |
| Amazon | 427 | 5 | Patrice Biton | France | 15,075 |
| Amazon | 427 | 6 | Joseph Haddad | United States | 8,050 |
| Amazon | 428 | 1 | Bruce Yamron | United States | 24,000 |
| Amazon | 428 | 2 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 25,600 |
| Amazon | 428 | 3 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 6,950 |
| Amazon | 428 | 4 | Devon Shalmi | United States | 32,450 |
| Amazon | 428 | 5 | Ivo Donev | Austria | 28,000 |
| Amazon | 428 | 6 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | 19,200 |
| Amazon | 429 | 1 | Joon Park | United States | 16,925 |
| Amazon | 429 | 2 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 15,775 |
| Amazon | 429 | 3 | David May | United States | 21,850 |
| Amazon | 429 | 4 | Daniel DiPasquale | United States | 62,350 |
| Amazon | 429 | 5 | Neil Yekell | United States | 13,625 |
| Amazon | 429 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 63,000 |
| Amazon | 430 | 1 | Harry Crane | United States | 12,250 |
| Amazon | 430 | 2 | Robert Williamson III | United States | 1,600 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | John Racener | United States | 32,275 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Nick Kost | United States | 19,300 |
| Amazon | 430 | 6 | Per Hildebrand | Sweden | 25,900 |
| Amazon | 432 | 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 7,850 |
| Amazon | 432 | 2 | Svetlana Gromenkova | United States | 15,625 |
| Amazon | 432 | 3 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 5,950 |
| Amazon | 432 | 4 | Ronald Schiffman | United States | 24,900 |
| Amazon | 432 | 5 | Ryan Boyle | United States | 12,200 |
| Amazon | 432 | 6 | Steve Hohn | United States | 29,000 |
| Amazon | 433 | 1 | Thomas Rawles | United States | 15,900 |
| Amazon | 433 | 2 | James Obst | Australia | 33,525 |
| Amazon | 433 | 3 | Richard Bai | United States | 46,250 |
| Amazon | 433 | 4 | Arthur Resetschnig | Austria | 11,200 |
| Amazon | 433 | 5 | Michael Constantine | Canada | 12,000 |
| Amazon | 433 | 6 | Tommy Hang | United States | 34,000 |
| Amazon | 434 | 1 | Tad Jurgens | United States | 19,925 |
| Amazon | 434 | 2 | Brian Zekus | United States | 12,225 |
| Amazon | 434 | 3 | Chris Back | Canada | 19,325 |
| Amazon | 434 | 4 | Max Hoffman | United States | 8,700 |
| Amazon | 434 | 5 | Farzad Rouhani | United States | 68,200 |
| Amazon | 434 | 6 | Daniel Lowe | United States | 24,225 |
| Amazon | 435 | 1 | James Petzing | United States | 15,150 |
| Amazon | 435 | 2 | Zack Freeman | United States | 41,425 |
| Amazon | 435 | 3 | Jean Montury | France | 39,500 |
| Amazon | 435 | 4 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 5,950 |
| Amazon | 435 | 5 | Matthew Smith | United States | 65,900 |
| Amazon | 435 | 6 | Frederik Brink | United States | 13,200 |
| Amazon | 436 | 1 | Mikko Hirvonen | United Kingdom | 25,000 |
| Amazon | 436 | 2 | Igor Sharaskin | Russia | 6,375 |
| Amazon | 436 | 3 | Aaron Schaff | United States | 43,550 |
| Amazon | 436 | 4 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | 28,000 |
| Amazon | 436 | 5 | James Little | United States | 25,350 |
| Amazon | 436 | 6 | Chip Jett | United States | 36,575 |
| Amazon | 437 | 1 | James Juvancic | United States | 7,875 |
| Amazon | 437 | 2 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 32,100 |
| Amazon | 437 | 3 | Rafael Lebron | United States | 16,800 |
| Amazon | 437 | 4 | Jose Paz-Gutierrez | Bolivia | 12,550 |
| Amazon | 437 | 5 | Cliff Josephy | United States | 26,400 |
| Amazon | 437 | 6 | Andrew Brown | United States | 16,150 |
| Amazon | 438 | 1 | David Olson | United States | 33,125 |
| Amazon | 438 | 2 | Marcus Mizzi | Canada | 21,100 |
| Amazon | 438 | 3 | Fabrice Soulier | France | 61,600 |
| Amazon | 438 | 4 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 25,500 |
| Amazon | 438 | 5 | William Draper | United States | 11,150 |
| Amazon | 438 | 6 | DID NOT REPORT 2 | United States | 24,700 |
| Amazon | 440 | 1 | Cyndy Violette | United States | 22,925 |
| Amazon | 440 | 2 | Hrair Danielyan | United States | 47,200 |
| Amazon | 440 | 4 | Nicholas Seiken | United States | 24,550 |
| Amazon | 440 | 5 | Allen Kessler | United States | 16,900 |
| Amazon | 440 | 6 | Hal Rotholz | United States | 11,700 |
| Amazon | 441 | 1 | Nicholas Derke | United States | 21,600 |
| Amazon | 441 | 2 | Jon Turner | United States | 75,600 |
| Amazon | 441 | 3 | Kyle Miaso | United States | 19,900 |
| Amazon | 441 | 4 | Iraj Parvizi | United Kingdom | 32,500 |
| Amazon | 441 | 5 | Matt Woodward | United States | 67,550 |
| Amazon | 441 | 6 | Gary Benson | Australia | 3,900 |
| Amazon | 442 | 1 | Devin Looney | United States | 52,275 |
| Amazon | 442 | 2 | Ylon Schwartz | United States | 19,925 |
| Amazon | 442 | 3 | Danny Scott | Canada | 15,550 |
| Amazon | 442 | 4 | Danny Noam | United States | 10,675 |
| Amazon | 442 | 5 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 30,900 |
| Amazon | 442 | 6 | Matthew Mortensen | United States | 60,525 |
| Amazon | 443 | 1 | Chad Lactaoen | United States | 22,650 |
| Amazon | 443 | 2 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 1 |
| Amazon | 443 | 3 | Frank Athey | United States | 26,200 |
| Amazon | 443 | 4 | Douglas Friedmutter | United States | 18,300 |
| Amazon | 443 | 5 | Dylan Linde | United States | 32,600 |
| Amazon | 443 | 6 | Bart O'Connell | United States | 21,950 |
| Amazon | 444 | 1 | Sean Pennie | United States | 3,700 |
| Amazon | 444 | 2 | Connor Berkowitz | United States | 20,125 |
| Amazon | 444 | 3 | Dennis Eichhorn | United States | 19,650 |
| Amazon | 444 | 4 | Kevin Malis | United States | 38,700 |
| Amazon | 444 | 5 | Gregory Jamison | United States | 12,225 |
| Amazon | 444 | 6 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 73,500 |
| Amazon | 445 | 1 | Alexandr Orlov | Russia | 28,375 |
| Amazon | 445 | 2 | Claude Marbleu | France | 29,050 |
| Amazon | 445 | 3 | Yarron Bendor | United States | 27,000 |
| Amazon | 445 | 4 | Wook Kim | United States | 10,200 |
| Amazon | 445 | 5 | Amnon Filippi | United States | 60,000 |
| Amazon | 445 | 6 | Bradley Smith | Canada | 12,125 |
| Amazon | 446 | 1 | Maria Ho | United States | 11,975 |
| Amazon | 446 | 2 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | 27,750 |
| Amazon | 446 | 3 | Scott Seiver | United States | 45,750 |
| Amazon | 446 | 4 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 47,225 |
| Amazon | 446 | 5 | Kristan Lord | United States | 55,500 |
| Amazon | 446 | 6 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 33,650 |
| Amazon | 525 | 1 | Valentin Vornicu | United States | 42,950 |
| Amazon | 525 | 2 | Ian Johns | United States | 21,925 |
| Amazon | 525 | 3 | Scott Horowitz | United States | 17,825 |
| Amazon | 525 | 4 | David "Bakes" Baker | United States | 18,375 |
| Amazon | 525 | 5 | Tero Kilkanen | Finland | 6,550 |
| Amazon | 525 | 6 | Tony Hoang | Canada | 30,800 |
| Amazon | 526 | 2 | Pete Thomas | United States | 22,025 |
| Amazon | 526 | 3 | Bradley Butcher | United States | 8,900 |
| Amazon | 526 | 4 | James Hoeppner | United States | 20,500 |
| Amazon | 526 | 5 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 21,125 |
| Amazon | 526 | 6 | David Droeger | United States | 33,375 |