Walter Rodriguez leads stacked final table with four former gold ring winners and a former gold bracelet winner; Nate Bandy (pictured) headlines, eyes fifth title from the series
The 712-person field of the WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood Event #2 is now down to nine players who will return to battle it out for the title today at 3 pm local time at the host casino. The nine final tablists are each guaranteed a min-cash of $4,375, but sights are set on the first-place prize of $46,509 and the accompanying gold ring.
Day 2 of the $400 buy-in tournament was played yesterday, starting with the 70 survivors from the six starting flights. They were all guaranteed a min-cash of $790. As action progressed, the field was whittled down until there were just nine players left. They bagged and tagged for the night to have some time to rest and come up with a winning strategy for the final day of play.
Walter Rodriguez was the player to bag the largest stack at the end of Day 2. The player put 2.34 million into his bag. Austin Reilly trailed not far behind with 2.155 million. Rodriguez and Reilly were the only two players to pass the two-million mark, placing themselves on excellent spots for the beginning of today’s final table.
Nate Bandy with 1.535 million, Longsheng Tan with 965,000, and Steve Foutty with 915,000 were the other three players to make it into top five of the temporary leaderboard.
Tough Competition
While Rodriguez might have secured a somewhat comfortable start into Day 3, the player still has a lot of work to do if he wants to win the lion’s share of the prize pool and the accompanying piece of WSOP Circuit jewelry.
The player will have to navigate his way through a tough field of four former Circuit ring winners and a former WSOP gold bracelet winner. Rodriguez himself is vying for his first piece of Circuit paraphernalia.
Nate Bandy, who currently holds the third largest chip stack, is going for his fifth gold ring from the series. The player claimed his four previous pieces during the series’ 2016/2017 season. Reilly and Bill Hamilton, currently the short stack, each have one ring from the Circuit, while Foutty is eying his fourth title and gold piece.
Chinese player Longsheng Tan is the former gold bracelet winner that has made it into the final table of Event #2 at Planet Hollywood. He won his piece of jewelry over the summer for topping the 1,351-strong field of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. The player also scooped $323,472 in prize money.
The final nine players will return to the poker room at Planet Hollywood today at 3 pm local time to resume action and play down to a champion.
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