2026 Spring Super Stack – Event #14: $1,500 Superstack NLH

The players moved up a blind level, skipping 40k/80k/80k, but once they started on 50k/100k/100k, they decided to chop and call it an evening. Jamie Martin had the big stack, so he took the win, while Osbert Liu took second. They both won $74,736.

The money went in on the 2♦5♠4♦ flop with Jamie Martin on a pair of fives with a wheel draw on ace-five, but Liu was drawing to diamonds with J♦8♦. Liu found his third diamond on the turn of 9♦8♥.

That put Liu to the lead with about 9 million to 3.5 million. On the very next hand, the money went in with Martin holding ace-king against queen-ten for Liu. Liu flopped a ten, but Martin flopped a king and held to put them back to even.

Osbert Liu raised to 125k, and both Jamie Martin and Eric Wasylenko called. It checked to Liu on the 10♠Q♣8♠ flop, and he fired 200k.

Martin folded, but Wasy shoved. Liu called quickly, and it was a cooler with Wasy on ten-eight vs queen-eight for Liu. The runout J♠4♠ didn’t change anything, sending Wasylenko home in 3rd place.

Jamie Martin is still leading with around 7 million, but Osbert Liu has chipped up a bit. There haven’t been a lot of showdowns in the past while, with hands typically ending without any board action.

Eric Wasyenko is the short stack right now, with around a million, and his main move has been to shove and take down blinds & antes, sometimes with limps included.

Jeff Bryde raised under the gun to 120k, and Osbert Liu called from the button, as did Jamie Martin from the small blind. It all kicked off on the 9♣8♦K♣ flop.

Martin checked, and Bryde fired 225k. Liu mucked his hand, but Martin raised enough to force Bryde all in.

Bryde snapped it off with kings and nines, while Martin was open-ended with 7♠6♣. Martin bricked the A♠ turn, but smashed the 5♥ river for his straight.

The final four players in the Main Event are on a break now, with Jamie Martin the runaway leader. He has 7.4 million, and between him, and Osbert Liu’s 3 million, they have 5/6ths of the chips in play.

Jamie Martin is running over the table right now, with about 7.5 million of the almost 13 million in play. He just three-bet Jeff Bryde, making it 325k to go after Bryde opened to 100k from the button.

On the previous hand, Osbert Liu called the small blind preflop, and Martin checked. They checked through the flop and turn on a board of 8♣3♥J♠4♠A♦. On the river, Liu slid out an overbet of 500k.

“That looks very bluffy,” Martin commented, holding up a queen rag. “Can you believe I am thinking of calling with this?” He eventually mucked, but Liu made no indication if it was a bluff or not.

Jamie Martin is the runaway leader right now. He is playing 6.5 million, a bit more than half the chips in play four-handed. Osbert Liu has about 3 million in play right now, and the remaining 3 million is divided between Jeff Bryde & Eric Wasylenko.

Chris Bryant was the short stack five ways, and he got it in with pocket fours, only to run into pocket jacks for Jeff Bryde. He couldn’t find his outs, and busted for 5th place today.

Osbert Liu raised the cutoff to 80k before Karim Chatur shoved the button. Liu called off for a race between his nines and Chatur’s king-jack. Chatur flopped straight outs, but bricked the A♦Q♠9♣6♦7♠ to hit the rail for 6th place.

Glenn Slater shoved with pocket sixes, and Jamie Martin called down with more and ace-king. Martin hit his ace on the flop, and nothing came to improve Slater to send him out in 7th place tonight.

Chris Bryant limped from the middle, and Osbert Liu checked his option in the big blind. They both checked the K♦A♥K♣ flop, and Liu led for 100k on the 5♥ turn. Bryant called to the [invalid notations] river, then called again for 140k. Bryant said he had pocket nines after he mucked when Liu showed ace-ten for the win.

Jamie Martin raised the middle to 60k before Homan Mohammadi shoved the big blind. Martin called it down with the big stack and queens, and Mohammadi was drawing thin with ace-jack. He found a diamond draw on the turn of 8♥2♦10♦6♦Q♠, but the offsuit queen on the river sent him out.

Osbert Liu raised the button to 60k, then called when small blind Homan Mohammadi raised to 210k. Mohammadi fired 110k on the 9♠6♠10♦ flop, and they both checked the 3♣ turn. Mohammadi checked again on the J♠ river, then tank-called when Liu fired 275k.

Mohammdi mucked when Liu showed king-ten of hearts for top pair on the flop.

It all went in preflop after Eric Wasylenko raised to 60k, Osbert Liu reraised to 200k, Wasy four-bet to 425k, Liu shoved the big stack, and Wasy called it off. It was a classic race between big slick for Wasy and pocket jacks for Liu, but the runout wasn’t as classic when Wasy hit the wheel on 4♠5♣2♣3♥7♥.

Wasy doubled up 1.225 million and now looks to be second in chips behind Jamie Martin, who is playing about 3 million. They have another break in about 30 minutes, and I’ll do full chips then.

Eric Wasyleko raised the cutoff to 60k, and Osbert Liu asked what he had behind, then flat-called. Thet checked it through the flop and turn on J♠4♦7♦5♠5♣, but on the river, Liu bet 75k, then called when Wasy pumped it up to 185k. Wasy showed K♥5♥, and Liu folded to put Wasy up over a million.

I missed the action while I was out of the room, but the final table is down to 8 players left now after Vik Gill busted in 9th place. He took the last payout under $10k, and everyone remaining is guaranteed a five-figure score now.

I missed the final action, but Garry Sandhu was left short after he recently doubled up Karim Chatur, and he just busted for 10th place.

Glenn Slater opened early to 60k, and Jeff Bryde raised the middle to 160k. Chris Bryant called from the button, as did Slater. They all checked the 7♣6♦A♠, but when Slater checked the 4♦ turn, Bryde fired 150k.

Bryant mucked, but Slater flatted to the J♠ river. Slater led for 350k, but then folded when Bryde shoved for 605k.

I had a bit of a short circuit today, and I’ve been mistaking Vik Gill for someone else. Gill just doubled through Deven Lane after Lane raised, Gill shoved, and Lane called it off.

Lane was in good shape with ace-queen over ace-jack, but after three eights on the flop and a jack on the turn, Lane bricked the river to send the double to Gill.

Lane busted in the next hand, and they are now setting up the final table.

The DNR player shoved a bit more than 300k from the cutoff, and Deven Lane called off with less from the small blind. Land had A♣K♣ against queen-ten offsuit, and he flopped a king. His opponent flopped open-ended, but bricked the turn and river of J♦K♠7♣4♦3♦.

There are about 20 minutes remaining in the dinner break, with 12 players left. Pav Braich hit the rail just before dinner to bring the field to 12.

Osbert Liu is still leading, and he’s playing 2.41 million, while Jamie Martin and Glenn Slater are just below 2 million. The tables are unbalanced right now, as Braich busted on the final hand, and they’ll balance it up after dinner.

Garry Sandhu limped the small blind, and Jamie Martin checked the big. They checked it down until the river of 3♠9♠J♦A♥3♣. After a river check from Sandhu, Martin fired 200k into a pot 70k.

“If you bet 100k, I pay you off,” said Sandhu as he folded.

“That’s why I bet 200k,” Martin said with a smile.

Renhao Zhang was all in against Karim Chatur, with Chatur on the big stack. Zhang had pocket jacks, but Chatur, who was all in for his life a couple of minutes ago before finding a miracle straight on the river to survive against Eric Wasylenko, was on kings.

Nothing changed on the runout, and Zhang hit the cage for 14th place.

The field is down to 14 remaining in the Main Event now, with about 30 minutes to play in Level 21. There is a 45-minute dinner break following this level, and I’ll get anther full round of counts while they are away from the tables for dinner.

Place	Player	Prize
15	Shane Brotherwood	$4,848
16	Shreesh Hebbar	$4,646
17	Shivan Ahmad	$4,646

Homan Mohammadi raised under the gun to 40k, and Deven Lane defended the big blind with a call. Lane check-called for 40k on the 2♠9♦5♠ flop, and they both checked the 10♠ turn.

After a check from Lane on the 7♠ river, Mohammadi fired 120k. Lane tanked for a bit before folding. Before the flop, he told Mohammadi he was looking for a suit.

“Were you looking for spades?” Mohammadi asked, showing ace-jack of spades. Lane chuckled and indicated that spades wasn’t the suit he was after, fortunately for him.

Osbert Liu raised the hijack to 40k, and Jeff Bryde, who was runner-up in the PLO Bounty the other night, called from the big blind. Bryde check-called for 30k on the 4♣Q♣5♠ flop, but he check-folded to 75k on the A♦ turn. Liu is now up to about 1.7 million.

They are down to the final 17 players on the final two tables. They redrew for new seats when they got to two tables; I don’t have a good handle on the chips at the moment, but below is a look at the new seats for the final 17.

Place	Player	Prize
18	Jack Dick	$4,444
19	Paul Brar	$4,444

Jack Dick shoved 32k from the middle, and Osbert Liu called from the big stack. Liu was marginally ahead with ace-eight against ten-nine for Dick, but Dick found a ten on the 10♣K♠6♥J♥7♠ board to stay alive and double up, but it still looks like he’s the shortest stack in the room.

Jamie Martin opened from the middle to 36k, and Pav Braich and Karim Chatur came along from the blinds. They all checked the 8♥Q♠10♣ flop, but Braich led for 40k on the 3♠ turn.

Chatur called from the big blind, while Martin mucked. The 6♦ river brought checks from both players, and Chatur mucked his hand when Braich showed pocket jacks for the win.

The Main Event field is down to 20 remaining now, with about 35 minutes to play in Level 20. There’s a good chance they’ll be at the final two tables shortly.

Place	Player	Prize
20	Senthuran Vijayaratnam	$4,242
21	Regan Duong	$4,242
22	Zhi Yang	$4,040

The field is down to 22 remaining, with Level 20 just underway. I got a full look at the chips on the recent break, and start-of-day leader Osbert Liu is still sitting with the biggest stack.

Recent Busts from the Main

Place	Player	Prize
23	Mike Malm	$4,040
24	Daniel Lefebvre	$4,040
25	Nicholas Lee	$3,838
26	David Swaim	$3,838

Final 22 Stacks in the Main

The remaining players are now redrawing for seats on the final three tables. There were two busts at the same time on the most recent hand. Fred Parsons was 28th after his nine-ten couldn’t find a straight against pocket tens. Meanwhile, one table over, Denny Amirault had his pocket tens outflopped by big blind Jamie Martin, when Martin called preflop and hit two pair on the flop with four-three.

Place	Player	Prize
27	Denis Amirault	$3,838
28	Frederick Parsons	$3,636
29	Juan Lamprea	$3,636

Once the bubble burst, a few of the shorter stacks were eager for doubles, and they saw several bustouts to bring the game to 29 remaining. As always, I’ll post the recent cashouts within posts, with the full list of prizes for today under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
30	Nicholas Mcewen	$3,636
31	Andy Truong	$3,434
32	Dale Wiens	$3,434

The bubble play is now complete, and the clock is running again with just over 50 minutes remaining in Level 19. Sunny Lubana was the unfortunate bubble today, and Chris Bryant was the recipient. When the stacks were counted down, Bryant had about 10k more than Lubana behind, and Bryant is now sitting with well over a million.

All remaining players are now guaranteed money.

The action is now hand-for-hand on the bubble with 33 players left. The clock was paused with just 3:51 remaining in Level 18, and they’ve played one hand with the clock paused so far.

The Main Event is down to 34 players left, just 2 players off the money. That puts them on the soft bubble, and one elimination away from hand-for-hand, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 18.

The Main Event field is nearing the money now with 35 players left. There are about 20 minutes left in Level 18, and they’ll go into the hand-for-hand phase of the game after two more eliminations.

The Main Event is down to 36 players remaining, on the final four tables. That puts them just 4 eliminations away from the money spots. With about 40 minutes to play in Level 18, it still looks like a reasonable bet that hand-for-hand play will start sometime in this level.

The Main Event players are on their first break of the day, and they are 6 off the money spots when they return to action for Level 18 in about 10 minutes. They will be returning to blinds of 5k/10k/10k, with the average stack just over 30 big blinds.

Start-of-day leader Osbert Liu still looks to be leading, with 1.04 million in front of him right now, with the DNR player also sitting with over 1 million.

The Main Event is down to 41 players as they approach the first break of the day. That puts them 9 off the money spots, and it seems likely they’ll hit the bubble play sometime in Level 18.

About 10 minutes have passed in Level 17, and the Main Event field is down to 45 players left. That still has them 13 off the 32 paid spots for today, so there’s still some poke to play before anyone gets paid today.

All the prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, but just as a reminder, the min-cash today for 32nd place is $3,434, but the winner later today is expected to pocket almost $91k, barring any end-of-day deals.

Event #14: $1,500 Super Stack (Main) ($1,350 + $150)

Day 2 of the Main Event is set with more than $400k up for grabs. 32 players will get a piece of the action, so that means 26 Day 2 players will have to go home empty-handed from Sunday’s action.

The Day 2 action kicks off at Noon, and they’ll play until a winner is decided. Given that there are 58 returning players, expect it to be a long day before the final hands are played. The Day 2 blinds are 60 minutes, and the action kicks off in Level 16 with blinds at 3k/6k/6k.

Osbert Liu is the chip leader to start the day. He bagged 728.5k on Day 1b, and is 150k ahead of the Day 1a leader, Chris Bryant in second place. The 3rd place stack asked to be reported as DNR, but Jamie Martin (a1) and Shivan Ahmad (1b) round out the top five counts.

Top Ten Chips for Day 2

Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)

Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Name

The players moved up a blind level, skipping 40k/80k/80k, but once they started on 50k/100k/100k, they decided to chop and call it an evening. Jamie Martin had the big stack, so he took the win, while Osbert Liu took second. They both won $74,736.

The money went in on the 2♦5♠4♦ flop with Jamie Martin on a pair of fives with a wheel draw on ace-five, but Liu was drawing to diamonds with J♦8♦. Liu found his third diamond on the turn of 9♦8♥.

That put Liu to the lead with about 9 million to 3.5 million. On the very next hand, the money went in with Martin holding ace-king against queen-ten for Liu. Liu flopped a ten, but Martin flopped a king and held to put them back to even.

Osbert Liu raised to 125k, and both Jamie Martin and Eric Wasylenko called. It checked to Liu on the 10♠Q♣8♠ flop, and he fired 200k.

Martin folded, but Wasy shoved. Liu called quickly, and it was a cooler with Wasy on ten-eight vs queen-eight for Liu. The runout J♠4♠ didn’t change anything, sending Wasylenko home in 3rd place.

Jamie Martin is still leading with around 7 million, but Osbert Liu has chipped up a bit. There haven’t been a lot of showdowns in the past while, with hands typically ending without any board action.

Eric Wasyenko is the short stack right now, with around a million, and his main move has been to shove and take down blinds & antes, sometimes with limps included.

Jeff Bryde raised under the gun to 120k, and Osbert Liu called from the button, as did Jamie Martin from the small blind. It all kicked off on the 9♣8♦K♣ flop.

Martin checked, and Bryde fired 225k. Liu mucked his hand, but Martin raised enough to force Bryde all in.

Bryde snapped it off with kings and nines, while Martin was open-ended with 7♠6♣. Martin bricked the A♠ turn, but smashed the 5♥ river for his straight.

The final four players in the Main Event are on a break now, with Jamie Martin the runaway leader. He has 7.4 million, and between him, and Osbert Liu’s 3 million, they have 5/6ths of the chips in play.

Jamie Martin is running over the table right now, with about 7.5 million of the almost 13 million in play. He just three-bet Jeff Bryde, making it 325k to go after Bryde opened to 100k from the button.

On the previous hand, Osbert Liu called the small blind preflop, and Martin checked. They checked through the flop and turn on a board of 8♣3♥J♠4♠A♦. On the river, Liu slid out an overbet of 500k.

“That looks very bluffy,” Martin commented, holding up a queen rag. “Can you believe I am thinking of calling with this?” He eventually mucked, but Liu made no indication if it was a bluff or not.

Jamie Martin is the runaway leader right now. He is playing 6.5 million, a bit more than half the chips in play four-handed. Osbert Liu has about 3 million in play right now, and the remaining 3 million is divided between Jeff Bryde & Eric Wasylenko.

Chris Bryant was the short stack five ways, and he got it in with pocket fours, only to run into pocket jacks for Jeff Bryde. He couldn’t find his outs, and busted for 5th place today.

Osbert Liu raised the cutoff to 80k before Karim Chatur shoved the button. Liu called off for a race between his nines and Chatur’s king-jack. Chatur flopped straight outs, but bricked the A♦Q♠9♣6♦7♠ to hit the rail for 6th place.

Glenn Slater shoved with pocket sixes, and Jamie Martin called down with more and ace-king. Martin hit his ace on the flop, and nothing came to improve Slater to send him out in 7th place tonight.

Chris Bryant limped from the middle, and Osbert Liu checked his option in the big blind. They both checked the K♦A♥K♣ flop, and Liu led for 100k on the 5♥ turn. Bryant called to the [invalid notations] river, then called again for 140k. Bryant said he had pocket nines after he mucked when Liu showed ace-ten for the win.

Jamie Martin raised the middle to 60k before Homan Mohammadi shoved the big blind. Martin called it down with the big stack and queens, and Mohammadi was drawing thin with ace-jack. He found a diamond draw on the turn of 8♥2♦10♦6♦Q♠, but the offsuit queen on the river sent him out.

Osbert Liu raised the button to 60k, then called when small blind Homan Mohammadi raised to 210k. Mohammadi fired 110k on the 9♠6♠10♦ flop, and they both checked the 3♣ turn. Mohammadi checked again on the J♠ river, then tank-called when Liu fired 275k.

Mohammdi mucked when Liu showed king-ten of hearts for top pair on the flop.

It all went in preflop after Eric Wasylenko raised to 60k, Osbert Liu reraised to 200k, Wasy four-bet to 425k, Liu shoved the big stack, and Wasy called it off. It was a classic race between big slick for Wasy and pocket jacks for Liu, but the runout wasn’t as classic when Wasy hit the wheel on 4♠5♣2♣3♥7♥.

Wasy doubled up 1.225 million and now looks to be second in chips behind Jamie Martin, who is playing about 3 million. They have another break in about 30 minutes, and I’ll do full chips then.

Eric Wasyleko raised the cutoff to 60k, and Osbert Liu asked what he had behind, then flat-called. Thet checked it through the flop and turn on J♠4♦7♦5♠5♣, but on the river, Liu bet 75k, then called when Wasy pumped it up to 185k. Wasy showed K♥5♥, and Liu folded to put Wasy up over a million.

I missed the action while I was out of the room, but the final table is down to 8 players left now after Vik Gill busted in 9th place. He took the last payout under $10k, and everyone remaining is guaranteed a five-figure score now.

I missed the final action, but Garry Sandhu was left short after he recently doubled up Karim Chatur, and he just busted for 10th place.

Glenn Slater opened early to 60k, and Jeff Bryde raised the middle to 160k. Chris Bryant called from the button, as did Slater. They all checked the 7♣6♦A♠, but when Slater checked the 4♦ turn, Bryde fired 150k.

Bryant mucked, but Slater flatted to the J♠ river. Slater led for 350k, but then folded when Bryde shoved for 605k.

I had a bit of a short circuit today, and I’ve been mistaking Vik Gill for someone else. Gill just doubled through Deven Lane after Lane raised, Gill shoved, and Lane called it off.

Lane was in good shape with ace-queen over ace-jack, but after three eights on the flop and a jack on the turn, Lane bricked the river to send the double to Gill.

Lane busted in the next hand, and they are now setting up the final table.

The DNR player shoved a bit more than 300k from the cutoff, and Deven Lane called off with less from the small blind. Land had A♣K♣ against queen-ten offsuit, and he flopped a king. His opponent flopped open-ended, but bricked the turn and river of J♦K♠7♣4♦3♦.

There are about 20 minutes remaining in the dinner break, with 12 players left. Pav Braich hit the rail just before dinner to bring the field to 12.

Osbert Liu is still leading, and he’s playing 2.41 million, while Jamie Martin and Glenn Slater are just below 2 million. The tables are unbalanced right now, as Braich busted on the final hand, and they’ll balance it up after dinner.

Garry Sandhu limped the small blind, and Jamie Martin checked the big. They checked it down until the river of 3♠9♠J♦A♥3♣. After a river check from Sandhu, Martin fired 200k into a pot 70k.

“If you bet 100k, I pay you off,” said Sandhu as he folded.

“That’s why I bet 200k,” Martin said with a smile.

Renhao Zhang was all in against Karim Chatur, with Chatur on the big stack. Zhang had pocket jacks, but Chatur, who was all in for his life a couple of minutes ago before finding a miracle straight on the river to survive against Eric Wasylenko, was on kings.

Nothing changed on the runout, and Zhang hit the cage for 14th place.

The field is down to 14 remaining in the Main Event now, with about 30 minutes to play in Level 21. There is a 45-minute dinner break following this level, and I’ll get anther full round of counts while they are away from the tables for dinner.

Place	Player	Prize
15	Shane Brotherwood	$4,848
16	Shreesh Hebbar	$4,646
17	Shivan Ahmad	$4,646

Homan Mohammadi raised under the gun to 40k, and Deven Lane defended the big blind with a call. Lane check-called for 40k on the 2♠9♦5♠ flop, and they both checked the 10♠ turn.

After a check from Lane on the 7♠ river, Mohammadi fired 120k. Lane tanked for a bit before folding. Before the flop, he told Mohammadi he was looking for a suit.

“Were you looking for spades?” Mohammadi asked, showing ace-jack of spades. Lane chuckled and indicated that spades wasn’t the suit he was after, fortunately for him.

Osbert Liu raised the hijack to 40k, and Jeff Bryde, who was runner-up in the PLO Bounty the other night, called from the big blind. Bryde check-called for 30k on the 4♣Q♣5♠ flop, but he check-folded to 75k on the A♦ turn. Liu is now up to about 1.7 million.

They are down to the final 17 players on the final two tables. They redrew for new seats when they got to two tables; I don’t have a good handle on the chips at the moment, but below is a look at the new seats for the final 17.

Place	Player	Prize
18	Jack Dick	$4,444
19	Paul Brar	$4,444

Jack Dick shoved 32k from the middle, and Osbert Liu called from the big stack. Liu was marginally ahead with ace-eight against ten-nine for Dick, but Dick found a ten on the 10♣K♠6♥J♥7♠ board to stay alive and double up, but it still looks like he’s the shortest stack in the room.

Jamie Martin opened from the middle to 36k, and Pav Braich and Karim Chatur came along from the blinds. They all checked the 8♥Q♠10♣ flop, but Braich led for 40k on the 3♠ turn.

Chatur called from the big blind, while Martin mucked. The 6♦ river brought checks from both players, and Chatur mucked his hand when Braich showed pocket jacks for the win.

The Main Event field is down to 20 remaining now, with about 35 minutes to play in Level 20. There’s a good chance they’ll be at the final two tables shortly.

Place	Player	Prize
20	Senthuran Vijayaratnam	$4,242
21	Regan Duong	$4,242
22	Zhi Yang	$4,040

The field is down to 22 remaining, with Level 20 just underway. I got a full look at the chips on the recent break, and start-of-day leader Osbert Liu is still sitting with the biggest stack.

Recent Busts from the Main

Place	Player	Prize
23	Mike Malm	$4,040
24	Daniel Lefebvre	$4,040
25	Nicholas Lee	$3,838
26	David Swaim	$3,838

Final 22 Stacks in the Main

The remaining players are now redrawing for seats on the final three tables. There were two busts at the same time on the most recent hand. Fred Parsons was 28th after his nine-ten couldn’t find a straight against pocket tens. Meanwhile, one table over, Denny Amirault had his pocket tens outflopped by big blind Jamie Martin, when Martin called preflop and hit two pair on the flop with four-three.

Place	Player	Prize
27	Denis Amirault	$3,838
28	Frederick Parsons	$3,636
29	Juan Lamprea	$3,636

Once the bubble burst, a few of the shorter stacks were eager for doubles, and they saw several bustouts to bring the game to 29 remaining. As always, I’ll post the recent cashouts within posts, with the full list of prizes for today under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
30	Nicholas Mcewen	$3,636
31	Andy Truong	$3,434
32	Dale Wiens	$3,434

The bubble play is now complete, and the clock is running again with just over 50 minutes remaining in Level 19. Sunny Lubana was the unfortunate bubble today, and Chris Bryant was the recipient. When the stacks were counted down, Bryant had about 10k more than Lubana behind, and Bryant is now sitting with well over a million.

All remaining players are now guaranteed money.

The action is now hand-for-hand on the bubble with 33 players left. The clock was paused with just 3:51 remaining in Level 18, and they’ve played one hand with the clock paused so far.

The Main Event is down to 34 players left, just 2 players off the money. That puts them on the soft bubble, and one elimination away from hand-for-hand, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 18.

The Main Event field is nearing the money now with 35 players left. There are about 20 minutes left in Level 18, and they’ll go into the hand-for-hand phase of the game after two more eliminations.

The Main Event is down to 36 players remaining, on the final four tables. That puts them just 4 eliminations away from the money spots. With about 40 minutes to play in Level 18, it still looks like a reasonable bet that hand-for-hand play will start sometime in this level.

The Main Event players are on their first break of the day, and they are 6 off the money spots when they return to action for Level 18 in about 10 minutes. They will be returning to blinds of 5k/10k/10k, with the average stack just over 30 big blinds.

Start-of-day leader Osbert Liu still looks to be leading, with 1.04 million in front of him right now, with the DNR player also sitting with over 1 million.

The Main Event is down to 41 players as they approach the first break of the day. That puts them 9 off the money spots, and it seems likely they’ll hit the bubble play sometime in Level 18.

About 10 minutes have passed in Level 17, and the Main Event field is down to 45 players left. That still has them 13 off the 32 paid spots for today, so there’s still some poke to play before anyone gets paid today.

All the prizes are loaded under the Payouts tab, but just as a reminder, the min-cash today for 32nd place is $3,434, but the winner later today is expected to pocket almost $91k, barring any end-of-day deals.

Event #14: $1,500 Super Stack (Main) ($1,350 + $150)

Day 2 of the Main Event is set with more than $400k up for grabs. 32 players will get a piece of the action, so that means 26 Day 2 players will have to go home empty-handed from Sunday’s action.

The Day 2 action kicks off at Noon, and they’ll play until a winner is decided. Given that there are 58 returning players, expect it to be a long day before the final hands are played. The Day 2 blinds are 60 minutes, and the action kicks off in Level 16 with blinds at 3k/6k/6k.

Osbert Liu is the chip leader to start the day. He bagged 728.5k on Day 1b, and is 150k ahead of the Day 1a leader, Chris Bryant in second place. The 3rd place stack asked to be reported as DNR, but Jamie Martin (a1) and Shivan Ahmad (1b) round out the top five counts.

Top Ten Chips for Day 2

Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)

Day 2 Chips, Sorted by Name