Mateos Eyeing Up Another Deep Run in $10,000 6-Handed Championship
After an eventful Day 1 in Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship, 151 players will return for the second day of play at 1 p.m. which takes place at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
There were a total of 418 entries on Day 1 but that number will almost certainly rise as late registration remains open until the end of Level 11 (around 2 p.m.). The prize pool and payout information can be expected shortly after registration closes.
It's Taiwan's James Chen that leads the pack after he amassed a stack of 502,500 chips throughout Day 1. Hot on his heels are the likes of Scott Ball (475,500), Alejandro Lococo (383,000), and Adrian Mateos (360,000), the latter of which was deep in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event but was cruelly eliminated after his aces were cracked on Day 5.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Chen | Taiwan | 502,500 | 201 |
| 2 | Scott Ball | United States | 475,500 | 190 |
| 3 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 426,000 | 170 |
| 4 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 383,000 | 153 |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 360,000 | 144 |
| 6 | Paulius Plausinaitis | Lithuania | 353,000 | 141 |
| 7 | Sergi Reixach | United Kingdom | 345,000 | 138 |
| 8 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | 333,000 | 133 |
| 9 | Tzur Levy | Israel | 320,000 | 128 |
| 10 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 314,000 | 126 |
The defending champion, Alexandre Reard, is also still in the mix with a stack of 63,500 chips. Reard banked $1,057,663 for his victory back in 2023 after topping a field of 550 entries, which saw the Frenchman bag his second WSOP bracelet.
An array of $25K Fantasy Draft players are still in the mix with the aforementioned Chen, Ball, and Mateos plus Aram Zobian (228,000), Andrew Lichtenberger (197,500), Toby Lewis (158,000), Joao Simao (151,500), Adam Hendrix (120,900), Samuel Laskowitz (105,500), Renan Bruschi (100,000), Wing Po Liu (95,500), Stephen Song (65,000), & Brian Yoon (42,500).
The plan for the day is to play ten 60-minute levels with those that successfully navigate their way through then coming back for Day 3 tomorrow, Monday July 15.
When play gets underway at 1 p.m. the blinds will be at Level 11 — 1,000/2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500. The average stack sits at just over 166,000 chips, which is slightly more than 66 big blinds.
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