"Hey reporter, you missed the biggest pot," a player on table eight exclaimed and Matthew Anderson was sitting on a stack of close to half a million. Apparently, Anderson had won aces against the queens of Craig Smith to become one of the current chip leaders.
Rahnaz Rehman was all in with a short stack on the button and initial raiser William Kassouf from under the gun called with the 
. Rehman tabled the 
and the 
board secured the double for Rehman on the turn.
Mohammed Zahour in the big blind called the open shove of Vamshi Vandanapu from under the gun for 45,000 and tabled the , while Vandanapu had a flip with the 
.
The board came 
and Zahour rivered the superior two pair.
Jaime Rueda Sampedro was all in for around 50,000 and Lukas Gloor looked him up.
The Spaniard was at risk with the 
on a 
flop and Gloor had the 
. The Spaniard had a sweat to endure on the 
turn but the 
river changed nothing.
In a battle big blind versus button, James Williams was all in for 32,500 with the 
and his oppon ent turned over the .
The 
board kept the defending champion in contention.
Akshay Reddy three-bet shoved his shorter stack out of the big blind with the and Nikolay Ponomarev called with the .
The 
flop vaulted Ponomarev into the lead and he stayed there on the 
on turn and river.
A total of 518 entries generated a prize pool of £512,820 and the top 63 spots will get paid at least £1,890 while the winner receives £100,000 and the package for the 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event worth $12,500 courtesy of event sponsor 888poker.
| Place | Prize (in GBP) | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in GBP) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £100,000 | $129,274 | 10-12 | £7,330 | $9,476 |
| 2 | £69,770 | $90,194 | 13-15 | £5,940 | $7,679 |
| 3 | £44,920 | $58,070 | 16-18 | £5,120 | $6,619 |
| 4 | £33,230 | $42,958 | 19-21 | £4,460 | $5,766 |
| 5 | £24,920 | $32,215 | 22-24 | £3,990 | $5,158 |
| 6 | £20,100 | $25,984 | 25-27 | £3,530 | $4,563 |
| 7 | £16,660 | $21,537 | 28-36 | £3,070 | $3,969 |
| 8 | £13,280 | $17,168 | 37-45 | £2,660 | $3,439 |
| 9 | £10,000 | $12,927 | 46-54 | £2,250 | $2,909 |
| 55-63 | £1,890 | $2,443 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The 196 players that started into Day 2 have been cut down all the way to the last 124 and the first 25-minute break of the day has just started.
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