Niveau 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Arnaldo Gordon
Malcolm Trayner opened from early position to 5,500,000. Action folded around to Arnaldo Gordon in the small blind who moved all in for his last 9,000,000 chips. Trayner made the call, covering Gordon for his tournament life.
Arnaldo Gordon: Q♠Q♥
Malcolm Trayner: A♠A♦
The board ran out 9♣J♠10♣2♠7♥ and Trayner's aces held, sending Gordon to the rail.
Niveau 38
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Prasad Vemulapalli
Prasad Vemulapalli and Michael Miller had gotten to the turn on a board of 5♦9♣3♣A♦ when Vemulapalli shoved all in for 6,000,000. Miller wasted no time in making the call.
Prasad Vemulapalli: A♥6♥
Michael Miller: A♣K♣
Vemulapalli was looking for a six but the 7♣ river wasn't what he needed which meant he was eliminated.
Niveau 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Jake Brown
The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was buzzing today as Day 2 of Event 5: $1,000 Mystery Millions ran its course with two mega bounties of $1,000,000 being awarded. A staggering 950 players returned for the second day and just 18 managed to survive the onslaught and make it into Day 3, which will play out Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe Event Center.
Jake Brown was the player who bagged up the biggest stack after he ended the day with 76,525,000. Brown also managed to pull one of the top bounties of $250,000 during the closing levels of the day and unleashed an ecstatic roar that echoed throughout the room.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jake Brown
United States
76,525,000
38
2
Carson Richards
United States
74,650,000
37
3
Michael Miller
United States
68,425,000
34
4
Christopher Battenfield
United States
59,650,000
30
5
Eugene Tito
United States
55,200,000
28
6
Jefferson James
United States
49,000,000
25
7
Pei Li
Canada
48,825,000
24
8
Kyle Mizell
United States
48,625,000
24
9
Christopher Castellan
United States
41,300,000
21
10
Oshri Azran
United States
40,475,000
20
Ukraine's Valentyn Shabelnyk was the first player who got his hands on the top bounty as he picked one of the two $1,000,000 prizes during the opening level of play. DJ Buckley was the lucky player to grab the last seven-figure bounty on offer during Level 29 which was met with cheers, and some groans, from around the room.
DJ Buckley
Carson Richards sits second on the leaderboard with a stack of 74,600,000 and has just over $32,000 in tracked live tournament earnings according to Hendon Mob, which he has already eclipsed as he is guaranteed at least $36,550 come Day 3.
Michael Miller (PA) rounds out the top three stacks with 68,400,000 chips. Miller went on a rampage during the closing levels and first eliminatedPrasad Vemulapalli then picked up another bounty after he sent Justin Vautrin to the rail. Miller collected another scalp after getting the better of Joshua Reichard to finish the day strong and put himself in a great position on Day 3.
The remaining 18 players will come back for Day 3 at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 4 and blinds will start at Level 40, 1,000,000/2,000,000 with a 2,000,000 big blind ante. With an average stack of just over 20 big blinds, the action is expected to be fast-paced. A new champion will be crowned and a bracelet will find a new home on the wrist of one of the remaining players, but only time will tell who it will be.
Follow along the action right here on PokerNews for all the latest updates and to see who can go all the way.
