Ben Hamnett, a former WPT champion, holds the chip lead at 800,000.īerkey, the founder of the Solve for Why poker training brand, is looking for his first major tournament win. One of them is Matt Berkey, who finished Day 2 with 648,000 chips, good for the fifth largest stack (blinds will resume at 3,000/5,000/5,000). There are still 105 players out of 716 remaining in the $10,400 buy-in tournament in Las Vegas.
That slim margin could only be overtaken by a fifth place or better finish (assuming Bonomo doesn't also run deep). Kenney is looking to jump back into the all-time live poker tournament cashes lead ahead of Justin Bonomo, who also reached Day 3 but with a smaller stack.īonomo, now with just over $57 million in cashes, holds the lead by just over $260,000.
The 2021 World Poker Tour (WPT) Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Bellagio will head into Day 3 on Friday near the money, and with a plethora of big name pros still chasing the $1.2 million first place prize.īryn Kenney, Joseph Cheong, and Matt Berkey were among those who ended Thursday's Day 2 session with huge stacks.
