The survivors of Days 1A and 1B of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event took to the Rio on Wednesday for Day 2AB. The players from Day 1A made their way to the Amazon Room, while the players from Day 1B were seated in the Brasilia and Pavilion rooms inside the cavernous convention center.

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As coverage on WSOP.com explained, there was a runaway leader after Day 2AB: “Amar Anand seized control of Day 2 almost immediately after the dinner break. Anand edged his way into the chip lead by winning a flip with ace-queen, then extended his advantage with an aggressive final two levels. He was the first player to cross the 500,000-chip mark and he’s still the only player to crest 600,000. Anand finished the day with 603,500 chips, the biggest stack in the room.”

Fedor CrownUpGuy Holz made the most of the final level of play, doubling up after shoving on a board of J-6-5-5-8. He received a taker who had K-K and rolled over A-A for the win. Holz ended the day in 18th place with a stack of 303,900.

Also still alive is Chris moorman1Moorman (pictured), the most successful PocketFiver ever. Moorman’s stack shot up to 145,000 after winning a pot with 6-6 on a board of 8-5-2-8-2. The Brit ended the day just inside the top 100 at #99 with 190,700. Moorman has a record 25 PocketFives Triple Crowns, seven more than the next closest person.

Then there was Brian Stinger885Hastings (pictured at top). Despite being enveloped in a multi-accounting scandal, Hastings successfully navigated through the second day of the Main Event, winning a sizable pot with K-8 on a board of 2-K-7-5-9 to nearly pass 340,000. He finished strong, ending Day 2AB with a top 10 stack of 367,300.

There were numerous high-profile eliminations on Day 2AB. As coverage on WSOP.com explained, “Chris Moneymaker took an early exit when he lost a flip with ace-king against Daniel Colman‘s pocket queens. Jorryt van Hoofand his king-queen couldn’t beat Talal Shakerchi‘s ace-jack during his final hand… Amit amak316Makhija got his money in even better than those two, holding pocket queens against Vivek Psyduck Rajkumar’s ace-ten. Two more aces flopped, though, and Makhija joined the list of eliminations.”

Former November Niner Jason PBJaxx Senti was among those who made it through to Day 3 on Friday, Tweeting, “Day 2 started with a bang & ended with a whimper. Got up to as much as 150k pretty quickly, but ended up bagging 78k. Very happy with my play.”

Former champion Jonathan Duhamel added, “Day 2 of @WSOP Main Event is over, 177,400 in the bag, again up and down at the end, but good day overall! Back for Day 3 on Friday!”

Jordan Jymaster0011Young (pictured) escaped Day 2AB, telling his followers, “Made one bad read that cost me 50k and lost a few others to end the night with 84,100. Coming back Friday to 800/1,600/200.” Ryan ryanghall Hall reported, “Bagged 55,500 to end the day and I’ll take it! Day 3 Friday at 800/1,600!”

On Thursday, the survivors from Day 1C will migrate to the Rio for Day 2C. They’ll play the same five levels that the Day 2AB players did. Then, the field will merge for Day 3 on Friday.

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