WSOP: Brazilians Top Day 2C of Main Event, Michael Mizrachi Climbing
Just two days after the World Series of Poker announced that Brazil would be hosting a WSOP Circuit stop as soon as October, two Brazlian players rose to the top of the chip counts on Day 2C of the 2016 WSOP Main Event.
Gustavo Lopes finished with the biggest stack on Day 2C, bagging up 630,700. That puts him 59,800 ahead of countryman Rafael Moraes, who finished with 571,900. In between the two Brazilians is Italy’s Raffaele Castro with 587,900.
The top American stack on Wednesday belongs to a player who has had his share of Main Event success over the years, Michael Mizrachi. The two-time Poker Players Championship winner finish with 549,900 – good enough for fifth best.
“I usually have a good performance in the Main Event,” said Mizrachi, who has cashed three times in the Main Event, including a fifth place finish in 2010. “There’s so much play in this tournament, so I can get away with playing so many more hands. Here you can grind, you’ve got a much bigger stack – it’s two hour levels and you have a lot more play and a lot worse players.”
Reigning World Champion Joe McKeehen managed to move on to Day 3 with 183,900. Joining him as former World Champions moving on to Day 3 were Phil Hellmuth and Ryan Riess.
Other notables to move on to Day 3 include Ole Schemion with 438,400, recent bracelet winners Tony Dunst (388,300) and Kristen Bicknell (381,500), Dan Heimiller (402,000), Liv Boeree (364,400) and Max Silver (361,600)
Just 1,416 of the 3,252 players who started the day moved on to Day 3. They’ll join up with the 760 players that survived Day 2AB on Thursday and for the first time during the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event, all remaining players will be playing at the same time. The Day 3 restart was moved from 11 AM to Noon to allow players on extra hour of sleep.
Former #1s Still in the Hunt
Former #1-ranked PocketFivers had themselves quite a day on Wednesday. No fewer than six of them were among the top 500 chip counts when play ended for the night.
- Griffin Benger – 394,500
- Chris Hunichen – 371,100
- Sorel Mizzi – 369,800
- Paul Volpe – 219,300
- Tim West – 197,700
- Cliff Josephy – 196,000
Cliff Josephy is just happy to be in the Main Event, but after a big day on Wednesday, a deep run could be on the horizon.
Today was the polar opposite of Day 1. So much went right today. Ended with 196k, playing 1 more hour of 2k BB tmrw #WSOPMainEvent
— Cliff Josephy (@JohnnyBaxPoker) July 14, 2016
Folding Quads – Face Up
In what is bound to be one of the most talked about Main Event hands ever, WSOP.com reported that Kyle Bowker, facing an all in bet from his opponent, had the clock called on him with the board showing 
7x7x
.Bowker eventually folded the two remaining sevens face up.
End of the Line for Some
Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey were both eliminated on Day 2C as was $111,111 One Drop High Roller winner Fedor Holz.
Top 10 Chip Counts
- Gustavo Lopes – 630,700
- Raffaele Castro – 587,000
- Rafael Moraes – 571,900
- Albert Daher – 570,200
- Michael Mizrachi – 549,400
- Samuel Roussy-Majeau – 545,500
- Kilian Kramer – 513,800
- Benjamin Vinson – 503,600
- Lorenzo Lavis – 483,800
- Caufman Talley – 474,000
