On Thursday, a total of 52 players returned to play Day 2 of Event #5: Mixed Max (No-Limit Hold'em). Jennifer Tilly had the lead when the day started and Faraz Jaka was the closest opponent.
After several hours of 6-handed action, just as planned, the second day of the tournament ended when 16 players had chips left, and both Jaka (3rd place with 258,100) and Tilly (9th place with 163,300) were among the survivors. Other notables to make it through the day were, for example, Phil Hellmuth, Marvin Rettenmaier, Bertrand Grospellier and Jason Mercier. However all the pros mentioned above were overshadowed by another player...
The American poker pro Brandon Cantu had a pretty insane winning streak during Day 2, including a massive pre flop three-way all in where two players were sent to the rail. Today he will bring a massive 738,100 stack to the poker tables - about 460,000 more than Paul Tedeschi in second place. Cantu will face Phill Hellmuth today when heads-up play begins. Hellmuth has 127,400 chips left to gamble with, so he will need a miracle to defeat Cantu.
The heads-up bracket is as follows:
Match, Player, Chips
1 Paul Tedeschi 278,600
vs.
Roger Hairabedian 225,600
2 Kristijonas Andrulis 142,000
vs.
Mike Watson 50,700
3 Martin Jacobson 164,900
vs.
Joe Keuther 37,100
4 Brandon Cantu 738,100
vs.
Phil Hellmuth 127,400
5 Faraz Jaka 258,100
vs.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy 66,300
6 Konstantin Puchkov 183,700
vs.
Bertrand Grospellier 18,000
7 Jennifer Tilly 163,300
vs.
Marvin Rettenmaier 191,100
8 Jason Mercier 16,800
vs.
Jonathan Aguiar 212,200
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