Event #2 and Event #3 Expected To Conclude Today

Published on June 1st, 2013 3:21 pm EST

Two players should walk away with World Series of Poker bracelets today, as Event #2 ($5,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed) and Event #3 ($1,000 No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry) are expected to draw to a close sometime this evening.

Trevor Pope has a MASSIVE chip lead heading into the final table of Event #2, and it will be interesting to see if anybody is able to catch him. Here are the chip counts heading into the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em final table:

Trevor Pope, 3,420,000
David Vamplew, 629,000
Jared Hamby, 629,000
Dan Kelly, 625,000
Brandon Meyers, 595,000
Jamie Armstrong, 451,000
David Peters, 435,000
Darryll Fish, 432,000

Here are the final table payouts:

1st, $553,906
2nd, $342,450
3rd, $215,286
4th, $154,518
5th, $112,695
6th, $83,532
7th, $62,915
8th, $48,130

The Event #2 final table will begin at 2 pm local time on Saturday afternoon.

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There are currently 38 players left in Event #3 ($1,000 No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry), but tournament organizers are still hoping that a winner will be crowned sometime this evening/early morning.

Here are the top 10 chip counts heading into Day 3 on Saturday:

Seth Berger, 994,000
Ryan Olisar, 815,000
Charles Sylvestre, 787,000
Ping Liu, 475,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein, 400,000
James Matteucci, 383,000
Nam Le, 361,000
Travis Wiedower, 354,000
Jia Liu, 351,000
Garrick Lau, 346,000

Here are the final table payouts:

1st, $491,360
2nd, $303,952
3rd, $215,107
4th, $155,706
5th, $114,017
6th, $84,459
7th, $63,273
8th, $47,925
9th, $36,705

Day 3 of this event will get underway at 1 pm local time on Saturday afternoon.

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