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Oleksii Kravchuk Leads Remaining Field After Day 2ABC, Main Event Reaches 9,149 Entries

Day 2D late registration leaves limited room to challenge last year’s 10,112-entry record

The WSOP Main Event has drawn a field of 9,143 entrants – with only Day 2D late registrants left to enter the fray.
Cary Katz
Zdenek Zizka
Phil Hellmuth & Phillip Hellmuth III

Overview

  • Out of 2,946 Day 2ABC participants, 1,320 advanced to Day 3, setting the field at 9,149 entries before Day 2D
  • Oleksii Kravchuk bagged 937,500 chips to top the Day 2ABC counts and lead into the next stage
  • Cary Katz and Zdenek Zizka each won their first WSOP bracelets in Event #83 and Event #84 for $449,245 and $232,498 respectively
  • Shaun Deeb secured 532 Player of the Year points with a runner-up finish in Event #84, extending his lead on the leaderboard
  • Phil Hellmuth’s flopped quads and Nicholas Rigby’s wild stack swings energized viewers on the PokerGO feature table