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By late Thursday night level 15 had been reached on the second day of event 39: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha, with Rodney Brown (290,000) and Scott Clements (285,000) leading 35 survivors – all that was left of a starting field of 606 hopefuls.
The first day of the event had seen major names heading to the exit, including Eric Froehlich, JC Tran, Gavin Griffin, Layne Flack, Daniel Negreanu, Andy Black, Ted Lawson, Jeff Lisandro, Erik Seidel, Dan Shak, Phil Hellmuth, Al Barbieri, Vinny Vinh, Liv Boeree, John Racener, Phil Laak, and David Sklansky.
Surviving into the second day were 131 players led by David Williams and including Humberto Brenes, Erica Schoenberg, Bill Chen, and Mitch Schock.
Still in the field as the competition approached midnight Thursday were Joe Hachem, Scott Clements, Tom Schneider, David Baker, Carter Gill and Adam Junglen…still a formidable field, then.