6/23/10 – In event 39, a $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, a field of almost 1 400 players was down to 140 as Day 2 started Tuesday afternoon Vegas time.
Ten hours later the field was down to just 16, with the most recent three survivors advancing to the final including Michael Pesek, Annette Obrestad and Justin Scott.
Vladimir Schemelev on 260,000 currently leads the last 24 players left alive in event 40 – the $2,500 buy-in Seven-Card Razz competition, which attracted a field of 365 and late Tuesday night was well into Day 2.
The successful Russian player was being chased by Maxwell Troy (235,000) and Frank Kassela (208,000), with the most recent eliminations including previous main event champion Joe Hachem, Hasan Habib and Allen Bari.
160 players started Day 2 action Tuesday afternoon, with only 24 still in late night action as we went to press.
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