Over 1,000 players have come through the doors of the Hustler Casino in the last three days, hoping to make it to the finals of Event #17 today. Only 91 of them have claimed one of those coveted Day 2 tickets, and you can see that full list below. Ly Tran and Jared Griener maintained their hold on the top two spots today, but they have some tough competition to deal with.
The winner today will take home a beautiful Hustler Casino trophy, as well as the first place prize of $38,500. We will be here until the wee hours of the morning tonight until a champion is decided, so be sure to come back at 3 PM for all of your updates. Good luck players!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||
| 1 | LY TRAN | 735,000 | 5–2 | 47 | XUAN NGUYEN | 221,000 | 17–4 | |
| 2 | JARED GRIENER | 675,000 | 9–6 | 48 | DAVID LERMAN | 220,000 | 16–4 | |
| 3 | MALIK LEWIS | 601,000 | 16–1 | 49 | PAUL LAUENGCO | 219,000 | 9–8 | |
| 4 | GERALD HUYNH | 599,000 | 7–6 | 50 | NICK ANNUNZIATA | 215,000 | 2–6 | |
| 5 | MARC ROBINSON | 591,000 | 18–9 | 51 | TARUN RAVI | 214,000 | 16–9 | |
| 6 | ROMIK VARTZAR | 588,000 | 13–5 | 52 | STEVE GOLDMAN | 212,000 | 7–8 | |
| 7 | REVI SHANMUGAM | 551,000 | 14–7 | 53 | SATISH VITHA | 212,000 | 8–6 | |
| 8 | TIGRAN TEPOYAN | 536,000 | 8–5 | 54 | MATTHEW ARA | 208,000 | 9–5 | |
| 9 | VALENTIN ALYCANTE | 527,000 | 17–2 | 55 | DOUGLAS MEIER | 206,000 | 5–6 | |
| 10 | JAMES TIBBETTS | 518,000 | 15–3 | 56 | THOMAS LEACH | 198,000 | 14–1 | |
| 11 | OSMIN DARDON | 515,000 | 2–1 | 57 | DAVID DRAGON MALLEN | 197,000 | 17–7 | |
| 12 | NICK SHKOLNIK | 489,000 | 18–3 | 58 | PAUL CHAUDERSON | 193,000 | 14–6 | |
| 13 | DEEPINDER SINGH | 456,000 | 9–2 | 59 | EDMUND LIU | 188,000 | 8–7 | |
| 14 | SHAWN MOTAMENI | 441,000 | 7–1 | 60 | BEHZAD ESHRAGHI | 183,000 | 7–7 | |
| 15 | HOGUL LEE | 433,000 | 14–2 | 61 | AHARON SHIMONI | 182,000 | 14–8 | |
| 16 | YAACOV HAVIV | 431,000 | 15–8 | 62 | SEAN YU | 181,000 | 15–4 | |
| 17 | HOWARD DOERFLING | 428,000 | 5–9 | 63 | PAMELA MORGAN | 178,000 | 13–6 | |
| 18 | ERNEST AVANESIAN | 425,000 | 2–8 | 64 | AHMAD HOOSHMAND | 171,000 | 2–9 | |
| 19 | INDRA GONO | 422,000 | 5–5 | 65 | HECTOR CONTRERAS | 167,000 | 18–7 | |
| 20 | QING SUN | 422,000 | 17–6 | 66 | MOE MOGADAM | 164,000 | 9–3 | |
| 21 | SAFIYA UMEROVA | 398,000 | 13–1 | 67 | DERWIN LOWERY | 161,000 | 14–3 | |
| 22 | POGOS SIMITYAN | 394,000 | 8–8 | 68 | BRIJESH PATEL | 158,000 | 15–2 | |
| 23 | IRA FRIEDMAN | 391,000 | 16–5 | 69 | KHALIG HEDJAZI | 157,000 | 16–7 | |
| 24 | ADAM FURGATCH | 389,000 | 18–1 | 70 | RIF DAGHER | 156,000 | 13–2 | |
| 25 | WILLIAM STRAUSZ | 389,000 | 13–9 | 71 | TYLER CORMNEY | 153,000 | 18–4 | |
| 26 | PHILLIP PENN | 384,000 | 15–1 | 72 | JEFFREY STEIN* | 150,000 | 5–4 | |
| 27 | GENE OLEARY | 378,000 | 2–3 | 73 | BYUNG LEE | 150,000 | 17–3 | |
| 28 | LARRY TRAMMEL | 372,000 | 14–4 | 74 | VAHID JALALI | 148,000 | 15–7 | |
| 29 | NICK PHOENIX | 369,000 | 16–2 | 75 | GENE HUGHES | 137,000 | 8–2 | |
| 30 | LAWRENCE MA | 361,000 | 8–1 | 76 | JEREMY YAP | 127,000 | 7–5 | |
| 31 | DONG XU | 359,000 | 2–5 | 77 | MICHAEL BOROVETZ | 126,000 | 18–2 | |
| 32 | MICHELE SANCISI | 344,000 | 5–1 | 78 | LINDA TERRY | 118,000 | 14–9 | |
| 33 | KORMAN PAK | 342,000 | 9–4 | 79 | ALEXANDER HOANG | 107,000 | 2–4 | |
| 34 | BEHZAD JAVADZADEH | 334,000 | 17–1 | 80 | RAZ MAEL | 106,000 | 13–7 | |
| 35 | TESFU YOHANNES | 301,000 | 13–3 | 81 | FARIBA TIZHOUSH | 104,000 | 16–6 | |
| 36 | JAGDISH VASWANI | 299,000 | 5–8 | 82 | WILLIAM BROOKS* | 103,000 | 7–3 | |
| 37 | SHARON JEDIAN | 299,000 | 18–5 | 83 | CHIMEZIE IGWE | 95,000 | 8–9 | |
| 38 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 293,000 | 9–1 | 84 | PAUL LUI | 95,000 | 5–3 | |
| 39 | GABRIEL BARTAL | 286,000 | 16–8 | 85 | MAURICIO HERRERA | 94,000 | 15–5 | |
| 40 | MARK COPPLE | 262,000 | 7–4 | 86 | MATTHEW BAILEY | 93,000 | 9–9 | |
| 41 | GRYGORIY TOLMACHOV | 249,000 | 2–2 | 87 | SYED KADRI | 92,000 | 18–6 | |
| 42 | JAY KANESHIRO | 244,000 | 7–2 | 88 | PETER HENGSAKUL | 90,000 | 17–5 | |
| 43 | ARKADI ONIKOUL | 233,000 | 13–8 | 89 | SAM GONCUOGLU | 87,000 | 13–4 | |
| 44 | DYLAN NGUYEN | 231,000 | 15–6 | 90 | THANH LE | 71,000 | 18–8 | |
| 45 | MICHAEL WANG* | 229,000 | 17–8 | 91 | DAVID DOEH | 19,000 | 2–7 | |
| 46 | DARREN VAN | 227,000 | 8–3 | *qualified twice |