Over the last five days, over 2,200 have come down to the Hustler Casino hoping to lock up a Day 2 seat to the finals of the biggest event of this year’s Grand Slam of Poker. Now, only 190 players remain, and they will be coming back today to battle it out for the first place prize of an even $100,000! Leading the way is Dylan Nguyen, who bagged up the chip lead on the second day of play. He has some stiff competition right behind him, with Gary Sewell, Nicholas Grippo, Phong “Turbo” Nguyen, Neil Ho, and Frank Lin all in the top 10 today. The action will be picking up again at 3 PM, and we will be here all night until a winner is decided!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||||
| 1 | DYLAN NGUYEN | 788,000 | 3–2 | 65 | GREGORY SANCHEZ | 273,000 | 1–9 | 129 | MIKA HILAIRE | 135,000 | 16–8 | ||
| 2 | AMIR KACEM | 775,000 | 19–6 | 66 | BERNICE TATO | 267,000 | 19–4 | 130 | RENE VALDEZ | 133,000 | 3–3 | ||
| 3 | GARY SEWELL | 733,000 | 2–10 | 67 | PRASHRAY RAP | 267,000 | 16–1 | 131 | IGOR ZEKTSER | 130,000 | 11–4 | ||
| 4 | NICHOLAS GRIPPO | 603,000 | 18–4 | 68 | MICHAEL LARSON | 265,000 | 3–7 | 132 | ANTHONY FILPOV | 128,000 | 14–5 | ||
| 5 | PHONG TURBO NGUYEN | 585,000 | 10–1 | 69 | CHRIS McFARLAND | 254,000 | 12–1 | 133 | ERDAL ATREK | 127,000 | 5–9 | ||
| 6 | NEIL HO | 577,000 | 1–6 | 70 | JAMES HUGHES | 253,000 | 8–9 | 134 | JERI POKEN | 127,000 | 17–2 | ||
| 7 | JOHN GRUE | 572,000 | 17–5 | 71 | RAFAEL LOPEZ | 251,000 | 9–4 | 135 | ALAN OBIEJAKE | 126,000 | 14–10 | ||
| 8 | MICHAEL BOROVETZ | 557,000 | 16–7 | 72 | ADAM FURGATCH | 250,000 | 7–1 | 136 | NIPUN JAVA | 126,000 | 13–8 | ||
| 9 | VAN NGUYEN | 537,000 | 8–2 | 73 | DERRICK MOKEDI | 250,000 | 14–4 | 137 | JERRY VARON | 124,000 | 18–10 | ||
| 10 | FRANK LIN | 527,000 | 14–9 | 74 | GLADYS LANDEGGER | 246,000 | 15–6 | 138 | MICHAEL CORDI | 124,000 | 20–7 | ||
| 11 | ERIC HERSHLER | 518,000 | 15–3 | 75 | ROBERT McVEIGH | 241,000 | 20–10 | 139 | JAMES PU | 124,000 | 2–8 | ||
| 12 | GILBERT MENDOZA | 490,000 | 11–10 | 76 | BRENT BERGER | 237,000 | 4–4 | 140 | XIAOCHEN XING | 120,000 | 4–6 | ||
| 13 | RICARDO ARRIVABENE | 484,000 | 5–2 | 77 | AMIR WAHAB | 234,000 | 13–2 | 141 | COLBY HARTJE | 119,000 | 7–7 | ||
| 14 | BABKEN VARDANYAN | 479,000 | 9–7 | 78 | STEWART LOVELACE | 232,000 | 20–3 | 142 | JOHN PAUL CAO | 119,000 | 4–5 | ||
| 15 | TYLER CORMNEY | 479,000 | 4–7 | 79 | FRANCISCO BALTAZAR | 230,000 | 2–7 | 143 | BENJAMIN NGUYEN | 118,000 | 8–4 | ||
| 16 | JOSEPH WEINBERGER | 477,000 | 20–1 | 80 | ROBERT TRYON | 228,000 | 5–8 | 144 | LAURENCE HIGGENS* | 117,000 | 10–4 | ||
| 17 | TAI GIANG | 471,000 | 1–10 | 81 | ILYA SHPINER | 225,000 | 2–2 | 145 | REUBEN HOANG | 112,000 | 3–8 | ||
| 18 | STEVEN KASLOV | 461,000 | 13–4 | 82 | EUGENE TITO | 223,000 | 11–7 | 146 | STUART RABIN | 111,000 | 17–7 | ||
| 19 | RAYNARD LUNA | 460,000 | 12–6 | 83 | JARED GRIENER | 223,000 | 3–1 | 147 | EL MALLAWANY AMEER | 110,000 | 15–9 | ||
| 20 | JAY HONG | 453,000 | 7–10 | 84 | MARK COPPLE | 222,000 | 10–5 | 148 | DOUG LEE | 109,000 | 12–3 | ||
| 21 | DIONYSIOS PERDIKOYIANNIS | 452,000 | 4–1 | 85 | JERRY MANSFIELD | 222,000 | 5–7 | 149 | ERIC MUTSCHLER | 109,000 | 1–7 | ||
| 22 | ALEX RAPAPORT | 450,000 | 14–2 | 86 | DAVID PHAM | 221,000 | 1–8 | 150 | HECTOR CONTRERAS | 109,000 | 20–2 | ||
| 23 | JASON LEIFER | 449,000 | 9–1 | 87 | DANTE TABING | 221,000 | 16–5 | 151 | JOSEPH MAI | 109,000 | 19–3 | ||
| 24 | MARIO FAUCEGLIA | 446,000 | 12–10 | 88 | CHAD ADAMS | 218,000 | 7–8 | 152 | MICHAEL WANG | 109,000 | 13–10 | ||
| 25 | SEON KIM | 431,000 | 20–4 | 89 | BYUNG LEE | 216,000 | 8–10 | 153 | HAI LE | 108,000 | 15–7 | ||
| 26 | DUNG TRAN | 424,000 | 20–8 | 90 | JAN SALVERON | 216,000 | 14–1 | 154 | ERIC KANG* | 107,000 | 14–3 | ||
| 27 | GUY MAGAR | 420,000 | 19–2 | 91 | TIMOTHY STEARNS | 215,000 | 4–2 | 155 | JEFFREY YARCHEVER | 106,000 | 16–4 | ||
| 28 | MATTHEW BAILEY | 416,000 | 15–8 | 92 | WEN CHANG | 215,000 | 4–10 | 156 | BOBBY CLARKE | 105,000 | 2–6 | ||
| 29 | SHAHROKH BEHDJOU | 409,000 | 10–7 | 93 | JESSE DELGADILLO | 214,000 | 5–1 | 157 | ARMEN NAZARYAN | 103,000 | 18–9 | ||
| 30 | ELMO IMPERIAL | 391,000 | 2–1 | 94 | LY TRAN | 208,000 | 17–3 | 158 | CARLOS RODRIGUEZ | 101,000 | 5–5 | ||
| 31 | OSMIN DARDON | 384,000 | 8–7 | 95 | WING NG | 207,000 | 12–8 | 159 | JEE LEE | 101,000 | 9–2 | ||
| 32 | MICHELE SANCISI | 382,000 | 16–2 | 96 | GIE CHUNG | 204,000 | 11–1 | 160 | STAR BALTAZAR | 101,000 | 10–8 | ||
| 33 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 380,000 | 3–9 | 97 | DAVID RICH | 204,000 | 3–10 | 161 | DAVID SIEGEL | 100,000 | 4–3 | ||
| 34 | VONTRAY GARDNER | 378,000 | 18–7 | 98 | MORDEHAI AVIV | 198,000 | 15–4 | 162 | KEVIN TA | 99,000 | 11–3 | ||
| 35 | MOSHE MANZUR | 372,000 | 7–4 | 99 | RICHARD BAKOVIC | 196,000 | 14–7 | 163 | THOMAS SICA | 98,000 | 1–5 | ||
| 36 | RUBIN CHAPPELL | 362,000 | 11–5 | 100 | JOSHUA HOPKINS | 194,000 | 9–5 | 164 | JOSE CONTRERAS | 97,000 | 11–8 | ||
| 37 | GEORGE HIRATA | 361,000 | 1–1 | 101 | JAMES DOWDY | 191,000 | 18–8 | 165 | SHIMON AMSALEM | 95,000 | 5–3 | ||
| 38 | CHRISTIAN ESTRADA | 348,000 | 17–8 | 102 | MICHAEL LEARY | 191,000 | 14–8 | 166 | BENJAMIN HAN | 94,000 | 19–9 | ||
| 39 | DAVID SNOBL | 347,000 | 5–6 | 103 | ARMAN SOGOMONIAN | 187,000 | 15–10 | 167 | CUU HOANG | 94,000 | 16–6 | ||
| 40 | HOANG LE | 346,000 | 13–6 | 104 | RANDALL HOLLAND | 187,000 | 11–9 | 168 | ARTUR DEMIRCHYAN | 92,000 | 20–9 | ||
| 41 | CYRUS | 326,000 | 17–1 | 105 | HYONG CHUL KIM | 181,000 | 19–8 | 169 | RAYMOND HO | 91,000 | 12–7 | ||
| 42 | KIM LAM | 324,000 | 2–3 | 106 | CLARK BLAGMAN | 179,000 | 10–9 | 170 | LOUIS GOBERT | 90,000 | 13–5 | ||
| 43 | ARK | 323,000 | 2–5 | 107 | DERICK CHAVARRIA | 179,000 | 5–4 | 171 | MITCHELL NONG | 89,000 | 9–3 | ||
| 44 | THOMAS LEACH | 319,000 | 15–1 | 108 | ADAM VOLEN | 178,000 | 9–10 | 172 | DAVID AGARWAL | 86,000 | 16–3 | ||
| 45 | MATTHEW STOUT | 318,000 | 14–6 | 109 | NGON TRAN | 175,000 | 8–3 | 173 | JOBE LEON | 85,000 | 7–3 | ||
| 46 | NICK SHKOLNIK | 316,000 | 3–5 | 110 | MARITIROS MANUKYAN | 174,000 | 20–6 | 174 | ALLEN MITTELMAN | 84,000 | 8–6 | ||
| 47 | JOSEPH CHOUEIRI | 304,000 | 10–3 | 111 | BRUCE GREENBERG | 173,000 | 18–2 | 175 | ANTHONY WATTERS | 82,000 | 2–9 | ||
| 48 | HOGUL LEE | 301,000 | 11–2 | 112 | SHAN JING | 173,000 | 16–9 | 176 | MICHAEL ZELMAN | 81,000 | 3–6 | ||
| 49 | BA TRAN | 299,000 | 12–4 | 113 | WOO LEE | 172,000 | 17–10 | 177 | PHUONG TRAN | 81,000 | 18–5 | ||
| 50 | GERALD HUYNH | 298,000 | 5–10 | 114 | JULIAN BACH | 171,000 | 13–3 | 178 | LICH BUI | 79,000 | 15–5 | ||
| 51 | ANTHONY NGUYEN | 295,000 | 18–1 | 115 | MICHAEL ORNELAS | 166,000 | 2–4 | 179 | HAROLD ROTH | 77,000 | 13–1 | ||
| 52 | JULIE LE | 295,000 | 9–6 | 116 | RUPESH PATTNI | 166,000 | 19–1 | 180 | ANKUR LUTHRA | 68,000 | 17–6 | ||
| 53 | KAMRAM KATUZIAN | 294,000 | 16–10 | 117 | PAUL KOZUSKO | 165,000 | 9–8 | 181 | SERGIO SANCHEZ | 68,000 | 17–4 | ||
| 54 | JOHN PACCIONE | 291,000 | 4–9 | 118 | KEVIN PHAN | 159,000 | 12–2 | 182 | BEHTAJ AMIRI | 66,000 | 12–5 | ||
| 55 | MICHAEL ITAEV | 291,000 | 1–4 | 119 | LANCE ALLRED | 157,000 | 1–3 | 183 | JOSEPH FISKE | 64,000 | 18–3 | ||
| 56 | SVETLANA BARANOVSKY | 291,000 | 13–9 | 120 | RICHARD GREEN | 153,000 | 18–6 | 184 | TONY MA | 59,000 | 10–6 | ||
| 57 | CHIDUZIEM OBI | 290,000 | 20–5 | 121 | ALLEN HODJAT | 151,000 | 10–2 | 185 | SUSAN STEWART | 56,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 58 | BAGDASA AKOPYAN | 287,000 | 19–7 | 122 | WILLIAM STURIANO | 151,000 | 8–1 | 186 | RICHARD WEIS | 46,000 | 13–7 | ||
| 59 | ASHER NEAMAN | 287,000 | 7–6 | 123 | NICOLAS SHAHIN | 150,000 | 15–2 | 187 | JOEY PHAM | 41,000 | 4–8 | ||
| 60 | JOE LERMAN | 285,000 | 10–10 | 124 | JOHN LULETT | 149,000 | 12–9 | 188 | MITCHELL SMITH | 40,000 | 9–9 | ||
| 61 | MIRAN SALEM | 282,000 | 17–9 | 125 | PHUONG PHAN | 148,000 | 8–8 | 189 | GABRIEL BERTAL | 36,000 | 19–5 | ||
| 62 | COREY HUDSON | 281,000 | 8–5 | 126 | PHILLP ZANGWILL | 142,000 | 7–2 | 190 | JOSHUA FARIS | 36,000 | 11–6 | ||
| 63 | DEEPINDER SINGH | 275,000 | 18–10 | 127 | HENRY SO | 138,000 | 19–10 | ||||||
| 64 | MARK PISANO | 274,000 | 3–4 | 128 | GARY MILES | 137,000 | 7–9 | *qualified twice |