Coming into Day 2, David Bolduc Hamel is the chip leader, with 13,865,000 chips. Five other players managed to bag more than ten million chips during the Day 1 flights: Mario Dardis (11,790,000), Singh Gagandeep (10,905,000), Kalpesh Raichura (10,835,000), Vadim Rozin (10,540,000), and Mitchell Dredge (10,225,000).
Today the 473 players have 1,536,000,000 in chips to play with. There will be a total of 12 40-minute levels of play before the bags come out for Day 3. The total prize pool is a whopping $1,494,555 and the top 15 players will receive a MILLIONS Main Event seat, worth $10,300, in addition to their prize money.
The room is buzzing with excitement, the cards and chips are flying and the players are settling down for a hard session of serious poker.
Here are the payouts:
| Rank | Position | Prize | Bourse |
|---|---|
| 1st | $200,000 + ME Seat |
| 2nd | $125,000 + ME Seat |
| 3rd | $85,000 + ME Seat |
| 4th | $60,000 + ME Seat |
| 5th | $44,855 + ME Seat |
| 6th | $33,000 + ME Seat |
| 7th | $24,000 + ME Seat |
| 8th | $18,000 + ME Seat |
| 9th | $14,000 + ME Seat |
| 10th - 12th | $11,500 + ME Seat |
| 13th - 15th | $10,000 + ME Seat |
| 16th - 18th | $8,500 |
| 19th - 27th | $7,000 |
| 28th - 36th | $6,000 |
| 37th - 54th | $5,000 |
| 55th - 81st | $4,000 |
| 82nd - 117th | $3,500 |
| 118th - 162nd | $3,000 |
| 163rd - 188th | $2,700 |