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Wednesday saw the second day of what is going to be 37 days at the Rio of simultaneous World Series of Poker tournament action. Event 2, the first open event of the season, was in it's second of three days and Event 3 kicked off at noon. As a testament to poker fever still running hot, Event 2, the $1,500 No Limit Texas Hold 'em event, drew one of the largest fields in tournament poker history. What a way to kick things off, with 2,776 players battling it out for a prize pool totaling $3,789,240!

Winner - William Chen

Prize - $442,511

Last year the winner of the $2,500 No-Limit Holdem Shorthanded event was one Isaac "The General" Galazan, hailing from Bangkok, Thailand. The General beat out over five hundred players to claim his $315,125 prize, and with 740 players joining in the fun this year, someone was going to walk away with quite a bit more. The hundreds of players churned away on day one until only three dozen were left, ready to do battle again the next day. At the end of day two, only six remained, with pros like Corey Chesnerick and Phil Gordon out of the running, but in the money.

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