Brazil's top-ranked online pro Brunno Botteon leads the final nine in the international portion of the 2020 WSOP Main Event.

The 2020 World Series of Poker Main Event continued on Monday as the 179 players who survived the three $10,000 buy-in starting flights on GGPoker reconvened on Day 2 to determine which nine players would lock up a seat at King’s Casino in Rozvadov for a shot at the $1,550,969 first-place prize.

When all was said and done on Day 2 it was worldwide #5-ranked Brunno Botteon out of Brazil who rose to the top of the final table chip counts, finishing the day with more than 10 million in chips. More than 4 million behind Botteon on the leaderboard sits Manuel Ruvio. Ruvio scored the final knockout of the day which helped elevate him to second in chips. The top-three is rounded out by 2017 World Series of Poker final table member Damian Salas. Salas, currently third in chips, would need to win the international portion of the Main Event to best his previous final table cash of $1.425 million which he earned for a seventh-place finish.

Joining the chip leaders in Rozvadov will be ‘fullbabyfull’, Hannes Speiser, Dominykas Mikolaitis, Ramon Miquel Munoz, Peiyuan Sun, and short-stack Stoyan Obreshkov, who will start the final table with roughly 10 big blinds.

Final Table Chip Counts

RankName Chips
1Brunno Botteon10,317,743
2Manuel Ruvio6,213,759
3Damian Salas5,653,528
4'fullbabyfull'4,232,560
5Hannes Speiser3,515,744
6Dominykas Mikolaitis3,165,440
7Ranon Miquel Munoz3,035,940
8Peiyuan Sun2,185,676
9Stoyan Obreshkov2,119,610

Long before the final table was set, over half the field needed to go broke before the payouts began. Some of poker’s most notable names managed to make Day 2 but still ended up going home empty-handed. Former #1-ranked online pros Simon Mattsson and Yuri Dzivielevski were ousted before the money, as were the notable names of Ludovic Geilich, Anatoly Filatov, Anton Wigg, and Daniel Dvoress.

WSOP gold bracelet winners Georgios Sotiropoulos, Simon Lofberg, Barak Wisbrod, Jonas Lauck, and Sung Joo Hyun all fell short of the money as well, leaving just Toby Joyce as the lone bracelet winner to sneak into the cash where he finished up in 32nd place for $26,507.

Joining Joyce on the right side of the money bubble included Julien Menhardt (24th, $30,404) and Blaz Zerjav (25th, $30,404), the respective Day 1A and Day 1B overnight chip leaders. Alex Difelice (39th, $22,876), Sergio Aido (41st, $22,876), Antonine Saout (53rd, $18,421), Gary Hasson (54th, $18,421), and Gediminas Uselis (74th, $15,277), were also among those who managed to turn a profit.

Roughly seven hours into Day 2, the final two tables battled to see who would survive to see the live portion of the tournament. Diego ‘Ushuaua1’ Zeiter got his KcJc it all-in preflop against Stoyan ‘UncleToni’ Obreshkov’s TdTs but failed to improve, falling in 18th for $34,115. He was quickly followed out the door by China’s ‘sunnyzyang1982’ who got in a raising war with Salas after the pair saw a Ts8c6d flop. The pair got it all in the middle, ‘sunnyzyang1982’ was holding the JdTd but was out-kicked by Salas’ AhTc. The Kh turn and 7h river didn’t help ‘sunnyzyang1982’ and they fell in 17th for $39,356.

Roughly 30 minutes later it was Fazel ‘waterproo’ Dawood’s turn to go broke. The South African open-shoved holding JcTc and was called by Salas and his 8s8d. The board ran out pah]Qs7c7d4c giving Salas more chips and Dawood a 16th place finish for $39,356. Another 30 minutes passed before Evaldas ‘Man14c’ Aniulis made his move with his short stack holding QcJc. He was called by Dominykas ‘MickeyMouse’ Mikolaitis in the big blind with Tc6h. The 9c2d6d flop paired Mikolaitis, which held through the 4h turn and 8c river. Aniulis was ousted in fifteenth place a $39,356 payday.

‘BorisLeBlade’ found himself all-in and at risk holding KsKd against Christopher Puetz’s Ac2c. The board ran out clean for ‘BorisLeBlade’ right up until the As on the river flipped the script awarding the hand to Puetz and sending ‘BorisLeBlade’ home in fourteenth place with $39,356. Despite securing that knockout, Puetz wasn’t long for the tournament either. He shipped his roughly 10 big blind stack from late position holding Ah7c and was re-shipped on by Hannes ‘BlackFortuna’ Speiser and his AcJc. Both players paired their ace on the Ad4d3s flop, but the 5s turn and 5h river put Speiser’s kicker into play and Puetz exited in thirteenth place for $44,914.

The eliminations kept coming as Canada’s Carter Swidler clashed with Day 1C chipleader Senthuran Vijayaratnam in a pre-flop all-in contest. Swidler held As7c while Vijayaratnam showed down KcKd. The board ran out clean for the pocket kings and Swidler hit the rail in twelfth place, earning $44,914.

Vijayaratnam entered Day 2 with an overwhelming chip lead but with just 11 left he found himself engaged in an all-in clash with Botteon. After Botteon raised from late position with QhQd, Vijayaratnam three-bet shipped his nearly 20 big blind stack with Ad7s. Botteon, who had Vijayaratnam covered, made the quick call with his premium pair. The board ran out 9s3c7dJd6c bringing Vijayaratnam’s day to an end in eleventh place for $50,131 and sending Botteon to the top of the chip counts.

The bubble for the final table finally burst when Manuel ‘robocup’ Ruvio raised from under the gun and the UK’s Thomas ‘ggmbn’ Macdonald moved his short stack all-in from the small blind with Ah4h. Ruvio completed the call holding Kh3h. Ruvio took the lead on the Qc6d3d flop and held on through the Jd turn and Qs river to send Macdonald home in tenth place for $50,131, just one spot shy of a trip to Rozvadov.

Now, with the final table of nine in place, the players will ditch their screen names and accept the challenge of making their way to King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Rebublic by December 15 to play the international portion of the WSOP Main Event out in person.

Final Table Payouts

RankPayouts
1$1,550,969
2$1,062,723
3$728,177
4$498,947
5$341,879
6$234,255
7$160,512
8$109,982
9$75,360