A lengthy Day 2 of the $25,000 High Roller is done, and when it came time to bring out the baggage only nine were needed, with 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Josh Beckley the only to place probably the most chips in his after he finished the night as leader with 2.146 million.

Josh Beckley

Seems like ages ago, but back at 12 noon 106 survivors from yesterday's first day of play sat down for the primary hands of Day 2, with another 11 players joining them because the last entries (and re-entries) before the late registration window shut.

All told there have been 225 entries, with 173 unique players and 52 re-entries. That meant an enormous $5,400,000 prize pool to be divided some of the final 31 finishers, with a fab $1,142,100 first prize scheduled to visit the winner.

Early eliminations today included Ryan Riess, Ole Schemion, Anthony Zinno, and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, with fellow red spade-sporter Jason Mercier also going out in the course of the first hour of the day. Meanwhile the lone remaining member of the team Andre Akkari was thriving while Faraz Jaka stormed out to the chip lead.

The field continued to be whittled down, with NFL star Richard Seymour and start-of-day leader Dustin Johns among those going out previous to dinner as Chance Kornuth began his ascent up the counts to snatch first position.

Chance Kornuth

Then it was Dario Sammartino assuming the chip lead, eventually pushing way in front to be the primary player to one million chips.

Dario Sammartino

They were all the way down to 36 by the dinner break, though it will take some time to achieve the cash before Akkari went out in 33rd, then finally Georgios Zisimopoulos went out in 32nd to burst the bubble.

Keven Stammen (31st) and Pablo Melogno (30th) were the primary min-cashers, with Marvin Rettenmaier (27th), Darren Elias (26th), Faraz Jaka (21st), and Jared Jaffee (19th) among those falling because the field was carved down further.

Sean Winter then assumed the highest spot for some time as players continued to fall.

Sean Winter

EPT11 Grand Final champion Adrian Mateos was the following out in 18th, and a bit later in the course of the night's last levels 2012 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Merson (13th), Jeff Gross (12th), and Jean-Pascal Savard (11th) were felted while Beckley moved back up into the chip lead again. Finally Robert Gordotesky was knocked out in 10th within the night's final hand, and play concluded for the night.

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Here's how the counts will look to begin play tomorrow:

1. Josh Beckley (USA) -- 2,146,0002. Dario Sammartino (Italy) -- 1,892,0003. Sean Winter (USA) -- 1,799,0004. Nick Maimone (USA) -- 1,191,0005. Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) -- 1,036,0006. Chance Kornuth (USA) -- 972,0007. Brian Yoon (USA) -- 953,0008. Ben Heath (UK) -- 738,0009. Anton Astapau (Belarus) -- 565,000

And they were in a position to redraw to an unofficial final table of nine, so here is a take a look at where they'll be seated:

Seat 1: Sean Winter (USA) -- 1,799,000Seat 2: Brian Yoon (USA) -- 953,000Seat 3: Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) -- 1,036,000Seat 4: Nick Maimone (USA) -- 1,191,000Seat 5: Josh Beckley (USA) -- 2,146,000Seat 6: Chance Kornuth (USA) -- 972,000Seat 7: Ben Heath (UK) -- 738,000Seat 8: Anton Astapau (Belarus) -- 565,000Seat 9: Dario Sammartino (Italy) -- 1,892,000

Play gets going again at 12 noon tomorrow, and we'll be available from start-to-finish to bring live updates, photos, and more from the $25K High Roller. Join us again then to peer who among these nine may be claiming the last high roller of the 2016 PCA!

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Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

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