Ashraf Chehata Leads 122 Players into Day 2 of WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble; 13 Bounties Remain

By Tim Duckworth

Welcome back to the Season XVIII WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble from Jacksonville, Florida, and bestbet Jacksonville for Day 2 action that sees the 349-entrant field reduced down to the final 122 players that include 13 remaining bestbet bounties.

Ashraf Chehata is the overall chip leader after bagging an impressive 359,500 on Day 1A, while sitting second overall is Day 1B chip leader Nick Raio who finished with 303,500. Rounding out the leaderboard is WPT Champions Club member Larry Greenberg (288,000), Tan Nguyen (270,000), Jarrett Hlavaty (266,500), Lindell King (240,000), and WPT Champions Club member Brian Altman (234,500).

With the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble having featured bounties, the tournament saw a total of 27 players act as bestbet bounties with their elimination earning their opponent a $2,500 pay out. Although some bestbet bounties had a second shot at trying to survive with a bounty on their head, only 13 would survive into Day 2.

Jake Schwartz (205,500), Kitty Kuo (158,000), Jessica Dawley (150,500), Mike Sexton (136,500), Byron Kaverman (108,000), Ari Engel (107,000), Anthony Zinno (91,000), Loni Harwood (78,500), Frank Stepuchin (70,000), Matt Glantz (68,000), Jamie Kerstetter (58,000), Marvin Rettenmaier (46,500), and James Calderaro (40,000) will have everyone looking to score their bounty throughout today, and the remainder of the tournament as $2,500 is available for each one of their eliminations.

Photo: The Day 1A and Day 1B bestbet bounties.

With the 349-entrant field being a few players shy of Season XVII’s mark of 356 entrants, a total prize pool of $1,615,870 was created that will see the top 44 players finish in-the-money with a $7,625 payday. Reaching the final table of six players will guarantee a $66,457 payday, while topping the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble will see the winner take home the $331,480 first-place prize that includes a seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

The Day 2 schedule will see levels continue at 60-minutes in duration until the 60-minute dinner break is taken after Level 16; approximately 6:30 p.m. (ET). When play resumes, levels will be increased to 90-minutes in duration and there will be three more levels remaining in the day, with the scheduled end-of-play being around 12:30 a.m. (ET). Day 3 will see levels remain at 90-minutes until the final table of six players is reached, and levels are reduced to 60-minutes in duration.

With that, the stage is now set for Day 2 of the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Main Event to begin at 12 p.m. (ET) from bestbet Jacksonville. Stay tuned right here to WPT.com for the exclusive live coverage of the tournament from start to finish to see who becomes the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble Champion, and wins his or her way to the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

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