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Example Poker Tour Main Event – Day 2 Mid-Tournament Update

Las Vegas, NV — Eighty players remain in the Example Poker Tour Main Event, and the tension inside the ballroom is high. Blinds are climbing, stacks are getting short, and some of these players can already see themselves sitting at the final table. We should reach the final table and bag chips around 1 am and restart tomorrow at 4 pm for the televised final table.

At the top of the counts sits Hannah Chang, fresh off her runner-up finish in the CSOP Main Event. She’s turned that momentum into another charge, quietly building from an average Day 1 stack to almost 1.3 million chips after picking off a bluff from former WPT finalist Mark Dillard. “It’s about timing,” she told us on break. “You can’t force the spots—just let them come to you.”

Close behind is Wyatt McCray, the Colorado firefighter who continues to prove he’s no one hit wonder. He has chipped up with relentless aggression and a big river value bet with top two pair against Jake ‘Diesel’ Hartman, who nodded in respect as he mucked.

Several regional notables and traveling pros dot the upper ranks, players like Tanya Bishop, a two-time RunGood finalist; Alex Patel of Chicago; and Ben Holtz, a cash-game regular whose deep runs have become a pattern on the mid-major circuit. With the average stack hovering around 400,000, plenty of room remains for movement, but the field has thinned to just 80 hopefuls chasing the title, the trophy, and a top prize expected to exceed $125,000.

Hand Highlights

• Chang’s Bluff Catch: On a K♠ 7♣ 4♦ J♣ 2♥  run-out, Mark Dillard fired three barrels holding A♣ Q♣ . Chang tank-called the river with K♥ 9♥ , giving her the chip lead.
• McCray’s Controlled Fire: In a blind versus blind battle, Wyatt McCray check-raised the river on a T♥ J♥ J♦ 4♣ 3♣ board. His opponent, Jake Hartman, sighed and flashed A♣ T♣ before folding, conceding, “You always have it.” McCray showed Q♠ T♠ and Hartman scowled.

As play resumes at 6 p.m., the chase for the Example Poker Tour Main Event title is officially heating up.

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