Jonathan Abdellatif into the Chip Lead

Jonathan Abdellatif had a quiet Day 1b, but bagged up 72,700. He’s since shot up to almost 250,000 in chips and is the chip leader on Day 2.

Close behind him is birthday boy Chino Rheem with 240,000. Another player closing in on the 200k mark is Hisashi Ogi (195,000) and Willem Eilert (165,000).

Players eliminated short of the money include Kees van Brugge and Sandro Pitzanti.