SugarRush (Day 2): 1st Place – Brian Hastings ($28,467)

Level 30 (Blinds 125,000/250,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 1 Chip Average: 14,400,000 During last summer's World Series of Poker, there might not have been a more consistent player than Brian Hastings. The Pennsylvania native notched seven scores, including three final table runs, a cash in the $111,111 'High Roller for One Drop' …

SugarRush (Day 2): 2nd Place – Chris Larrea ($19,500)

Level 30 (Blinds 125,000/250,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 1 Chip Average: 14,400,000 After the elimination of Jerry Johnson, Chris Larrea chipped up slightly and then the players again began discussing a deal. With the blinds and antes set to go up in just under 10 minutes, there was about to be less …

SugarRush (Day 2): 3rd Place – Jerry Johnson ($11,098)

Level 30 (Blinds 125,000/250,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 2 Chip Average: 7,225,000 There were a flurry of small all-ins but even with Chris Larrea and Jerry Johnson scoring small double ups, Brian Hastings continued to hold a sizable chip lead. Eventually, Jerry Johnson got down to his final 1,500,000 chips and after …

SugarRush (Day 2): Handful Of Doubles, Leaderboard Looks The Same

Level 29 (Blinds 100,000/200,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 3 Chip Average: 4,816,000 Brian Hastings has shipped two more doubles to Chris Larrea but he's still holding a sizable chip lead at the top of the SugarRush Challenge final table leaderboard. The first double was picked up with Larrea open shoving the small …

SugarRush (Day 2): Larrea Doubles, Hastings Holds Lead

Level 29 (Blinds 100,000/200,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 3 Chip Average: 4,816,000 To say that the leaderboard has a much different look than when he last looked coming back from the post-Level 27 break would be a massive understatement. Both Brian Hastings and Chris Larrea have chopped away at Jerry Johnson, overthrowing …

SugarRush (Day 2): Hastings Hangs Around, Then Ascends

Level 28 (Blinds 75,000/150,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 3 Chip Average: 4,816,000 Since Brian Hastings doubled through Jerry Johnson, he's done nothing but increase his stack and now, through a series of small victories, Hastings is playing over the chip average. The majority of those small wins have come against Johnson, as …

SugarRush (Day 2): 4th Place – Nelson Chen ($8,817)

Level 28 (Blinds 75,000/150,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 3 Chip Average: 4,816,000 Coming back from break, we knew the short stacks were going to have to make some moves sooner than later to attempt to cut down Jerry Johnson's massive stack. So far, they have but that all happened after Nelson Chen …

SugarRush (Day 2): Johnson Holds Massive Lead

Level 28 (Blinds 75,000/150,000/25,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 4 Chip Average: 3,612,000 We're back from break here at the SugarRush Challenge final table and while there were a few deal and chop discussions, eventually they fell through. We'll now begin Level 28 with Jerry Johnson holding a massive chip lead, playing just …

SugarRush (Day 2): 5th Place – Alyson Parker ($6,905)

Level 27 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/15,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 4 Chip Average: 3,612,000 We thought we had seen the last of the action before this five-handed SugarRush Challenge final table went on break but in the last hand of Level 27, the biggest pot of the tournament played out. Alyson Parker and Jerry …

SugarRush (Day 2): Fold, Shove, Lax Repeat

Level 27 (Blinds 50,000/100,000/15,000) Total SugarRush Challenge Entries: 512 Players Remaining: 5 Chip Average: 2,890,000 The final few orbits of Level 27 were more or less filled with Chris Larrea and Brian Hastings taking turns shoving their short stacks into the middle. Each got a few shoves through and while Hastings takes to his phone …