The World Series of Poker Circuit Brazil Main Event, sponsored by partypoker LIVE, attracted a bumper field of 939 players to the Bienal Pavilion in Sao Paulo over the course of six qualifying days.
Only 385 of those players have made it through to Day 2 and none of them has more chips than Junior Esperandio, who has amassed a stack of 265,200 chips to claim the overall chip lead.
2017 WSOP Circuit Brazil Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior Esperandio | 265,200 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Gilioti | 249,500 |
| 3 | Jose Totel | 245,800 |
| 4 | Chico Buonarba | 219,200 |
| 5 | George Powidzer | 212,400 |
| 6 | Gabriele Costa | 197,700 |
| 7 | Joao Paulo Gomides | 194,800 |
| 8 | Marcelo Pires | 190,700 |
| 9 | Gilberto Amaral | 189,300 |
| 10 | Marcos Siqueira | 186,300 |
Esperandio will be hoping to at least repeat his exploits in the 888Live Festival Sao Paulo High Roller event back in September where he finished fourth for R$23,170 ($7,398).