From the 516 players, who registered to the tournament and accumulated a prize pool of $2,425,200, 128 made it to Day 2. Not to mention all the others getting railed, the field of the second day featured two times WPT champion Jonathan Little in the chiplead, in the company of Daniel Negreanu, Brian Rast, Justin Smith, Ryan D'Angelo, Steve Sung and Brock Parker – in the top 10 only.
Jonathan Little
As far as the rest of the field was concerned, Randy Lew, Steve O'Dwyer, Scott Seiver, Max Steinberg, Chris Moorman, Marvin Rettenmaier, Brian Hastings, Andrew Robl, Matt Marafioti, Terrence Chan, Eric Baldwin, Dan Smith, Gavin Smith, Mark Radoja, Nick Schulman, Phil Galfond and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier could also be found somewhere in the chipcount.
On Day 2, the money bubble burst and even the best pros began to bust out, one after the other, as the field decreased and competition intensified. Eventually, the following 14 players managed to keep and build their stacks:
Jonathan Little – 1,290,000
Allen Bari – 1,191,000
Vasile Buboi – 1,110,000
Dan Smith – 719,000
Ryan D'Angelo – 591,000
Andrew Robl – 554,000
Erick Lindgren – 525,000
Jonathan Aguiar – 455,000
Lee Markholt – 431,000
Kyle White – 225,000
Connor Drinan – 198,000
Craig Fishman – 195,000
Harry Bienenfeld – 181,000
Dario Sammartino – 173,000
An action-packed final day can be expected as the top players vie for the $606,317 first prize.
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