Newcombe Leads The Remaining 141
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Day 2 of the 2012 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event. Our three Day 1's with re-entries drew a total of 1,396 players. Only 141 remain going into Day 2, each of whom are in the money. Leading the way with 785,500 is Matt Newcombe. He is followed by Clint Baker (556,500) and Nathan Gamble (522,500).
A slew of notable players remain, too, and will no doubt be looking to weave their way to the final table. Kurt Jewell (431,000), AP Phahurat (282,500), 2012 Octo-Niner Robert Salaburu (256,000), David "Doc" Sands (239,500), Aaron Massey (192,500), Chris Moneymaker (178,000), and Maria Ho (88,000) are among those still in the field.
Play is scheduled to kick off at noon local time, about 35 minutes from now, and will resume until the final table of nine players is reached. Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day as we bring you live updates on all of the action.