On the first limit hand of Level 9, David Olson raised from the cutoff and Ralph Perry called from the big blind, putting himself all in. Olson tabled , and Perry showed .
Players are being seating and are busily unbagging their chips. Should be just a few minutes before Day 2 of the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em event gets underway.
Action on Day 2 of Event #4, $5,000 Mixed Event will resume at 3pm this afternoon. A little more than one fourth -- 91 of 332 -- of the initial entrants remain alive in the event, chasing down first to the money bubble of 36 players, and then down to the final nine for Wednesday's conclusion.
First place in the event will pay $374,505 and dozens of poker's biggest names remain in the hunt, led by Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, whose 100,200 chip total leads a tightly bunched pack. Here's the top ten for the start of the day, with complete counts for all surviving players available by clicking on the "Chip Counts" tab at right.
Jon Turner 100,200
Ariel Schneller 99,500
Ron Kevin Haeri 92,300
Adam Westell 82,800
Justin Bonomo 73,900
Jay Rosenkrantz 72,500
Jason Dewitt 70,100
David Williams 67,000
Gavin Griffin 65,800
Thomas Keller 63,500