Day 1d Concludes
Today's field meant a final total of 6,494 players have entered the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, creating a total prize pool of $61,043,600. Whoever ends up with all the chips will take home over $8.5 million, and everyone who makes the final table is guaranteed to come away a millionaire.
Of the 2,809 who came out today, approximately 1,900 survived the five levels to return on Day 2. Among those who didn't were Michael Binger, Ray Romano, Chip Jett, Scott Clements, Scott Fischman, Sully Erna, David Williams, Jared Hamby, Ivan Demidov, Jeff Madsen, and Phil Galfond.
Several notables ended the day with greater than average stacks, including Prahlad Friedman, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Blair Hinkle, J.C. Tran, Jesper Hougaard, David Benyamine, Kirk Morrison, Chad Brown, Kenny Tran, and Phil Ivey.
The biggest stack, however -- by far -- belongs to Troy Weber, who thanks in large part to a massive pot won near day's end moves on to Day 2 with 353,000, the tournament's overall chip leader. Indeed, the next-biggest stack is about half the size of Weber's. Others ending the day at the top of the Day 1d leaderboard include Mikael Ay, Mads Wissing, Carter "ckingusc" King, Josh Arieh, and Dutch Boyd.
These players will be returning on Wednesday at noon for Day 2b. Meanwhile, be sure to follow PokerNews' coverage of Day 2a beginning tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon Vegas time. And thanks for following tonight!