$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 2 | 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

After nearly two weeks of relatively anonymous fields dotted by the occasional well-known pro, a slew of notable names and faces descended on the Borgata for the $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship. Ironically, at the end of Day 1a, it's one of the anonymous faces who bagged up a massive chip lead.

A total of 422 entrants paid up the $3,500 to register the main event yesterday here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, and nearly double that amount ponied up the cash today. That brought the total entries to 1,229, creating a first-place prize of $842,379, more than $100,000 better than last year's $730,053 pocketed by Andy Hwang.

A total of 807 runners packed the house yesterday for Day 1b, and Todd Rebello bagged up the top stack with 229,825. Closely trailing him was Rob Boyko with 209,500. Rebello will come back to Day 2 trailing only Laz Hernandez, who bagged more than 258,000 on Day 1a. As a reward for their chip accumulation, Rebello and Boyko pocketed $5,000 and $3,000, respectively.

Other notable stacks heading into Day 2 include John Racener (186,250), Calvin Lee (169,050), Mike Linster (160,225), Randy Pfeifer (150,100), George Lampert (146,000), Matt Brady (145,200), Steve Levy (144,250), Bob "Uncle Krunk" Panitch (140,000), Jordan Cristos (125,000), Noah Schwartz (124,325), Todd Terry (98,550), Isaac baron (95,975), Eric Baldwin (93,850), Blake Bohn (86,825), Faraz Jaka (82,200) and Jeff Madsen (79,650).

Players swinging and missing on Day 1b included Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Ryan Eriquezzo, Jonathan Tamayo, Jonathan Little, Phil Collins, and Bryn Kenney.

The field is stacked from the start here on Day 2, so keep it here with PokerNews throughout the day for continuous coverage live from the floor.

Tags: Adam Levy Andy Hwang Bryn Kenney Chino Rheem Eric Baldwin Faraz Jaka John Racener Jeff Madsen Isaac Baron Jonathan Little Ralph Schwartz Jordan Cristos Laz Hernandez Mike Linster Noah Schwartz Phil Collins Ryan Eriquezzo Robert Panitch Todd Rebello Vanessa Selbst Todd Terry

Player	Chips	Progress
Lazaro Hernandez	258,175	138,175
Todd Rebello	229,825
Robert Boyko	209,500
John Racener	186,250
Athanasios Kandris	171,325
Matthew Parry	169,400
Sungwon Lee	169,050
Steven Landfish	168,250
Michael Linster	160,225
Lawrence Lipman	151,450
Randall Pfeifer	150,100
George Lampert	146,000
Matthew Brady	145,200
Steven Levy	144,250
Jason Loehrs	142,000
Allan Hedin	141,850
Robert Panitch	140,200	200
Onofrio Reina	139,325
Matthew D Collins	136,750
Dylan Hortin	135,975
Gaston Belluscio	135,550
Joshua Kay	135,400
Charles Tonne	134,925
Brian Lemke	134,750	49,750
Murad Khan	133,200

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