Johannes Strassman went after chipleader Philippe D'Auteuil early on. On a board of with 87,500 in the pot, Strassman bet 55,000 and D'Auteuil quickly folded. Strassman is now the chipleader after picking up that pot.
Dan Shak is sweating his wife, Beth. Humberto Brenes is also here checking out the action along with Philippe Rouas (who took 14th place at the WSOPE).
Players are taking their seats, unbagging their chips, and filling out bio sheet information. Sorel Mizzi rushed in at the last second which means everyone is here.
Philippe D'Auteuil 477,000
Antony Lellouche 446,000
Johannes Strassman 442,000
Erik Sjodin 342,500
Eric Liu 326,500
Huseyin Yilmaz 325,000
David Benyamine 323,500
Joseph Elpayaa 309,500
Peter Eastgate 295,500
Peter Busch 294,000
Max Pescatori 285,500
Joao Barbosa 173,000
Ian Frazer 138,000
Michael Martin 133,500
Sorel Mizzi 120,000
Brian Green 116,500
Robert Firestone 113,500
Gunnar Rabe 113,000
Michael Tureniec 112,000
Gualter Salles 109,500
Alexia Portal 104,500
Ramin Henke 102,500
Marcin Horecki 102,000
Christopher Wolters 97,000
Frode Gjesdal 95,500
Beth Shak 90,000
Alan Smurfit 89,500
Tyler Reiman 86,000
Jonas Molander 84,500
Justin Truesdell 82,000
Carter Gill 38,000
Scotty Nguyen 36,500