That's Eight More Hours Under the San Remo Belt
![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
The pros were scattered throughout the three tournament rooms today. Most of them didn't survive the night. Evelyn Ng was out earliest, but was soon followed by Markus Golser, Johnny Lodden, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, Patrik Antonius, Dario Minieri, WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate and a host of others. If you busted on Day 1b, you're in some good company.
Yet for almost every player that busted, there was a player that made it through to Day 2. We scoured the field at the end of the night to make sure we didn't miss any big stacks. We came up with Vincenzo Spinelli as the biggest stack in the field at 75,000, trailed closely by Ljubomir Josipovic and Dan Murariu. Of course, given what happened yesterday, there will probably be a player who amasses the biggest stack in the field by far on the very last hand of the night and then we'll look like jerks for not noting that player in this post or in the counts. Life is just that way sometimes.
With that caveat, we are going to claim the unofficial Day 1b overnight chip leader to be Vincenzo Spinelli. Just don't hold us to that if it turns out to be wrong.
The big board lists 263 players still in today's field. That means that when the field combines for the first time tomorrow, 478 players (minus any last-minute eliminations from tonight) will assemble at 2pm local time to play another full day of poker. Expect roughly 175 of them to not have any chips at the end of the night.
PokerNews is here for the duration to bring you live updates from the San Remo Municipal Casino. We'll see you tomorrow. Until then, you can find us at the bar.