A Champion Will Soon Be Crowned as Day 2 of Event #22: $600 Championship No-Limit Hold'em $500,000 Guaranteed Begins at 12 p.m.
Day 2 of Event #22: $600 Championship No-Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guarantee, the Main Event of The Grand Poker Series at the Golden Nugget, will begin shortly.
There were three Day 1 flights with Derrick Contreras ending as the Day 1A chip leader (544,000), Tim Reilly (748,000) finishing as the Day 1B chip leader and overall chip leader heading into Day 2, and Robert Clark (579,000) ending Day 1C as the chip leader.
Overall from the three starting flights, there were 1,096 total entries for a total prize pool of $565,536. 138 players will return today and they have all already cashed for a minimum of $825. However, all eyes will be on the final table where one winner will take home $100,266.
Day 2 Starting Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Reilly | 748,000 |
| 2 | Robert Clark | 579,000 |
| 3 | Keith Brennan | 573,000 |
| 4 | Derrick Contreras | 544,000 |
| 5 | Fabien Lecardonnel | 532,000 |
| 6 | Antonio De La Cruz | 530,000 |
| 7 | Corey Zedo | 514,000 |
| 8 | Nativ Shmueli | 472,000 |
| 9 | Jason Bartholomew | 469,000 |
| 10 | Brian Johnson | 451,000 |
Stay tuned here at PokerNews for all the action on Day 2.