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$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 2
Day 2 of the Texas State Main Event Kicks Off at 1 p.m. with 218 Hopefuls
The much anticipated Day 2 of the Texas State Main Event finally gets underway today at 1 p.m. local time.
After five opening days of action that saw 1,818 entries more than doubled the $1 million guarantee, Day 2 arrives with 218 players left standing all looking to make a deep run and go for the ultimate first place prize of $355,420.
Action will resume today which 7:10 remaining at Level 16, (4,000/8,000/8,000). Level 17 and 18 will be 40 minutes in length but each level beyond that will elongate to 60 minutes.
All players are in the money now and play will still be quite deep as a total of 10 players have returned with stacks over 1 million, 18 players will have over 100 big blinds and the average stack is 52 big blinds to start the day.
Leading the pack is Christopher Doan with 1,726,000 in chips. James Crowshaw is second with 1,571,000 and Joon Park is third with 1,428,000.
The Ten Chip Counts Over 1 Million
| Player | Chip Count |
| Christopher Doan | 1,726,000 |
| James Crowshaw | 1,571,000 |
| Joon Park | 1,428,000 |
| Salim Admon | 1,416,000 |
| Joseph Hebert | 1,339,000 |
| Josh Burkhalter | 1,305,000 |
| Dmitri Nobles | 1,153,000 |
| Deborah Hinton | 1,145,000 |
| Trace Henderson | 1,141,000 |
| Drake Roetker | 1,136,000 |
The returning field is littered with well known players who come back today such as; Joseph Hebert with a huge 1,339,000 stack. Dmitri Nobles with 1,153,000, Darren Elias with 916,00, Matt Berkey with 636,000.
Two WSOP Main Event Champions will return today as well, Greg Raymer brings back 437,000 and Chris Moneymaker has a short stack with 130,000.
PokerNews will be with you the entire way as play goes all day today.The plan is to play down to a final table, so keep it tuned here for all of the exciting developments.
$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day 2 Started