One Day Down
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Every table in the Venetian poker room was in use. Another forty tables were set up in front of and around the side of the poker room. They were filled with a rogue's gallery of the biggest names in North American tournament poker.
Many of those players didn't see the clock reach triple zero at the end of Level 8. None of Justin Bonomo, Chau Giang, Hevad Khan, David Benyamine, Phil Hellmuth, and the theoretically-retired Shaun Deeb will be returning for Day 2 tomorrow.
Yet more than half the field will return. At the end of the day the tournament clock showed 510 remaining players; we expect that number to be slightly smaller once the bags are counted and last-minute eliminations are verified.
There are plenty of notables still in the hunt. WSOP Main Event champions Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Joe Cada and Chris Moneymaker are all still alive. Moneymaker, in fact, is one of three players who finished the night with chip stacks of more than 200,000. He was joined in that feat by Andy Seth and Mark Ketteringham. Any one of those players should wake up tomorrow morning to find out that he is the chip leader to start Day 2.
And what of Day 2? It will start at noon tomorrow, right back here in the Venetian. The schedule calls for playing six 75-minute levels or until 56 remain. As long as there's no change, bet on six 75-minute levels to pare the field down to a shade more than 200 players.
Of course, PokerNews will be right back on the tournament floor to bring you all of the Day 2 action. Until then, you can find us at the bar.