Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara Bags Day 1 Lead With Late Surge
Day 1 of 51-M: NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $100K Gtd saw rapid fire action all day long, as a field of 391 players was narrowed down to just a dozen players returning tomorrow. Leading the way is Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara, with 6,690,399. "TrashNinja00 is in second with 5,179,795, and is the only other player over the five million marker. Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari is also in the mix, with an above average stack.
Madara was already one of the biggest stacks when play got down to just two tables. He was then dealt a monster hand with pocket kings, and was able to secure a big knockout to vault to the top of the leaderboard.
Some of the biggest notables in the New Jersey Pokerstars market came out to play today, but many of them were gone before the money bubble burst. Included in that list were Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez, Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty, and Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon.
Action will resume tomorrow night at 6 PM ET, when the 12 remaining players will play down to a winner. Check below for a full list of the remaining chip counts, and be sure to come back tomorrow to see who takes the first place prize of nearly $20,000!