Day 1b Coming At Ya
Today marks the second day of World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific action from Down Under. Yesterday, the festivities kicked off with Day 1a of the opening AU$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator event. The first of three starting flights drew 197 entries and only 30 of them survived. Topping the pack after a massive day was two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Scott Clements with 76,575 in chips.
No other player bagged up half of that amount, and those rounding out the top five were Marko Piper (36,825), Zane Ly (36,400), Jamie Pickering (34,150), and last year's runner-up Jonathan Karamalikis (30,900).
Lots of players came and went on Day 1a, but with this unique event each of them will be able to try again here today on Day 1b — or Day 1c which takes place later on today. Of those who failed to "accumulate" enough chips to reach the bag-and-tag portion of last night were Phil Hellmuth, Mike Leah, Jonathan Duhamel, Russell Thomas, Mohsin Charania, Jackie Glazier, Vanessa Rousso, Ami Barer, and Ryan Riess.
One of the players that did bag up chips was George Danzer. He finished on 24,625 and currently sits in a very close second on the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year leader board with 745.2 points. The leader, Brandon Shack-Harris with 752 points, had some travel delays and didn't make it for Day 1a. Also surprising was that Daniel Negreanu didn't show up yesterday despite tweeting about his excitement an hour before play began. We expect both Shack-Harris and Negreanu to be in action today.
Day 1b will see the cards in the air at 12:10 p.m. local time at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Just like yesterday, eight one-hour levels are on the schedule with 15 breaks after every two levels and no dinner break. Players begin with 3,000 in tournament chips.
Day 1c also begins today, and that will kick off at 6:10 p.m. local time. That means it's going to be a long day of poker, but when there's a big payday and a WSOP gold bracelet up for grabs, what could be better? Stay tuned and we'll see you back here for the start momentarily.