125 will Return for Day 2, but Only 81 will Get Paid at Harrah's New Orleans
Welcome to Day 2 of the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah’s New Orleans Main Event. Two days ago 316 players took their shot at the last $1,675 Main Event of the season, but only 51 would survive. Yesterday another 446 players took their shot in the second starting flight, bringing the total number of entries to 762—a nearly ten percent increase over last year’s 694. Of those just 74 advanced, meaning today will start with 125 players.
That mean we’ll need to lose 44 players before the money is reach as the $1,143,000 prize pool will be paid to the top 81 players with $228,600 and a seat into the National Championship going to the eventual winner. The man best positioned to capture the top prize is Day 1b chip leader Rahul Deevara, who leads the pack with 466,000. Another player to keep an eye on is Day 1a chip leader Ben Mintz, a pro from New Orleans who sits with 313,000.
Of course there are plenty of other stories to follow here at Harrah’s New Orleans. For instance, the Massey Brothers, Aaron and Ralph, both made it through to Day 2, and we all know what can happen when to brothers make it deep in a WSOP Circuit Main Event (see the Bros. Hinkle at WSOP Circuit Council Bluffs); in addition, WSOP bracelet winners Robert Cheung and Nick Jivkov are still in contention, as are traveling roommates Ben Reason and Cord Garcia. Throw in big stacks Daniel Weinman (373,000), Claudia Crawford (313,000) and Daniel Lowery (308,500); October Niner Rob Salaburu; National Championship qualifiers Joseph McKeehen (Caesars Atlantic City Main Event Champion), Jonathan Tamayo (Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event Champion), Kevin Saul (Foxwoods Main Event Champion) and Tripp Kirk (at-large qualifier), and you can just tell it’s going to be an interesting day.
Action is set to kick off at 1200 CST, which is about 90 minutes from now. The plan is to play down to the final table or as close as we can get to it in ten levels, which are now one hour long. Join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations from the 2012-2013 Harrah’s New Orleans Main Event!