The Bags are Out Again

Yesterday's Day 1 of Event #2 - The $50,000 Player's Championship, produced only 6 eliminations. Things moved with a bit more pace today on Day 2. The field of 110 survivors was cut in half to 54 by the end of the night.

In a tournament like this, almost everyone that is eliminated is a notable name. But a smattering of the departed includes Chad Brown, Tony G, Hoyt Corkins, Patrik Antonius, Ashton Griffin, Brian Hastings, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow and Shawn Buchanan.

At the end of the night our survey of the remaining seven tables revealed Kirk Morrison as the chip leader with 741,000 chips. He's followed by The Best Player Never To Win a Bracelet (tm), Andy Bloch, with 716,500 and Nick Schulman, who bagged 683,000.

There are still three whole days to go in this tournament, however. Anything can happen between now and the end of Tuesday's final table. Re-join us at 3pm tomorrow when the chip bags are brought back out and the remaining 54 players resume their journey towards inscription on the Chip Reese trophy and the receipt of one of the first gold bracelets of the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Until then, you can find us at the bar.