Two Levels Down, Thirty-Some To Go
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In a nine-day tournament, surviving two levels doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment. It means that you're roughly 5% of the way towards your final goal of winning the Main Event and being appointed the world champion. But as the field goes on its second break of the day, there are plenty of players who started in today's field who would gladly trade places just to say they made it 5% of the way towards the finish line.
Notable bustaments from the last level include Scott Fischman, who pulled a vanishing act right in front of our eyes in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room; Juan Maceiras; Ryan Welch, who was one-outted with the good end of a set-over-set situation; and Men Nguyen, who won a bracelet this year and almost won a second.
David Williams continued to aggressively chip up last level, building a Day 1c-leading stack of 130,000. The next closest player is Barny Boatman with rougly 85,000 chips. Boatman won a large pot without showdown in what looked to be his set versus another player's over-pair.
The field will now go on break for twenty minutes. They'll then return for one more level before the dinner break.