Maimone Leads Stacked Field Going into Day 2
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for Day 2 of Event #50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em! The survivors of Day 1 are currently preparing to duke it out, burst the money bubble and race to an eventual final table. Best positioned to do so is our current chip leader Nick Maimone, who managed to bag up 196,600.
Yesterday we saw 1,001 entrants take to the felt - generating an impressive $4,704,700 prizepool. This event saw a notable increase from last year's event, which drew 865 players. When all was said and done, just 303 players remained at the end of the day. Among those who fell short and were eliminated during Day 1 include Lex Velhuis, Layne Flack, Jason Mercier, JC Tran, Isaac Haxton, Vanessa Rousso, Allen Cunningham, David Benyamine, Joe Cada, Tony Dunst and Swedish-sensation Viktor Blom, who ran into trips and bricked his flush draw to get knocked out early.
Although Maimone is on top for now, there are many others looking to dethrone him, including Galen Hall (129,300), Phil Hellmuth (79,000), Allen Kessler (75,000), Phil Ivey (72,200), David Williams (28,400) and Jackie Glazier (94,7000), who got second place just a few days ago in Event #41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. With those big names and many more remaining, the competition is sure to be fierce for the duration of the event.
Play is set to begin at 1:00 PM PST in the Amazon Room, so please stick with us here at PokerNews as we inch ever-so-closer to bursting the money bubble and work our way toward deciding a final table!