Day 2 Begins; Bubble About to Pop
After wading through the largest open event of the 2012 World Series of Poker, 348 players return for Day 2. We are only 24 eliminations away from the money which guarantees a majority of today's field at least $2,864 in prize money. Leading the way after eleven levels of play on Day 1 is Mario Nagel who is sitting pretty with a stack of 158,700.
With the enormous turnout that took their seats yesterday, it was inevitable that many would not make it to Day 2. Among those to try their hand only to come up short were Jennifer Tilly, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Pius Heinz, Bill Chen, James Woods, Barry Shulman, Dutch Boyd, Amanda Musumeci, Phil Collins, Lars Bonding, and Allen Kessler.
While those players were not able to survive, others found ways to thrive in this extremely large field. Some of the notable faces returning for Day 2 are Rupert Elder (102,900), Barry Hutter (90,800), Tom Schneider (82,200), Brock Parker (70,900), Victoria Coren (67,400), Jordan Young (67,000), Cherish Andrews (63,700), Steve Brecher (48,200), Scott Stanko (42,300), David Sands (41,100), Jonathan Little (39,800), Athanasios Polychronopoulos (37,300), and Martin Staszko (32,300).
Action should be fast and furious to begin as the field is so close to hitting the money. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest updates on this tournament. And if you're not already, check out our live coverage of the largest poker tournament ever played: Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop.