Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of the inaugural PokerStars Festival from Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey!
Today we will be providing Day 2 coverage of Event 1 - $300 NL Hold'em PokerStars Cup. Over three starting flights, there were 107 entries and only 21 players remain. Everyone is guaranteed at least $450, with first place set at $6,520. Thomas Miller is on top of the counts with 129,100, and still in the running are Team PokerStars Pros Victor Ramdin (111,000) and Chris Moneymaker (69,200).
Play will begin today with 20 minutes remaining in Level 13, with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 300 ante. Levels last 30 minutes long and play will commence until a winner emerges. Moneymaker is looking for his second win of the series, having won Event 6 - $560 PL Omaha Hi/Lo last night after bagging up chips on Day 1a of this event.
Here is the complete Day 2 table and seat draw:
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
1
Jose Tronilo
USA
67,600
1
2
David Kuder
USA
46,600
1
3
Samir Benjamin
USA
127,500
1
4
--empty--
1
5
Eric Rivkin
USA
71,500
1
6
Victor Ramdin
USA
111,000
1
7
Lukasz Homziuk
Poland
58,500
1
8
Artim Zhuta
USA
120,500
2
1
Julian Miranda
USA
29,200
2
2
Chris Moneymaker
USA
69,200
2
3
Lyle Diamond
USA
87,900
2
4
Timothy Cipoletti
USA
63,200
2
5
David Johnson
USA
35,000
2
6
Jason Martin Velasco
USA
52,200
2
7
--empty--
2
8
Robert Levin
USA
50,000
3
1
Christian Francia
USA
86,800
3
2
--empty--
3
3
Andrew Irwin
USA
117,000
3
4
Ragavan Thiagarajah
USA
48,500
3
5
Steven Reese
USA
66,500
3
6
Thomas Miller
UK
129,100
3
7
Je Wook Oh
USA
128,700
3
8
Christopher Korres
USA
13,500
The cards will be in the air at 6:00 p.m. local time, about a half hour from now, so keep it here for live updates on the action.