Run It Again: Day 1b of the WinStar River Poker Series Main Event Starts at Noon
Last night, Maxx Coleman bagged over 800,000 to lead the way for the first 27 players to make Day 2 of the $2 million guarantee WinStar River Poker Series Main Event. Today several more players will queue up to try and join him. Some have already tried and will try again, like Maria Ho and Chris Moneymaker. It is likely that Matthew Lapossie will also fire again after building a big stack in Day 1a only to bubble Day 2 late last night.
Coleman is not the former WinStar Main Event Champion to bag already. Aaron Massey, the 2012 winner for $651,559 also bagged 78,500. Jim Carroll who won this tournament in 2008 fired a couple times yesterday and will likely be in the field again attempting to join the other former champs.
The players will start with 25,000 chips and play until only 12 percent of the field remains. Yesterday's field drew 219 players and today and tomorrow will likely see many more than that with some players arriving yesterday for the long weekend. DJ Alexander, who just final tabled the WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino arrived yesterday and is expected to join the field today or tomorrow �� or both.
This is a multiple reentry tournament with registration open until the start of Level 10 each day.
You can follow all the action right here on PokerNews as the Day 1b field attempts to bag anything close to the 835,500 that Coleman bagged last night.