David Randall Leads After Day 1a
After a full day of poker, Day 1a is in the books here at Harrah��s Rincon! Today, 142 players forked over $1,600 with the hopes of winning a Main Event title, and that coveted ring. After 17 levels of play, only 18 players still have that dream. David Randall leads the way with 330,000 chips, and he is the only player over 300,000. The next closest stack is Ryan Leng, who bagged up 284,500.
We lost a handful of big names throughout today��s play. Some early casualties included Dwyte Pilgrim, Chad Brown, Kathy Liebert, 5-Time Ring Winner Alexandru Masek, and Joseph Kuether, who will come back again tomorrow to defend his title. Some of the notables who left us later in the night included David ��ODB Baker, Matt Affleck, Chris Bigler, and Jeff Madsen
It wasn��t all bad news for our notables though. We still have a few well known pros in the fight, including Valentin Vornicu (112,500), Kenna James (109,500), Ray Henson (185,000), and Eric Baldwin (220,000).
Anyone who was knocked out today can come back and re-enter tomorrow, so we are expecting a good field of players for tomorrow��s Day 1b. Just like today, we will play a full 17 levels, and those survivors will reunite with out lucky 18 to form the final field on Sunday. Until tomorrow, we are signing off from Harrah��s Rincon!