Day 2 of Event #44 Starts Straight on the Money Bubble
On the first day, a total of 1,914 players entered Event #44: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em of the 2014 World Series of Poker. Despite many big names taking a shot and hitting the rail early, plenty of familiar faces on the international poker circuit will return to the tables of the Rio's Amazon Room at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time to continue the quest.
Play will resume in Level 12 with the blinds 600/1,200 and an ante of 200 with 212 participants remaining, and the full redraw can be found here. The top 198 spots will get paid at least $2,919 and the coveted gold bracelet will go to the winner along with a top prize of $478,102.
Topping the field thus far is Jason Johnson, who already finished eighth in the record-breaking Millionaire Maker Event #8 this year for $ 211,394.
Only five other players accumulated a six-digit stack after 11 levels of play on Day 1: Louis Laxineta (111,600), Kennii Nguyen (108,000), Ray Foley (105,600), Robert Georato (103,600) and Theo Tran (103,300). Other notables with above average stacks included Randal Flowers (94,400), Jesse Cohen (81,200), Sebastian Saffari (78,700), Thomas Muehloecker (77,600), Nicolas Yunis (72,800), Artem Metalidi (63,900), Victor Ramdin (60,400), Jake Balsiger (60,200), and Barry Greenstein (59,100).
The field is only 14 spots away from the money and bubble play is expected to be reached within the first half an hour of play. Tune into the exclusive PokerNews Live Reporting to find out who makes the cut and who advances one day further on the way to becoming the next WSOP champion.