David Peters Bags Big on Day 1 of Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em drew a massive field of 1,248 entries creating a prize pool of over $2,000,000. The players filled the BRASILIA room and there was no shortage of action. After 10 levels of Day 1 play it's Ashwin Sarin leading the way with 166,200 and Stephen Foutty is right on his heels with 156,300.
David Peters vaulted to the top of the chip counts in the mid stages of play holding pocket kings and he never looked back. Peters bagged one of the best stacks in the room with 140,500 and will return to Day 2 fifth in chips as he looks for his second WSOP bracelet.
The eliminations were fast and furious and some of the players to fall by the wayside include Phil Helmuth, Alex Foxen, Joe McKeehen, Barry Greenstein and Michael Gagliano just to name a few.
There are 297 players that will return to the AMAZON room on Friday, June 22 at 12 P.M. local time to resume Day 2 play. PokerNews will be back on the floor to cover this event wire-to-wire.