Hicks First to Cross 500k

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Eric Hicks has been among the leaders for the last couple of levels and has just recently crossed the 500,000 chip mark. The first to do so.

Hicks has been getting a lot of camera time lately and it has been rightfully earned. A colorful and talkative character rocking his bright red WSOP hoodie and a flashy USA hat.

While standing around him, Hicks informed PokerNews of how he came to be in the Main Event. While bored on Sunday, Hicks contemplated leaving so he could go to work on Monday. Hicks fired up the WSOP.com online poker client and noticed a $200 Main Event Scramble with guaranteed $10,000 seats to the Main Event.

Fast forward some hours later, Hicks was an overwhelming chipleader, riding around the Rio drinking with his friends and hopping bars with his tablet perched up on the front basket of the scooter while the other players in the online satellite scratched and clawed to win their way in.

Hicks easily won the seat and here he is, chipleading the WSOP Main Event on Day 2.