Day 1a Concludes with Hinrichsen On Top
Day 1a of Event #2 here at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe is in the books. The �1,090 No-Limit Hold'em event attracted 381 players for its first starting flight and is on pace to smash the record of 608 entries that the largest-ever WSOP Europe event received. There are 54 players remaining and Australian Andrew Hinrichsen is leading the way with 63,900 in chips.
Plenty of notable players were in the mix today, but not all of them could advance to Day 2 on Monday. Mike Leah, Jean-Robert Bellande, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Phil Collins, Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein and Nacho Barbero were a handful of names to hit the rail on the day.
Of those moving on to the second day of play, we have Toby Lewis, Randy Dorfman, McLean Karr, Farzad Bonyadi, Richard Toth, Erik Cajelais, Eoghan O'Dea, Matt Waxman and Dan Shak. They'll all be part of the group that joins up with the remaining players from tomorrow's field to continue with Day 2.
Day 2 will begin on Monday at 2:00 PM local time. Tomorrow's Day 1b flight kicks off play at 12:00 noon and they'll play the same amount of time as was played today; nine levels.
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