Day 1c of the £1,000 + 75 NL Holdem event drew a field of 185 players, with the 25 survivors joining the 55 day 1a and 1b players with chips Monday at 2pm to play down to the final table. 54 players will make the money with the winner pocketing £133,857. The day 1c chip leader is Frenchman Leonard Truche with 42,400 in chips. Other notables returning: WPT winner Tommy Vedes – 27,200, and Allen Kessler 12,700. Day 1c players with chips and payouts available at wsop.com.
Elsewhere …
WPT Borgata Poker Open – Atlantic City :: 729 players turned up for day 1b of the $3,300 Main Event, creating the largest field for a WPT event (1,040), beating the record set at last year\’s Borgata Poker Open. WPT Live Updates and the Borgata Poker Open blog are both handling updates.
PokerStars APPT Auckland :: New Zealand\’s \”Godfather of hip-hop\” Danny \’Brotha D\’ Leaosavaii defeats Tom Grigg to take down the title for over $123,000. – PokerStarsBlog.com has the final report.