NOTE: Over 2,100 players have registered for day 1d, with a capacity field of over 3,700 expected.
Day 1c of the Main Event drew the biggest field as 2,314 players as defending champion Joe Cada handled the \”shuffle up and deal\” to get today\’s activities underway. Cada finished the day with a respectable 55,000 in chips. Among the notables who don\’t get to return for day 2b on Saturday: Tom Dwan, Howard Lederer, Huck Seed, Isabelle Mercier, Chad Brown, Men Nguyen, Faraz Jaka, Dario Minieri, Chau Giang, 2009 November Niner Steve Begleiter, and after making his usual dramatic entrance, Phil Hellmuth exited quietly.
At the end of 9 hours of play, 1,642 players will join the 762 day 1a survivors Friday afternoon at 12pm at the start of day 2a. The reported leader at this time is Mathiu Sauriol with 169,900 in chips. Johnny Chan finished the day 2nd in chips with 163,700, other notables back for day 2a include Lauren Kling (149,650), Barny Boatman (144,050), Hoyt Corkins (129,150), David Williams (112,225), Todd Terry (96,175), Jennifer \”Jennicide\” Leigh (85,425), Brock Parker (71,125), Liz Lieu (70,050), Annie Duke (62,000), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (48,150), and Antonio Esfandiari (44,150). The full list of chip counts is now available at wsop.com. The full table draw for day 2a will be linked at my Twitter for those interested when it becomes available.
Day 1d of the Main Event gets underway at 12pm, with football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith handling the \”shuffle up and deal\” duties, with some poker site sure to put a patch on him if he decides to play. The Main Event field is already the second-largest in history with over 7,000 players registered with a chance it breaks 8,000 over the next 8 hours. Catch the action over at wsop.com, Pauly\’s blog and Twitter to see if anyone gets shut out, who gets knocked out, and how this afternoon\’s action is played out.
