Day 1b is Here; Many Big Names Expected to Play
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Welcome back to Crown Melbourne and the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific for Day 1b of Event 9: AU$10,000 Main Event.
Yesterday saw 129 players take a seat in the Day 1a field as the likes of Jonathan Dimmig, Mohsin Charania, Didier Guerin, Dan Shak, Mike Leah, Daniel Neilson and Roland Israelashvili all were unable to find themselves part of the 70 surviving players as Tobias Reinkemeier bagged the chip lead with 171,925. The likes of Jesse Sylvia, Jackie Glazier, Xuan Liu, Jonathan Little, Jeff Lisandro and a late-arriving Phil Hellmuth all managed to survive.
Today is expected to see an increase in field size with many of the International pros like Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Gross, Brian Rast, Mike Watson, Brandon Shack-Harris and three-time 2014 WSOP bracelet winner George Danzer all expected to play today and registration open into tomorrow.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing continuous live updates once play kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time, so make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event updates.