168 Return for Day 2 of Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
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Welcome to Day 2 of Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Play resumes today with just 168 players left from a field of 2,043 returning and plans to play 10 levels or to a final table of nine.
Most of those returning will be looking far up the leaderboard at Dave D’Alesandro who comes back with 154,400 and a massive chip lead over a field that includes just two other players over the 100,000 mark.
Of course, there are some relatively scary names within striking distance, including online legend Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen, World Series of Poker final table participants Zo Karim and Jonathan Neckar, multiple-bracelet winners Erik Seidel and JC Tran, and 2014 WSOP National Championship winner Dominik Nitsche. Also returning to sizable stacks are 2010 WSOP Main Event final table participants Soi Nguyen and Jason Senti and WPT Season XII Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja.
However, with 168 players already in the money and chasing the $335,659 and WSOP gold bracelet up top, it’s still anybody’s ball game.
A clear picture of the real contenders for this $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em crown should emerge as the day goes on and PokerNews will be tableside to capture all the action. Stay tuned for live updates from the floor from the 1 p.m. start to the late-night finish.