Welcome to Day 2 of Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
At 2 p.m. local time, cards will be in the air for the second of five days of Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. One of the most coveted WSOP bracelets of the summer, the David 'Chip' Reese Memorial Trophy and over a million dollars are up for grabs in this prestigious tournament. Late registration will end at the start of Day 2, and with 93 players in the field, the event has already surpassed last year's number of entrants by two. Prize pool information will be available shortly after late registration has closed.
British professional poker player Matthew Ashton bagged the overall chip lead on Day 1 with 705,500. Ashton is looking to repeat his 2013 performance when he won it all for $1,774,089. It wouldn't be the first repeat performance; in fact, it has been done twice already in the event's 12-year history. Two-time winners Brian Rast (335,300) and Michael Mizrachi (267,000) also made their way to Day 2 and are each looking to etch their name in history as the first three-time winner.
As expected, a who's who of poker turned out on Day 1, with 87 out of 93 of poker's all-stars surviving the first day of play. Aaron Katz (682,700), Robert Mizrachi (485,500), Daniel Alaei (446,100), and Johnny Chan (408,500) found themselves at the top of the chip counts after Day 1. Daniel Negreanu (360,100), Paul Volpe (345,600), David Bach (333,800), Jason Mercier (325,700), and Phil Hellmuth (307,300) also bagged above the starting stack.
Today they will play six levels of 100-minutes each, with a 15-minute break scheduled after each level. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 10, which will be around 9:20 p.m. local time.
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