More than 1,900 turn out for Day 1c of the WSOP
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The World Series of Poker is into its third “first day” of this year’s main event, with the biggest day so far.
Three former main event champions were among the 1,928 players to take to the felt on Saturday for Day 1c, making it the biggest field of the three days. Huck Seed was eliminated but Chris Moneymaker and Joe Hachem both survived.
According to wsop.com:
David Singer, Evelyn Ng, Brad Booth, Nenad Medic and Jeff Madsen all ended the day in the top portion of the leaderboard, while pros who weren’t lucky enough to survive the day include Mike Gracz, Max Pescatori, Gavin Griffin, Daniel Alaei, Justin Bonomo, J.C. Tran, Jeff Lisandro, T.J. Cloutier, Tony G and Marcel Luske.
Chad Batista, Vivek Rajkumar, Amit Makhija and Philip Collins were all eliminated early on Day 1c, but the online contingent is still well represented as David Baker, Brian Rast, Sorel Mizzi, Dave Benefield, Andrew Robl and Brian Townsend all ended the day with above average stacks.
Henning Granstad is in first place for Day 1c with 225,000 in chips.
Sunday could be an even bigger day, with 1,800 already registered heading into the day.
