Day 1a Concludes
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Among the crowd of online qualifiers and relative unknowns were several Team PokerStars Pros: Alexander Kravchenko, Luca Pagano, Arnaud Mattern, Angel Guillen, JC Alvarado, defending WSOP champion Peter Eastgate, and Poland's own Marcin Horecki.
Horecki had a rough go of it today, finding himself down to just 75 lonely chips at one point. A late surge brought him back into contention with around 10,000, though, and he'll have some more work to do on Thursday's Day 2. He still fared better than the two Mexican pros, as both Alvarado and Guillen were sent to the exit relatively early on.
Table 7 was the table to watch today, as Pagano and EPT Barcelona champion Carter Phillips both amassed huge stacks at the expense of their poor table mates. Pagano didn't waste any time splashing around and doubling up, and Phillips ground his way slowly up the board all day.
In the end, it's Phillips with the massive chip lead. He's stuffed his chip bag with 194,850 worth, far out in front of his nearest challenger. Pagano is one of those challengers, his finishing count of 101,575 good enough for one of the top spots as well.
We'll be back tomorrow as the second group of players join the field. We expect another full crowd of Team PokerStars Pros, and there are a few other big names who'll be in attendance as well (can you say "Gus Hansen"?). Until then, dobranoc and goodnight from Warsaw.