Bianco Leads the Way Going into Day 2
Welcome back to Atlantic City! Yesterday, two flights of players ponied up the $1,675 entry fee to get into this tournament, and after nine levels of play, 270 players remain. The overwhelming chip leader coming into today is Benedetto Bianco, who bagged a whopping 174,600 chips. The next closest competitor, Gregory Mitchell, is almost 60,000 behind, as he bagged up 118,900. Mitchell led the way in the pack of Day 1b players.
Other big stacks who will be joining them today are Gary Bolden and Micah Raskin. Bolden won back-to-back Circuit rings at the Las Vegas Caesar’s stop last year, and will be looking to add a third to his collection in this tournament. He comes into today with 107,100. Raskin has been on a heater in 2013 so far, with two six-figure cashes, as well as a near $80k score in the Aussie Millions in January. He will bring an even 106,000 into today.
Joining these individuals are familiar faces Christian Harder (64,400), Mitch Schock (59,600), Ting Ho (53,500), Matt Glantz (42,200), Lee Childs (27,700), and Mark “Pegasus” Smith (33,000), who is looking to win his record tying 6th ring.
Anyone who did not play in and bust both of yesterday’s Day 1 flights can come in this morning and reenter before play starts. And of course if you didn’t enter yesterday, you still have that option as well. It’s worked out before. Last year, Freddy Deeb brought in on the morning of Day 2, and took his 20 big blinds all the way to the final table, where he defeated Circuit King Alex Masek heads up.
Play is set to get underway at noon Eastern Time, and the schedule says that we will play down to a final table today, or until 2 AM local time, whichever comes first. We here at Pokernews will provide all the updates from today’s Day 2, so get ready for the action!