Day 1b Decelerates, Concludes; Mitchell Chip Leader
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209 players stumped up the £10,000, won a satellite, or sold bits and pieces of themselves until entry became realistic in order to compete in the second and final entry day into the 2010 WSOPE Main Event. This made it a record-breaker, and is going to provide a very healthy prizepool for those who make it even further; this is a six-day event and definitely falls in the 'marathon' rather than 'sprint' category.
The field was liberally scattered through with TV and internet-gracing faces, from Tom Dwan and Victor Blom (the latter making it through) to a more audible Mike Matusow, Andy Black, Neil Channing, Freddy Deeb and Phil Laak. The Devilfish didn't make it through the day, nor did WSOP ME champion Noel Furlong, but plenty of previous bracelet-holders came through with good stacks, among them Phil Ivey and Phil Laak with just under 100k, JP Kelly, Roland de Wolfe and last year's champion Barry Shulman. Playing on his birthday was also Charles Chua, Macau deep-runner who might have been short but who gave over his special day to the WSOPE with gusto.
Leading the field, and in fact, with a count of 178,850, the entire stock of both days' survivors, is Irish Open champion James Mitchell, whose chip towers are only slightly higher than those of John Dolan, with 173,700. He's second out of the November Nine, and he's second here going into Day Two.
The action will recommence tomorrow at 12pm local time, when a complete redraw will intersperse players from both flights, set up new table dynamics and create new leaders and losers. Join us for live coverage from noon. Full chip counts will be available before they restart on the Chip Counts tab.