WSOP Main Event – Day 1D Round up

• Author: Ed
• Filed under: General, Tournaments
• Date: Jul 8,2008

This is the grand final for Day 1.  The Day 1D is the last chance people get to join the tournament, and as a result stands to be the busiest day in the tournament.  Today saw aggressive play from many well-known players as well as many ‘amateurs’ or should I say soon to be Pros.

Today’s grand total of entrants was a staggering 2,461.  This is more players than Day 1A and Day 1B combined – and it just goes to show how popular this tournament is, and how many people were ‘waiting’ to judge the field before they stepped in with their $10,000 buy-in.  Now we know today’s figure we can tell you how many people are going to be in the main competition.

Are you ready? 6844.  This gives a staggering total of over $64 million dollars in the prize pool and it looks set to be a very fierce competition this year, as only the top 666 players will win any money.  The good news is however, we have a lot of poker to play and hands to deal before we get anywhere near the good stuff.

So With Day 1D being the largest, was it the fiercest also? It looks set to be, with many professional players coming into the fold today.  With Phil Hellmuth making his ‘grand’ entrance today as well as Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan.

Today’s competition ended at nearly 1AM and the top six were

Steve Austin 149,000
David Oppenheim 123,000
Victor Ramdim 121,000
Carlos Mortenson 109,000
Gus Hanson 105,000

Surprisingly Phil Hellmuth’s wondrous entrance did not seem to help much, as he managed to finish the day with a mediocre 75,800 chips.  Enough to qualify, but certainly not enough to lead.  Surprisingly, last year’s champion Mr. Jerry Yang – managed to scrape by with a very mediocre 26,600 chips. 

This really was an aggressive and a well played day by everyone.

Congratulations, and enjoy your well-deserved one day vacation!