Brandon Steven Leads The Way Into Day 2 of the One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em
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Welcome to PokerNews' Day 2 coverage of Event #47, the $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em. A field of 166 came to play, generating a prize pool of $17,891,148. The first-place prize is set at $4,830,619, 24 players make the money, and leading the 108 Day 1 survivors is Brandon Steven with 1,398,000.
A crucial pot after the dinner break against Tom Dwan went in Steven's favor, en route to his bagging the chip lead at night's end. Second in chips is Tobias Reinkemeier with 1,225,000. After late registering, Reinkemeier's Day 1 got off to a fast start after he eliminated Dan Smith. Rounding out the top five is Dan Shak (999,000), Jason Mo (975,000), and Chris Lee (906,000).
Among those still in the field are Daniel Negreanu (785,000), Gus Hansen (643,000), and last year's Big One For One Drop champion Antonio Esfandari (445,000). The remaining field is packed with big names and for a full player list, check out the Day 2 seat draw here.
Day 2 kicks off at 1pm local time, about an hour from now, and the plan is to play ten levels or to stop when the final table of eight players is reached. While we may not reach the latter, we fully expect the money bubble to burst. Keep it here throughout the day for live updates on all of the exciting action!
Also, be sure to check out Sarah Grant's recap of yesterday's happenings at the World Series of Poker.