Day 2 of Event #34: $1000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em Begins at 12 p.m. Today
Welcome to Day 2 of the PokerNews coverage in Event #34: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em. This event had drawn in a solid amount of players on Day 1a and Day 1b received an even bigger crowd for a total amount of 6,214 entries. 1,100 from Day 1a advanced as well as 1,227 from Day 1b, for a total of 2,327 players progressing to Day 2.
This event will resume in level 12, blinds being 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante. The remaining players will play a total of 10 levels, with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute break after the 6th level (approximately 6:30 p.m.).
Some of the chip leaders going into Day 2 are Juan M. Esirviez (530,000), Sunny Chattha (478,000),Imran Mukati(432,300), and Arianna Son (424,500).
Other notables still in the field are, Phil Hellmuth (33,000), Ben Yu (119,700), Dan Shak (112,200), T.J. Cloutier (150,800), and Daniel Negreanu (251,200), battling for the $687,782 first place prize and looking to add to their WSOP bracelet collections.