A total of 15 players entered the World Poker Tour Alpha8 London event for £60,000 each, and 5 players re-entered the tournament during Day 1's eight levels of play.
Talal Shakerchi, a self-made hedge fund millionaire worth an estimated £100 million and a regular in the biggest poker games in Europe, bagged up the largest stack (385k) amongst the 11 players that survived the day. The total prize pool is currently £1,160,000, but it might grow bigger as the re-entry option is available until the end of Level 9.
Below are the players that will return at 3pm local time today and continue the road towards the final table.
Table 1
Seat 1: Isaac Haxton - 297,500 (124bb)
Seat 2: {Empty}
Seat 3: Erik Seidel - 21,100 (9bb)
Seat 4: Philipp Gruissem - 148,400 (62bb)
Seat 5: Dan Colman - 235,400 (98bb)
Seat 6: {Empty}
Seat 7: {Empty}
Seat 8: Talal Shakerchi - 385,000 (160bb)
Table 2
Seat 1: {Empty}
Seat 2: Fabian Quoss - 49,700 (21bb)
Seat 3: {Empty}
Seat 4: Vladimir Troyanovskiy - 218,600 (91bb)
Seat 5: Stephen Chidwick - 229,300 (96bb)
Seat 6: Christoph Vogelsang - 150,000 (63bb)
Seat 7: Igor Kurganov - 159,600 (67bb)
Seat 8: Sam Trickett - 127,600 (53bb)