WSOP Main Event Day 1B kicked off on Sunday and gathered a field of 2,144 players. Once concluded, some 1,300 players are set to go on to Day 2B. The chip leader is a pretty unknown player called Trey Luxemburger who managed to finish the day with 193,450 chips, closely follwed by Sarkis Hakobian on 190,125 and Ryan Buckholtz on 189,000.
Day 1B saw some familiar faces that managed to survive to Day 2B. Among these are Martin Staszko, Antoine Saout, Kevin Schaffel and Dennis Phillips. Some of the unfortunate poker profiles that were busted out on Day 1 were Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier,Paul Volpe, Chris Moorman, and “Doc” Sands.
Main Event Day 1C is expected to be have the highest number of participants of all Day 1's. In order to beat last years number of players, another 3,438 participants need to enroll.
Day 1B Top 10 finishers:
Trey Luxemburger - 193,450
Sarkis Hakobian - 190,125
Ryan Buckholtz - 189,000
Dan Wirgau - 173,350
Ryan Julius - 165,125
Maxim Panyak - 158,425
Jeff Norman - 156,625
Julian Stuer - 155,200
Steve Ryan - 147,500
Richard Moon - 146,200