With ten minutes to go in our third 60-minute level we are approaching 300 entries (including 16 re-entries). Here are some more photos of this flight’s players.
One of the points of interest in the WSOP World Championship every summer is to note who is the last woman standing in the event – and at least until a woman wins the event outright, that will likely continue to be the case. As we surveyed the Tournament Hall, we noted that the two most recent “winners” of this distinction are both in the field today. These are just two of the strong group of women players in this event so far. Some of the other very strong competitors include Melanie Weisner, Laurence Grondin, Karine Broeckaert, Khaly Dang, Loni Harwood, and more.
The field at today’s WPT Main Event Day 1C is proving to be largest of all the stints thus far. There are already 267 entries and late registration is not scheduled to end for another 6 hours and 30 minutes. The total prize pool, so far, is $5,000,000. Here are some photos of the players chasing after a massive payout.
We are already up to 265 entries for the day, the players keep arriving.
Just before the first break (after two 60-minute levels) there was a relatively large hand that took place on table 36. Santiago Plante and Mark Bradley were the ones battling it out, and we joined the action after the flop.
Flop: 
Santiago bet 1,000 utg and was raised to 3,000 by Mark. Santiago called. The turn was a 
, which led to two checks. The river was an 
, and Santiago made a sizable bet for this point in the tournament, 10,000. Without too much hesitation Mark called. Santiago showed his 
for two pair, and Mark mucked. He told us he also had two pair, just not as large.
The loss definitely put a dent in Mark’s stack, but there remains plenty of poker left to play.
There are more than 263 entries in today’s WPT Day 1C stint, and late registration continues throughout Day 1C, so that number will continue to grow all the way until the end of level 8. During a fifteen minute break we did a quick chip count and determined that Sebastien Soares was the chip leader with 87,300. He holds a slight lead over Gerald Karlic whose stack measured 86,000 chips.
| First Name | Prénom | Last Name | Nom | Stack | Tapis |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastien | Soares | 87,300 |
| Gerald | Karlic | 86,000 |
| James | Douglas | 74,200 |
An event like this one always attracts a healthy contingent of top pros – but there are also a number of players that have achieved remarkable things in poker and aren’t household names – even in poker-playing households! Here is a sampling of these players in the field today.
