Event 1: Day 2 Preview

$500 + $60 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

A Borgata record of 3,871 entries is down to 434 players as the field returns noon Thursday for Day 2 to play for the $318,104 top prize.

Day 1A chip leader Paul Spitzberg (Tenafly, NJ) is the big stack with 942k (157 bb), while Day 1B leader Jack Rapoport (Brooklyn, NY) is second overall with 755k.  Both players took home $3,000 as end of night chip leaders.

Dan Corbett (Liverpool, NY) begins Day 2 with 604k and is third overall, followed by Jason Andrews (Pittsburgh, PA) 602k and Mike Caruso (Flourtown, PA) 592k who are fourth and fifth respectively.

Corbett (Day 1A) and Caruso (Day 1B) each earned a  $2,000 bonus as they finished second on their respective days.

The average stack is 174k (29 bb) as blinds resume at 3k/6k/500 ante.

84 eliminations until we reach the money with 350 players min cashing for $1,120.

Numbers Game

Day 1A - 162 returning players of 1,520 starting (10.6%)
Day 1B - 273 returning players of 2,261 starting (12.1%)
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Day 2 - 434 returning players of 3,781 (11.4%)