The 151 players created a prize pool of $3,995,500, which 16 players will share while all gearing for the slightly more than $1 million prize for first place.
William Reynolds took down the much smaller 2010 High Roller event for $546k, which is less than what 2nd place will make this year, $554,925.
Some notables eliminated from Day 1: Justin Bonomo, Nick Schulman, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, Jonathan Duhamel, Shaun Deeb, Steve O’Dwyer, Carter Phillips, Darryll Fish, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, John Duthie, Tobias Reinkemeier, Tommy Vedes, Sorel Mizzi, Christian Harder, Jason Sommerville, Shannon Shorr, Scott Seiver, and Dan Kelly.
Still in contention include Phil Collins, Eric Seidel, Johnny Lodden, Masa Kagawa, Jon Little, Joe Cada, Felipe Ramos, Josh Arieh, Cliff Josephy, Isaac Haxton, Matt Affleck, and Humberto Brenes.
Day 1 Top Chip Counts:
Ryan Fair, USA — 217200
Tyler Reiman, USA — 205400
Giuseppe Pantaleo, Italy — 182000
Kyle Julius, USA — 173500
William Reynolds, USA — 170800
Leo Fernandez, Argentina, — 167600
Gustavo Kein, Argentina — 166800
Max Lykov, Russia, — 164200
Mas Kagawa, Japan — 163200
Tony Gregg, USA – 160900
Play will resume Saturday at noon EST.
Payout Structure:
1: $1,072,850
2: $554,925
3: $369,490
4: $295,960
5: $240,470
6: $203,475
7: $166,480
8:$129,480
9-10: $110,985
11-12: $92,490
13-14: $73,990
15-16: $55,490
