WSOP Main Event Gains Momentum

WSOP Main Event Gains Momentum
Upon the completion of the final entry day for this year's World Series of Poker Main Event, Day 1C, Wisconsin pro Mark Kroon was the overall chip leader from all three entry days on 246,000, closely followed by Imari Love from Chicago on 214,300, and Clement Tripodi of France on 207,050. 4,186 players are what remained from a total starting field of 6,352 - the smallest main event field in six years. Some of those who dropped out of the competition by the end of the Day were former WSOP champs Huck Seed, Robert Varkonyi and Jonathan Duhamel, along with successful and respected financial businessmen/players Bill Perkins and David Einhorn, Brandon Cantu, Phil Laak, Vanessa Rousso, Tom Schneider, Eric Buchman, Shaun Deeb, Jennifer Tilly, Prahlad Friedman, Jeff Madsen, former November Niner Ylon Schwartz and Loni Harwood. Two famous players didn't show up for the event, even though they paid the hefty buy-in - Gus Hansen and Tom Dwan, whose stacks have been blinded off, with Hansen having 17,975 and Dwan with just 18,075 at the end of the day. Then, after the Day 2A began, the field shrank even more, so a number of other big names dropped out of the competition, including former WSOP main event champ Chris Moneymaker, Steve O'Dwyer, Faraz Jaka, Eugene Katchalov, Gaelle Baumann, Johnny Lodden, former main event champ Joe Cada, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Jonathan Karamalikis, Matt Salsberg, Jason Lester, Josh Brikis, Lee Markholt and Joe Tehan. and Tristan Wade. Still in the running are 10-time bracelet winner and poker legend Doyle Brunson, last year's main event winner, Greg Merson, Kenny Tran, Ravi Raghavan, Brandon Meyers, Ludovic Lacay, Annette Obrestad, Ronnie Bardah and Cliff Josephy. When the Day2A action closed, Nick Schwarmann was holding the chip lead on 413,600 in chips, followed by Jason DeWitt on 382,900.
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