The current chipleader is none other than the legendary Phil Ivey who has been dominating since 2014 WSOP Main Event Day 1 c where he finished the day in 2nd place.
Players from Day 2 a/b will be combined with the remaining players Day 2c for more action on Day 3 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Some big names have already been eliminated at this stage and have lost the opportunity to win the dream prize of $10 million guaranteed for first place prize.
Some records were broken for attendance with Day 1c being the largest starting field in history of the WSOP Main Event with 3,768 players registering on the last day.
More than half of the playing field has been eliminated at this point with about 3,300 players going through to Day 2.
In this 2014 WSOP Main Event Day 1 update we’ve included the chipleaders and notable players survival and eliminations on the first three starting days of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
This year features a special edition of the Main Event which guarantees a $10 million first place prize. The guaranteed prize is to celebrate 10 years of the event being held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
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The annual Poker Hall of Fame welcomes two players into an elite group of poker pros or contributed to the game of poker.
The two players who are chosen for the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame 2013 will be inducted just before the final table of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event.
In total there are only 40 members that make up the PHOF and only 18 players who are still alive.
Update: The two members of the 2013 Poker Hall of Fame are Scotty Nguyen and Tom McEvoy.
Due to the US elections the WSOP Main Event final table has been rescheduled to an earlier date, changing regular November Nine format. The final table players have been labelled the October Nine.
Coverage of the 2012 WSOP Main Event will begin from 14th August leading up to the final table live, see the 2012 WSOP ESPN TV Schedule for dates and times. This year footage of 2012 WSOP Live final tables were available for live streaming online.
