Play was spread across two days which were Day 2AB on Wednesday July 8 and Day 2C on Thursday July 9.
At this point the overall chipleader is Amar Anand bagging a chip stack of just over 600K at the end of Day 2AB.
The day concluded with 1824 remaining who will return on Friday July 10 for Day 3, by the fourth level of play the bubble will burst and the top 1000 players will finish in-the money.
The total playing field amounted to 6,420 registered players in the World Series of Poker Main Event with the total prize pool adding up to $60,348,000.
Martin Jacobson, 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion started the day announcing “Shuffle Up and Deal!”
There were many notable players choosing to play on Day 1C, we’ve included a list of eliminations and chip counts of some of the players who survived the day. By the end of the day the 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 1C chipleader is John Gorsuch who will start Day 2 with the biggest stack.
The 2014 WSOP Player of the Year, George Danzer was honored for his achievement with a banner in the Brasilia Room, he also started the day announcing “Shuffle Up and Deal”.
The last and Main Event of the World Series of Poker is currently underway at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas with a total of 2,457 players registered on the first two of the three starting days.
Hamid Feiz is the overall chipleader at the end of 2015 WSOP Main Event Day 1B which had a list of notifiable players either eliminated or surviving the day.
The first starting day featured less players registering than last years event which had 771 players taking to the felt.
Chipleader of Day 1A is William Kakon plus a few notable players surviving the first day include: Jorryt van Hoof, Mike Matusow, Jonathan Duhamel, Abe Mosseri, Andy Black and Max Pescator.
The Main Event has three starting flights and there are still two more starting days before registration ends and the fields combine for Day 2.
The top ten nominees from the online voting process will be given to the Governing Council for reviewing, the council will select one or two nominees to be inducted into the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame.
The chosen player/s will be inducted at a ceremony just before the 2015 WSOP Main Event final table starts in November.
