We had a total of 90 players who were able to navigate their Day 1 starting fields and make it to today’s Day 2. Blaine Goodwin has held the chip lead since the second qualifying session, and that hasn’t changed, as his 1.41 million will be the big stack in the room when the players return at 3.
Some of the notables who will be competing today are Shahen Martirosian (882,000), Matt Salsberg (801,000), Ron West (681,000), Suzie Zhao (612,000) Erich Karle (535,000), Event #2 Winner Massoud Eskandari (490,000), and Peter Hengsakul (351,000). We will be here at 3 PM to bring you guys some live updates, including some photos, numbers updates, and final table eliminations!
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | NAME | CHIP COUNT | T–S | |||
| 1 | BLAINE GOODWIN | 1,410,000 | 5–4 | 46 | ARMANDO CALDERA | 408,000 | 9–1 | |
| 2 | HYO JOO | 1,158,000 | 15–7 | 47 | JOSHUA STEFANSKY | 396,000 | 7–9 | |
| 3 | DOUGLAS SMITH | 1,113,000 | 16–1 | 48 | HOUMAN HADDANDNIA | 376,000 | 5–5 | |
| 4 | SAM CHAUHAN | 1,105,000 | 9–8 | 49 | OMRAN SANUSI | 370,000 | 8–7 | |
| 5 | SHAHEN MARTIROSIAN | 882,000 | 13–4 | 50 | RONALD ALLEN | 366,000 | 13–2 | |
| 6 | MATT SALSBERG | 801,000 | 18–8 | 51 | STEVEN AYOUB | 363,000 | 14–6 | |
| 7 | BRIAN SALTUS | 799,000 | 7–1 | 52 | HO SHIN LEE | 361,000 | 18–7 | |
| 8 | SHORE | 790,000 | 8–2 | 53 | MARK JONES | 358,000 | 7–7 | |
| 9 | RUDY FULSON | 766,000 | 14–9 | 54 | DAMNANG MEAS | 356,000 | 9–7 | |
| 10 | GUSTAVO FLORES | 756,000 | 8–8 | 55 | PETER HENGSAKUL | 351,000 | 13–7 | |
| 11 | TONY TATIKIAN | 747,000 | 16–2 | 56 | KEVIN JOHNSON | 350,000 | 15–9 | |
| 12 | ARMAN SOGOMONIAN | 747,000 | 18–3 | 57 | DEREK GREGORY | 337,000 | 17–1 | |
| 13 | HAROLD ROTH | 715,000 | 5–8 | 58 | MAXX DANSKY | 329,000 | 7–5 | |
| 14 | YAACOV HAVIV | 711,000 | 9–5 | 59 | MIKE STELLA | 323,000 | 9–6 | |
| 15 | JOHN GRUE | 706,000 | 5–9 | 60 | SONNY MILLER | 303,000 | 8–6 | |
| 16 | RON WEST | 681,000 | 16–8 | 61 | CYRUS | 274,000 | 9–4 | |
| 17 | LANCE ALLRED | 680,000 | 17–7 | 62 | JIMMY BORLAND | 268,000 | 17–2 | |
| 18 | BARRY SHULMAN | 662,000 | 14–1 | 63 | CHRISTOPHER LEE | 267,000 | 13–9 | |
| 19 | ROBERTO SALAMONE | 637,000 | 15–4 | 64 | PAUL CHAUDERSON | 266,000 | 5–6 | |
| 20 | SUZIE ZHAO | 612,000 | 16–6 | 65 | ALEX JALALI | 263,000 | 15–2 | |
| 21 | POGOS SIMITYAN | 604,000 | 13–1 | 66 | ROD SOHRABI | 260,000 | 9–3 | |
| 22 | BRIAN FREEMAN | 601,000 | 7–6 | 67 | VIKAAS SHARMA | 239,000 | 18–9 | |
| 23 | CHESTER BURNETT | 571,000 | 13–3 | 68 | DANA KELLSTROM | 225,000 | 14–4 | |
| 24 | JEFF YARCHEVER | 562,000 | 14–8 | 69 | ROY PETERS | 222,000 | 9–2 | |
| 25 | ALIREZA DARGAH | 540,000 | 9–9 | 70 | LY LE | 221,000 | 16–4 | |
| 26 | ERICH KARLE | 535,000 | 18–1 | 71 | ROUBIE ALLISON | 206,000 | 15–3 | |
| 27 | ROLAND WEEDON | 519,000 | 16–5 | 72 | FARSHEED FARHANG | 202,000 | 16–9 | |
| 28 | NEO HOANG | 518,000 | 17–3 | 73 | HOGUL LEE | 185,000 | 7–3 | |
| 29 | JAMES PILPA | 497,000 | 8–1 | 74 | DAVID LIU | 176,000 | 8–3 | |
| 30 | JASON TANG | 496,000 | 15–6 | 75 | MICHAEL WOOD | 176,000 | 15–8 | |
| 31 | ANDY MARATHE | 495000 | 14–5 | 76 | JAMES MANGIAMELE | 163,000 | 5–1 | |
| 32 | MARK MAKARYAN | 494,000 | 15–5 | 77 | BRIAN KREBS | 151,000 | 18–4 | |
| 33 | MASSOUD ESKANDARI | 490,000 | 7–8 | 78 | ROSS VILLANUEVA | 148,000 | 17–8 | |
| 34 | DAVID HASSETT | 473,000 | 18–6 | 79 | JOHN PINA | 137,000 | 5–2 | |
| 35 | JONATHAN ROSENTHAL | 460,000 | 14–3 | 80 | LEK BUNYAANANTA | 127,000 | 17–6 | |
| 36 | JOSEPH WALTERS | 452,000 | 13–6 | 81 | BEN KHALIFA | 121,000 | 18–2 | |
| 37 | KEVORK SRABIAN | 448,000 | 17–9 | 82 | PBWB | 109,000 | 17–5 | |
| 38 | ERICK LEE | 445,000 | 18–5 | 83 | MICHAEL BOKKOVIC | 89,000 | 8–9 | |
| 39 | MICHAEL ZELMAN | 442,000 | 13–5 | 84 | SHAN JING | 86,000 | 7–4 | |
| 40 | WILLIAM STEFFIN | 433,000 | 15–1 | 85 | DEEPINDER SINGH | 71,000 | 16–7 | |
| 41 | RUBIN CHAPPELL | 431,000 | 8–5 | 86 | AVRAHAM KELMAN | 66,000 | 5–7 | |
| 42 | ERIC GARCIA | 430,000 | 16–3 | 87 | NARBEH HOUSEPIAN | 53,000 | 14–7 | |
| 43 | EDWARD YOO | 429,000 | 8–4 | 88 | ROBERT CRAMER | 34,000 | 5–3 | |
| 44 | GEORGE KOZEL | 417,000 | 17–4 | 89 | STEVEN CURRAN | 26,000 | 7–2 | |
| 45 | MAX MARDOCHEE | 414,000 | 14–2 | 90 | ANDY CHOE | 19,000 | 13–8 |