As the title indicates, we have just 54 players remaining in today’s big Day 2 restart. From this point on, we will be listing the names of all players eliminated. Former chip leader Brian Gorman took a big hit when his pocket aces were cracked by the flopped flush of his opponent, leading Gorman with a barely above average stack. Two players who have made major final tables here in the last year, Victor Kruglov and Joe Lerman, are both over a million chips now.

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Average Stack – 830,000

Joe Lerman – 1.3 million
Victor Kruglov – 1.04 million
Sean Yu – 930,000
Brian Gorman – 855,000
Nick Shkolnik – 850,000
Tommy San – 780,000
Bruce Buffer – 630,000
Jared Griener- 230,000