244 players entered the Event #1 of WSOPE, the £2,650 6-max NLHE. 31 players will hit the tables and it will be played down to six finalists today. Many notables entered the first bracelet event and Phil Laak, Jeff Lisandro, Chris Moorman and Liv Boeree are amongst the survivors. Canadian Andrew Pantling has the chiplead entering Day 2.

31 survivors will hit the tables today 2pm local time. First level of the day will be 600/1200 (200).

WSOPE Event #1 - £2,650 6-max - chipcounts after Day 1:

Andrew Pantling 106,100
Chris Bjorin 103,800
Tai Tran 103,400
Javed Abrahams 96,600
Chris Moorman 94,200
Peter Wood 90,900
Daniel Colman 90,000
David Peters 89,500
Thorsten Schaefer 78,200
Eli Heath 75,800
Francois Dequidt 70,700   
John Tabatabai 69,900
Ilan Rouah 68,900
Vincent Dalet 64,200
Phil Laak 63,600
Ilari Tahkokallio 60,800
Jeff Lisandro 55,000
Manig Loeser 53,300
Michel Abecassis 51,000
Praz Bansi 49,300
Kayvan Payman 47,400
Lawrie Inman 42,700
Nicola Pero 36,300
Nathan Lee 33,500
Jamie Sykes 30,400
Gabriele Lepore 29,100
Liv Boeree 27,700
Arto Loikkanen 23,700
Andrew Lichtenberger 19,900
Soteris Charalambous 14,300
Willie Tann 11,000

WSOPE £2,650 6-max - prizepool:

1. £170,802
2. £105,506
3. £70,473
4. £48,202
5. £33,617
6. £23,900
7.-8. £17,318
9.-10. £12,902
11.-12. £9,608
13.-18. £7,350
19.-24. £5,624

WSOPE 2010 - schedule:

Event 1 – £2,500 NL Holdem 6-max – September 14-16th
Event 2 – £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha – September 16th-18th
Event 3 – £1,000 NL Holdem – September 17th-21st (two starting days)
Event 4 – £10,000 High Roller Heads-Up NL Holdem September 21st-23rd
Event 5 – £10,000 NL Holdem Main Event – September 23rd-28th (two starting days)

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