Keith Ferrera Leads After Day 1 of $2,500 No Limit
After the first day of play in the $2,500 no-limit hold��em it��s Keith Ferrera who leads the way with 187,500 chips, followed by Rick Alvarado (166,600) and Nick Rampone (153,200).
The $2,500 no-limit hold��em drew a crowd of 1,244 players that created a prize pool that exceeded $2.8 million. The winner of the event will walk away $551,941 richer, while 144 places will get paid. A total of 327 players managed to survive the day including Matt Berkey (128,600), Andre Akkari (104,200), Kenny Hallaert (103,000) and Ty Reiman (94,600).
Players that need more help on Day 2 include Marvin Rettenmaier (6,900), Jonathan Little (17,000), Sam Razavi (18,900) and Calvin Anderson (19,200).
We won��t see online heads-up specialist Dong Kim back on Day 2, as he busted by running into Eric Tomberlin��s aces, and the same elimination fate struck Eugene Katchalov, Matt Salsberg, Darryl Fish and Kevin Vandersmissen.
Play will resume on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. when 10 more levels are scheduled.
Top 10 Day 1 Chip Counts
| 1 | Keith Ferrera | 187,500 |
| 2 | Rick Alvarado | 166,600 |
| 3 | Nick Rampone | 153,200 |
| 4 | Timur Margolin | 151,100 |
| 5 | Julien Martini | 151,000 |
| 6 | Matt Berkey | 128,600 |
| 7 | Michael Kamran | 128,000 |
| 8 | Marc Alioto | 127,600 |
| 9 | Chris Lindh | 127,500 |
| 10 | Jason Mirz | 126,800 |