A total of 23 players survived the day and the first nine levels. Each player initially received 250,000 chips with two hour levels. Pros not advancing to Day 2 included Ashton "theASHMAN103" Griffin, Hoyt Corkins, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, Johnathan Duhamel, and Guy Laliberte.
Following behind German Tobias Reinkemeier and Daniel Negreanu were healthy stacks for Bryn Kenney, Nick Shulman, Eugene Katchalov and Dan "Jungleman12" Cates.
Day 2 will play out Friday, with the final table on tape delayed ESPN2 coverage on Saturday.
Day 1 A of the PCA main event begins Saturday and is expected to generate a massive prize pool of over $20 million. Last year's winner, 21 year old Harrison Gimbel walked away with $2.2 million.
There are 48 total events, many of which are between $1k-$5k buy-in events, including the World Cup of Poker, The Ladies Tournament, a $5k NAPT Bounty Shoutout, $5k PLO tournament, and the regular $25k High Roller event.
