Robert Keller and new father Gavin Smith were the top two chip stacks of the 144 players that made it to Day 2.
Notables making it to Day 2 included Joseph Cheong, Andrew Lichtenberger, Jonathan Little, Jason Mercier, John Dolan, Scotty Nguyen, Nick Schulman, had Brown, Chris Bell, and Kara Scott.
Notables less fortunate and busting on Day 1 included 2007 winner Bill Edler, Tom Braband, Randal Flowers, Jim Collopy, John Hennigan, Matt Affleck, Matt Brady, Shawn Buchanan, and Dan O’Brien.
Day 2 of play is set to get underway at 12pm CT. Five 90-minute levels of play are planned before calling it a day.
Here are the top ten chip counts headed into Day 2 of play:
1. Robert Keller – 179,025
2. Gavin Smith – 144,525
3. Vitor Coelgo – 136,250
4. Dermot Blain – 125,825
5. BJ McBrayer – 106,250
6. Joseph Cheong – 101,350
7. Andrew Lichtenberger – 99,125
8. Randy Smith – 92,400
9. Jonathan Little – 91,925
10. Gabe Costner – 91,050
