There are 175 poker players remaining of the original starting field of 732 players. The money bubble set to burst sometime Friday when just 78 players remain. The large field will ensure this is the third 2011 WSOP event to award over $800k to the winner.
Negreanu sits in 5th after day 1 with 162,000 chips. Other notable pros who had strong Day 1's include Phil Hellmuth, 2010 November Niner Matt Jarvis, Matt Hawrilenko, Shaun Deeb, Faraz Jaka, Isaac Haxton, and Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliot all ending the day with at least 60k chips.
Some notables who didn't fare well on Day 1 include Maria Ho, Joe Cada, David Benyamine, Justin Bonomo, Allen Bari and Jason Mercier.
Top 10 after Day 1:
1. Matthew Jarvis – 303,800
2. Randy Dorfman – 280,000
3. Anthony Gregg – 178,900
4. Raphael Kroll – 174,500
5. Daniel Negreanu – 162,600
6. Eugene Todd – 147,500
7. Dan Santoro – 146,400
8. Jeremy Ausmus – 143,300
9. Zachary Gruneberg – 142,400
10. Tuan Le – 130,000
