Event 13 (Day 1A): He's Leads In Letters...And Chips

Event 13 ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event)

$500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool

Level 6 (Blinds 250/500/75)

Total Day 1A Entries: 87

Athanasios Polychronopoulos (East Hampton, NY)

(26) letters...that's how many keys strokes it takes to type our chipleader's name.  It makes for some extra work, but those in the poker media are used to it by now.  Athanasios Polychronopoulos is the first player to eclipse the 100,000 mark, and now sits above that with just over 115,000.  Athanasios shares the table with some tough competition, including Jonah Miller and Nader Bahhur, but has continued his upward trend returning from break.

Since returning from break, we've seen the tournament area lose one table, but have spotted some more notables across the room:

Matthew Wolfson

Michael Jagroo

Daniel Shiff

Stephen Edelson

Brett Bader

Steven Rosen

Daniel Suied

Jeffrey Burdeen