Day 2 ($75,000 GTD): First Benchmark Looms...Reaching The Money

$130 No Limit Hold'em ($75,000 GTD)

Level 16 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)

Total Entries: 1,243

Players Remaining: 113

Chip Average: 198,000

David Albertson (Coral Springs, FL)

Players are currently going on their first break of the day, and will return to Level 17, and new blinds of 4,000/8,000/1,000.  Flight 1D concluded their play when 8% of the field remained, which was with 22:00 minutes remaining in Level 15 (which is why we are first now entering Level 17).  We are already close to the money bubble, with (113) players currently left, and (90) of those getting paid.

David Albertson still stands on top of the counts after (40) minutes of Day 2 play.  The stack he's returned with allows for David to really call his own shots.  Albertson could have arrived at 5:00pm, and although his stack would've been blinded down, it still would be a top (20) stack at that time.  Big stack poker is not a stranger to Albertson though, so it could also be about aggression and power.  We will surely keep an eye on the top stacks throughout the day, as everyone has their eye on the $28,240 first place prize.