Event 8 (Day 2): First Level Of The Day In The Books

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 8 ($360 No Limit Hold'em $200,000 GTD)

Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)

Total Entries: 1,143

Players Remaining: 186

Play in Day 2 of Event 8 just transitioned to Level 16, with the first level of the day full of action...and movement.  The field lost over (70) players in the first fifty minutes, including the likes of:

Jack Sumner

Tom Gity

Gili Prizament

Kimberly Jones

Frederico Dabus

We've seen a pair of Day 2 entrants (seated at the same table) start the "spin," as Francis Margaglione ended the first level with 60,000, and Stewart Newman with just under 100,000 (both from the 25,000 starting stack).  The field is still over (80) eliminations from the money, so the "money bubble" is still a few levels away (108 players make the money in this event).