"February $100,000" (Day 2): Keeping An Eye On The Day 2 Buy-Ins

"February $100,000"
$360 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Entries: 352
Players Remaining: 72

Manny Perez (Los Angeles, CA) decided to take advantage of the Day 2 buy-in, and was able to reach the first break, sitting just below the 18,000 stack he started the day with.

Players are just returning from their first break of the day, now posting new blinds of 1,000/2,000/300 (88,000 chip average).  There are a handful of players that bought in before Day 2 started, that have managed to survive the first two levels of the day (beginning the day with just fifteen big blinds).  One interesting to note, is that each of the fourteen players to buy in this afternoon, had already played in one of the opening flights of this event.  It's unusual to see not one "first timer" on the list, but when you already have some "skin in the game," it's easier to want to take advantage of the Day 2 buy-in option.  Listed below are the players that bought in earlier this afternoon, with a focus during today's coverage on how those names are progressing:

Paul Shafran
Ory Hen
Robert Transue
Manny Perez
Paul Berger
Jerry Zehr
Thomas Gari
Dolphins Powers
Frank Scala
Joseph Conti
Nagui Yassa
TJ Shulman
Mohamed Serry
Steve Zykowski