Day Two of Event #4: $5000 No Limit Hold'em in the Cards
Welcome back to day two of Event #4: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em. Yesterday we saw the largest turn out for this event in the past two years, with 865 hopefuls competing for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Only 246 survived, including notable names such as David Williams, Lauren Kling, Erick Lindgren, Brandon Cantu, Maria Ho, Victor Ramdin and Jennifer Tilly.
Not all were so lucky, however, and many notable bust-outs include who busted out in day one include Jason Mercier, Dan Harrington, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst, Huck Seed and Tom Dwan.
Leading the field going into today include Gavin Cochrane with 175,500, the always dangerous Victor Ramdin with 174,700 and Brian Lemke, who ended the day with 171,900.
Who will survive day two and make a serious run at the $874,116 first prize? Stay tuned for continuing coverage of day two to find out, but in the meantime allow Lynn Gilmartin to update you across all events here at the 2011 WSOP to get you started on your day: